Autumn Joy

Jay Estate Grounds/Marshlands Conservancy, Rye, NY

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“Find joy in what is.” [Anonymous] “Be joyful always.” [Thessalonians 5:16]

Top left: Remains of a sink, piping, a brick and section of tiled floor from an early 20th century two- story house of which only the foundation remains. Bottom left: Recent garbage consisting of paper, plastic, a discarded water bottle and toothpaste tube. Right: Broken glass and boards from a small greenhouse once used to grow delphiniums during the 1930s along with fallen leaves and a fallen black walnut (Juglans nigra). This section has been abandoned since the 1950s and appears to be set for a makeover, in which most of the trees and imbedded appliances and garbage, some entrenched deep in the soil, will be removed.

This area was abandoned in the 1950s and now consists of the foundations of two houses, the remains of a greenhouse used to grow delphiniums before outdoor planting, and the remains of these buildings reclaimed by nature as well as recent garbage and litter.











And for Halloween created from recent garbage in this same area consisting of a toy axle and wheels, discarded plastic, a wrapper, eye glasses arm, fishing rod float, and plastic eye ball: