Skywatch Friday 53

July 10, 2009

Little Boxes on the hillsides, all made of ticky-tacky….

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Anyone else remember the Peet Seeger song “Little Boxes” ?

This is what the boxes look like on the edge of our city where it runs into and melds with Riverside.

There is a sea of red tile roofed cookie-cutter boxes and beyond those some light industrial then white roofed boxes and if yu look close ,along the ridgeline of the dry brown hillside you will see more ticky-tacky boxes that are only half finished. The builders are going very ,very slowly since the cost and sales ratio is so poor these days.

People commute to neighboring counties from these tracts,all pouring onto the Hwy each morning and evening  in their moblie “little box”. Working at their jobs often in a cubicle type of “little box”  …all the same , all the same.

No issue with that ,it is what it is and life goes by.

Take the time to not be “all the same” each day.

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  • 1. Carolyn on Haida Gwaii  |  July 10, 2009 at 5:10 am

    Interesting post….I couldn’t do it…. that is why I live where I live but thank you for sharing your skies with us. Have a wonderuful weekend.
    Smiles

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  • 2. Ayleen  |  July 10, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Good advice to end with :) I’m going to go be not the same with others tomorrow at the Renegade Craft Fair haha! (That haha should be read with gusto.)

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  • 3. freegal1000  |  July 10, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    But only a superior snapper could conjur such an artistic photo out of Pete Seeger’s words. Happy SWF!

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  • 4. Greensboro Daily Photo  |  July 11, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    So soft and dreamy this sky. I love the music of Pete Seeger and his half-brother, Mike Seeger. All of the folksy, acoustic music is great for summer! Thanks for bringing it to mind!

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  • 5. ecesis  |  August 22, 2009 at 4:43 am

    jeez little boxes indeed.

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