I visited one of my local clients last Monday, a mere three days after Christmas. They're located across from a vacant lot.
Everywhere in Bakersfield is located across from a vacant lot.
I couldn't help but notice the lot had turned into a dumping ground for Christmas trees. Hundreds of them. And it's grown exponentially since then.
What a macabre scene - hundreds, maybe thousands, of Christmas trees, dead on their sides, their upturned little wooden crossbar stands forming white tombstones.
I hope they plan to recycle them, but this being Bako, they'll probably wait for the first hint of a blue sky to set them ablaze.
There's little fear of that happening anytime soon - it's been gloomy, foggy and cold for weeks, with no break in sight.
What a dreary start to the New Year.
