decay # 4 ~ "have a rotten day"

Sunflower leaves • click to embiggenThis morning, the wife introduced me to a new way to start my day by uttering, "Have a rotten day." as she left for work. I took it to mean that she has finally decided to lend her support to me through my Period of Decay, photography-wise, as opposed to my period of decay, age-wise. Then again, maybe she meant both.

This is my first go at a non-edible form of decay, although I suppose one could eat sunflower leaves. I also spent some time yesterday chatting-up a friend who not only hunts (anything and everything) but also traps (anything and everything). He's guy who, while watching the NY giants on tv, will have a frozen fisher thawing in a bucket right next to his couch.

He has assured me, much to the wife's chagrin, that he has plenty of stuff just waiting to decay. This could get really interesting.

Comments

[Don]

I will be serious with my comment today.

We have a world of decay around us, old rusty trucks in fields, old barns, tires in the woods, old fences, bikes chained to objects and so on.

Many see it as junk, I like to think about the past of the families who lived in the old rundown house, and the trips the old cars sitting behind a house took over the years.

Don http://arewethereyet-scoop.blogspot.com/

aka scoop http://thewarrenwashingtoncountyobserver.blogspot.com/

[Anil Rao]

Hi Mark,

Your "Decay" series has really caught my attention. Its seems like a very simple idea but with so much potential. I am looking forward to seeing how this project unfolds.

[Jimmi Nuffin]

From the moment we take our first breath, we begin our journey to death then decay. Yet, during our life spans countless numbers of microbial life forms live and die on and within us. Some are beneficial and some are not. As I viewed these images of decay,
I thought of the perspective of the micro-organism. What we view as rotting food is to the microbe a feast during its short life.
I am curious… Will "The Wife" permit you to leave the rotting food there long enough for it to reach the point of fruit flies?