"Something of an extraordinary nature"

We are prone to pecking at -- and hoarding -- shiny objects, like these little gems (x 1.25) found on the streets of Chelsea during walkies through the years. Background is inner lid of Stop & Shop "Old Fashioned Oats" box.

Not all that glitters is gold, but the streets of Chelsea are paved with it. We've harvested hundreds of dollars in chump change -- pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and the occasional dollar or even five- or ten-dollar bill -- from the local streets and sidewalks during hour-long walks near the homestead.

Keeping an eye out for shiny objects, whether coins or other street detritus, transforms what could be a daily grind -- retracing the same old paths day after day -- into a daily adventure.  As David Copperfield's Mr. Micawber put it, just around the next corner no doubt "something of an extraordinary nature will turn up."

Comments

[goomp]

Making life an adventure and keeping the mind moving are secrets to offset the depression that could set in if one were to concentrate wholey on the woes of the world and the ideas of the "Intellectual Morons".

[Sissy Willis]

I would expect nothing less from the Energizer Bunny of us all. :)

[bebere]

Some of the best art to be found nowadays is found art, I think. Since I walk by a series of chop shops and junkyards on my way to work, I'm always seeing pretty, shiny things to pick up. Sometime am going to have to get the guy to take some pictures of my wonderful hubcap collection.

[Sissy Willis]

As ever, beauty is in the eye -- in this case the camera's eye -- of the beholder. 'Can't wait to see your hubcap collection. :)