Happy World Environment Day!

I was at McNabs Island Provincial Park today, picking up garbage. We were told to hang onto anything we found interesting, to share with the organizers at the end of the day, so I carried this [respirator] around for a few hours. Do you want to know what, besides plastic shopping bags, are the scourge of the earth....? Plastic tampon applicators. They should be banned. There are some teeny tiny sailboats out in the water too. A huge Canadian Coastguard vessel went by shortly after I took this shot.

Located on the eastern side of the entrance to Halifax Harbour, McNabs Island has been used by natives, European fishermen and explorers, English settlers, and the military. Currently, the island is 3% privately owned (6 people are living on it) and the remainder is a 62/35 ownership split between the Province and the Feds.

Edit: Doesn't anyone else read tags? I've added "respirator" to the description.

[Kerri]

Great focus

[Meagan Aaron]

Interesting. Ive never given much thought to tampon applicators.

[kammy]

i didnt know it was on yesterday.. great shot to go with it! and love the tags lol

[Martin Jalkotzy]

So what is this? Do I have to guess....I thought as I started reading that you were eventually going to tell me.

[Paula]

So what, exactly then, is this? It's very interesting and so's your caption.

[Martin Jalkotzy]

Looks like I'm not alone, Janna...how long are you going to keep us hanging...yes, I know, you've likely gone to bed!

[Krissy]

Interesting, What is it??

[Jani M]

Yes what is it ? Something related to tampons ?

[Sara Erith]

Hi Janna, Hows it going? We do the clean the beach thing and what we get by far the most of is fishing net - the scourge of our dolphins. It's plastic so will be there for ever.

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

@mjalkotzy @pwallis @kidatheart @janmaki ~ Sorry, not as obvious as I thought. Must be all that veg growing on it. I tagged my photo with extra bits of info to not make the caption even more verbous. You guys don't read tags....? I wonder if anyone does besides me.

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

@radclyffehall Hi Sara! I'm good, hope your plant photo work is coming along. Surprisingly, we didn't pick up any fishing nets. Lots of rope, though, related to the fishing industry I imagine. And yes, many many plastic things.

[Sean]

I love your verbage. And I do read tags. Sometimes. Especially when I can't tell what the pic has in it. ;) The fluffy white clouds tag is a killer! Oh, and if this is related to tampons as @janmaki asked, then thankgoodness I'm a guy. Good for you for doing something great! Keep it up.

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

@slang Um, no. Tampons and respirators have NOTHING to do with each other.

[Jenn]

A respirator? I wouldn't have guessed! I like the fluffy white clouds bit too!

[Lauren]

lol i'm a tag reader at times. i did read these tags because i didn't know what it was, and now I'm laughing at all the tampon comments

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

@mjalkotzy @kidatheart @pwallis @janmaki ~ Sorry again. Just noticed that I didn't even say it was a RESPIRATOR in my original response. And I also spelled verbose wrong. Strok!

[Bob G]

Great composition. It's like a breath of fresh air.

[Martin Jalkotzy]

I guess I'll be reading tags from here on in! Every day I learn something new!

[Alan Warren]

What the frack is a respirator, Janna? Is it medical or diving related? You must be my tag-aware sister, too. You're always right on to mine :-D

[Janna Dawn Goldrup]

@brizmako ~ It's a personal health and safety item, so that you don't breathe in particulates while doing such and such that would create dust.

[Alan Warren]

@jgoldrup OOOOOHH! I see that now! Duh...