Dirty - Thematic Photography

This is a theme that  Carmi uses regularly. The best of my previous posts will always be here  from five years ago.

Today's few shots do not match up to those but here goes,

Same spot as last week's watery theme

Nature's dead tree dirt

Look closely for the rabbit's contribution

And if you decide to keep hens on what was once a pristine lawn -

This is their creation

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Dirty - Thematic Photography

You don't have to look far before subjects for dirty pictures come into view.

Phone box covered in a green slime

Inside, the box seems to have seen better days.

But this is not why its days are numbered - I blame the mobile phone.

Its 42 days were up in October - but still it stays.

A big complaint at the moment is the mud deposited on our roads by the lorries servicing unwanted new housing estates.

Little fellows like this may not move mountains - 

A mole not in a hole

At least they know how to make a start.

Molehill collection

Some people even collect this soil for their gardens while a local farmer needs volunteers to spread some -

Muck

In the meantime Sherlock is on the trail of who

Put their foot in it

Too small, I think Watson, for the Hound of the Baskervilles.

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Dirty - Thematic Photography

I've shown all my dirty dog photos before so I have gone for something different this time.

A lot of animals come to a tragic end especially those that get killed by traffic. (Some of you may wish to skip what comes next.)

Fox - Roadkill victim

As you can see the bluebottles have set to work. Two weeks later nature has cleared up the mess.

Fox remains - just bones and a little fur

The bones have been scattered, but not far. Most have remained aligned where the fox lay.

Closer to home there is mud, not so glorious mud.

Dirty road

This is the road outside our garden. There is building work going on next door. This released flood waters from a field, their drive became a river emptying onto the road. The brown stain down the centre is mud (clay) deposited as the water rushed down to the drain halfway along the hedge. As you can see it was overwhelmed and water depositing mud still ran in the gutter. The hedge in the foreground is entrance to our drive.

This is what we had to pass through.

Drive entrance

As you may imagine we had dirt everywhere, although dirt was not the word we used. When it dried the residue left behind from the pull-in filled half a refuse bag and weighed over 10lbs!

Some creatures leave residues behind as well. You can tell where they have been.

A slug's trail of slime

The small black slug is hidden by the leaf pointing towards the bottom of the picture.

However the thing that annoys me most is the litter left behind by dirty humans too tired to take it home with them.

World Cup pizza box tossed into a wood

Accompanied by drink cans a little further on.

Empty beer cans

It's not surprising that the local farmer blocks access to his land to prevent fly-tipping in the woods.

Tree barrier (and black mud)

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Let's Get Dirty - Thematic Photography

My first thoughts when I saw this week's theme were that I haven't any dirty photographs and that I would never take one. One second thoughts I decided that perhaps it was just my mind.

When it comes to dirt, you may be sure that dogs will never let you down.

Maxie sulks

Although she crossed the Rainbow Bridge some years ago, there was a time when Maxie liked nothing better than to run through a black and sticky swamp. If that could be combined with a roll in lots of deer poo she was in her seventh heaven. In the photo Maxie had just had a bath after just such an excursion. Still wet she sulked and found a patch of garden in which to lie and get dirty again.

Lily is the latest youngster to take up the dirty challenge,

There's a tennis ball in here ..... somewhere.

I knew I'd find it.

Don't I deserve a treat?

My daily routine includes a walk to the local garage to pick up a newspaper. In filthy weather as it is at the moment you come across some interesting things,

A slug drying off

However I'm not sure my next shot is really on the theme.

Beech stump with fungus

But surely this qualifies.

Muddy entrance

The local airport is still called Teesside Airport by the locals. But a few years ago they changed it name to Durham Tees Valley, despite the fact that Durham is nowhere near. This also meant that the airport name was then too large for the road signs, This is how a sign near my local garage has ended up.

A67 Road sign in want of a clean

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