Avoiding the Outdoors: 3/5/11

I haven't had the guts to go collecting yet this week. The Bradford pear tree in our yard is in full (early) bloom, and it's a mortal enemy of my respiratory system. Until I get out there (I see some used tissues waiting for me, so I suspect others are battling allergies as well), I submit these photos from our visit to Cambodia a couple years ago. Can't really criticize them too much for their litter--they have way bigger problems to worry about, and likely not much going on in the way of municipal trash pickup. But it's a shame that this, minus the roving livestock, actually doesn't look that different from an empty lot a few blocks from our house ...