Being Nosy

Driving down the road south of Tucumcari, New Mexico I saw several cows on the porch of the house you see here in the background.  Thinking cows on the porch of a house would make an interesting photo, I stopped.  Cows never pay any attention to the many passing cars, which are the norm and happen all day long.  However, if a car stops they immediately become interested in you and likely are hoping for some food.  It was very evident the original photo vision was not going to work, so this photo is the result.  It seemed to me that one cow was elected the spokesperson as all the others were too shy to come forward.  This photo is so clear, the ear tags of the cows in the background can be read as well as seeing each hair in the cow’s snotty nose.  However, I doubt this is going on anybody’s living room wall anytime soon…..Unless Kelly sees this and really likes it…..

Can anyone please remind me of the reason that the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico recently banned plastic trash bags?  Ohhh, now I remember….

I generally am not in favor of the government passing laws to protect us from ourselves or getting too many regulations, but as we travel across the country it is surprising and very disappointing how very many trash bags are stuck to weeds, posts and residential fences.  Here we have lots of bags in nearly all the front yards of a neighborhood.  To me it is almost like we were allowed to have them for a while to see how we would handle the responsibility and we have failed miserably.  Therefore, the government is now taking them away from us.  I ‘get it’ that there are many alternative uses of these bags.  They are reused for many very valuable purposes.  While we travel, we have lots of these bags in the back of the truck.  But as often happens and as happened to us in school, a few bad apples spoil it for the rest.  Take these polluting bags away now and their remains will still be around for many years, flapping in the wind.  It is not just in the States, it was much worse in Mexico.  Hey people, clean up your trash bags or the government may ban them in your area……