Poisoning the park

Back up Lookout Hill today, WITH my trash bag. 13 crack bags, but surprisingly few beer cans and water bottles. Looks like they did a decent job of cleaning up after this "run for water" thing yesterday. The dead raccoon is gone, as is the stage, tents, etc., as one can see from today's picture taken from the same vantage point as yesterday's dead raccoon picture. Did find surprisingly more cigarette packs than usual - do runners smoke? Didn't think so. There was a glass tube from a cigar - is that a sign of a quality cigar?

Also found a leaflet of interest. I hadn't realized that this "run for water" was brought to you by the same Dow that brought us Agent Orange, Bhopal, and Dioxin poisoning. I'm one of those people who has never forgiven them for agent Orange, and thus have never bought Saran W. Even when I cleaned out my mother's apartment and acquired what I referred to as "the heirloom Saran Wrap," I couldn't bring myself to use it, and threw it out after about 10 years. The leaflet refers to the Run for Water as "a shameless attempt to cover up the company's role as a major polluter of both drinking water and aquatic ecosystems." WELL PUT!!! Check out the websites at: http://vn-agentotange.org?, bhopal.net, trwnews.net and snipurl.com/dowdolphins for more info.

Back to the subject of the raccoons: Ber did get a response to his e-mail from Eugene Patron, who says he is forwarding the e-mail and thanking him for his interest. Form letter number 1 or 2?

My do-it-yourself rehab seems to be working. I had very little trouble bending down to pick up the trash. It was a beautiful day, and JJ really enjoyed finding herself a HUGE stick! The phragmites are growing several inches a day. Cygnets not yet born, and the hawk was not nearby. Papa was - can't be too careful!! Swan Princess and Knight reported on finding freshly decapitated turtle heads - someone might be eating them.

Speaking of food in the park, there was another duck egg sitting on the newly mulched shoreline. Since every egg we've seen there has ended up broken, we took this one home with us. Should we try to incubate it or just eat it???????