Trash Tuesday #42: Where Getting it Cheap is Part of the Esthetic
by Pasadena Adjacent
I present you, my friends of trash, with an unsolved mystery. Was this Meade telescope a curbside find or the result of a “I can’t make the rent and the laws closing in on me, dump concrete down the toilet, leave everything I own behind and flee into the night (move back in with mom)” artist leaving loft decision? Maybe a garage sale, I don’t know and Mr V doesn’t remember. I do know it’s been sitting alongside the back of the house with it’s custom tripod for at least ten years. I think it works. I’ve never put it together except for today. I’ll try it tonight and let you know.
The night shot was of a film crew working down on Ave 63. Truth be told, I may be able to sleep through the night with the T.V. on and the Reverend Gene Scott ranting, (or Melissa who does not rant but sings poorly) anyhow, that flood light kept me awake. Brighter then a full moon.
Pasadena Adjacent 
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In my neighborhood, trash collection takes place on a Tuesday. The night before is a good time to canvas the neighborhood for castaways. It’s great sport. I use Tuesday on my blog to post my treasures. The phrase “getting it cheap is part of the esthetic’ was coined by my photographer friend D Gordon http://www.dgorton.com/
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You find the most unexpected things. Do you get up super early on Tuesdays?
I can’t sleep with the tv on. Or flood lights.
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when courting sleep, if there’s even a sliver of light, I wrap the top part of my head in a towel. Must be pitch black. But audio’s good.
You’ve lived with this for ten years and never tried it? I think you should give it to me.
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I swear, all I find are pennies.
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I’m jealous
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Tonight is a good night to try the telescope, it’s almost a full moon. By tomorrow night you should be a pro. Do you digiscope?
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The night shot looks sort of fairy-taleish. Bummer about the light polution, hope they cleared out.
The telescope is in very good shape for being outside for that long. We have the other kind in our living room, facing West (the dark side of the city) and used to look at moons of Jupiter – they were the most interesting thing we could find – more than 15 yrs ago. Now it just gets dusted. Happy sky watching.
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Maybe you should call this one Treasure Tuesday.
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That telescope is beautiful, and in a great setting. I can’t believe you haven’t tried it until tonight. Let us know!
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Maybe the bugs were on the moon…?
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