Philadelphia in the springtime

I didn't update this blog all winter because winter was kind of miserable. But now it's kinda-sorta spring-ish outside! I saw flowers today! However, now that it's getting warmer and the snow has melted the trash that has accumulated over winter is clearly visible. Our "front yard" is basically a trash heap. I'd like to clean it up, but I don't want to catch anything. I need one of those litter poker-grabber things or some good rubber gloves.

I don't know if this picture really does justice to the amount of trash flying around. This is the island at the corner of Baltimore and Springfield. It's truly disgusting.

Although I did see a couple people picking up litter today as I was walking home from my fieldwork.

Hopefully I'll have more to share as things warm up. This semester has been pretty intense and I don't have time to do much. Technically it's spring break right now, but I have so much work to do it's basically just a week-off-from-classes with no less school work to do.