A while back I purchased the vacant lot behind my house. When I purchased the lot it was covered with bushes and there was quite an assortment of junk and litter scattered around the property. Clearing away the bushes was a lot of work and in the process of removing the bushes and cleaning up the lot, I found quite a few surprising items. In fact, it was a little like I was conducting some kind of archeological project as I uncovered objects which had been hidden for years by the bushes, some of which were half buried in the dirt. Items I found included a computer monitor, toys, various types of balls, a bed frame, bolts, broken plates, assorted novelty items, empty containers, bottles, cans, lots of broken glass, and a full assortment of generic, ordinary litter. Quite possibly the most interesting item I found was a little, yellow, rubber duck, which I excavated after noticing something yellow sticking up out of the ground. It was for the most part in good shape, although it was extremely dirty.