We Scored!

I found and shagged the following items from the weeds, thorns and overgrowth that runs along the ball field, at the school that is about a mile down the street from me:

(1) kick ball, (3) soccer balls, (2) footballs, (1) nurf ball, (2) frisbees and a wiffleball bat -

Trixie and I were killing time this past weekend while there was an "open house" being held at my place. So, we took a little drive then stopped at the school to get out, stretch do some walking and enjoy the beautiful afternoon -

We walked the ball field, which was built against the tree line and drops off pretty quickly, so a fence was installed.  All the above items were over the fence and stuck in the overgrowth.  Seems the town finally and somewhat recently cut back, although half-assedly done if I'm being honest, some of the overgrowth along the fence.  This exposed the above items and made them more accessible and easier to snatch.  There were other balls in there too, but still to difficult to get at and I wasn't willing to get torn up trying to shag them all.

You can see the shoddy workmanship that the town of Franklin's Highway and Grounds Division does, and what apparently what the town's management and administration find acceptable and are okay with -

The following pics show further proof of the dangers of doing half-assed work!

You can see small trees along the fence line that are on the inside of the ball field. These saplings were trimmed in such a manner that some of the limbs have been turned  into dangerous spears!  This is a ball field where town sports and intramurals are played, typically elementary aged kids.  Imagine what could happen God forbid if some kid ran into one of those spikes?!

Although, well deserved, I digress back into my town of Franklin bashing.

There is an after school program at this school called Solutions, that watches kids till parents get out of work. I plan to swing in there one of these afternoons to see if they're interested in the balls and stuff I snagged.  Some of these items could very well be there's anyway.