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Confederation Park, Stoney Creek: the edge of earth and water, the place where (of late) creative juices flow, the site of a (closed-for-the-season) campground office, whose dusk-light glow is accented by the shadow of a gas meter, weeds, and an intriguing sticker.

So… about those Reformed doctrinal standards…

"God’s providence is His almighty and ever present power, whereby, as with His hand, He still upholds heaven and earth and all creatures, and so governs them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, food and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, indeed, all things, come to us not by chance but by His fatherly hand."
… Heidelberg Catechism, 1563

This being one of the many platitudes I had to memorize as a child, it has left an indelible mark on the way I interpret this sticker.

… And now for another exegesis, this one by the Hamilton Police Service:

Operation Provident assists businesses with advice about the protection of property and in identifying various objects in case of theft.

Using this system, a business will be allotted a unique sequential number. Simply contact your police for information on joining Operation Provident and a number will be assigned along with information on program implementation.

This national numbering system will assist any police officer in the country to quickly determine the ownership of recovered property through the police computer system.

A provident number is issued to the firm and a record of this along with the firm’s name is kept in the computer file for easy identification.

Metal items can be marked with etching equipment, which may be borrowed from the Community Policing Centres.

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A little branding mistake or a cute irony?
The missing ’s’ is alright in my books: it goes along well with the theme of rusted scrap metal. And it is, after all, what they do best.

For all your scrapping needs, I recommend Future Enterprises.

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Blue: shovel, pencap, part of a mini frisbee, hook, plastic bag, crushed mini bowling pin, Breyers’ Ice Cream lid edging, cracked bottom of recycling box, section of bubbalicious gum case, pipe, rectangular object, flower pot edge, pencap.

Green: basket remnant, candy wrapper, melted plastic item, bit of lawn chair , plastic bag, mini pylon, soda bottles(2)

Yellow: frisbee remnants, tennis ball, drink caps (3).

Orange: piece of styrofoam, drug container, artificial flower, Ikea pencil, rusted metal

Red: end caps(2) remnants of pail, bottle cap, plastic sleeve.

However dry is bone or stone or dust,
vivacious living water percolates
through corpse-reviving Spirit-breath:
(re)animating antidote to death.

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