Date:         Wed, 6 Oct 2010 21:22:09 -0400
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Save the Bus in D.C. - Freedom of expression - Save the Peace
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Depends on where you live.  My sister has an old bug up on a big mound of
dirt in the field next to their house (they own the field).  At Christmas
they put lights on it.  It has been written up in local papers as art.

They also have another old car in front of the house right next to one of
the doors, which they use to store logs for the wood stove.  I think that's
the one that when the kids were younger they would let them paint with
poster paints as a birthday party activity - so it could get redecorated
after a few good rainstorms.  And they have a TV and a parking meter atop
another (smaller) mound of dirt to the side of their house.  Those things
have not been written up - not as visible as a bug on a mound decorated with
lights.

But she lives in the country half an hour outside of Ithaca NY.  I'm sure if
they lived in a town, the neighbors would object to all of it and claim it
brought down the value of their properties.




Joy




On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> Wonder where the line is drawn between junk vehicle and yard art?
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
> |Perhaps abandoned was not the proper word to use.  But my remarks stand
> |otherwise.  Getting it running?   Here is a quote from the article:
> |
> |"The vehicle, which is now minus an engine and has been parked on the
> |family's lawn since the spring .... ."
>