Discarded Masks

These photos were taken over a weekend in our neighbourhood and nearby park. After more than a year living in the pandemic, the fatigue and exhaustion are palpable. A discarded mask found in the melted snow muck is one of many we will likely be finding for months and years to come; the litter of COVID-19. A possibly lost, cloth reusable mask pinned to a power pole hopefully awaits discovery by its misplaced owner. Words written in sidewalk chalk by a youth voicing the deep feelings of a child likely dreaming of a time when things can return to “normal”. – Karla Rasmussen