I ❤️ Cervantes (And Upcycling)

At the town's park

Some palm trees across the park.

Cervantes Central School

Zooming in a bit to see what else is there.

Upcycled bicycle, motorcycle and car tyres along Namitpit Integrated School

Soda bottles as plant stands...

The "I ❤️ ____" signage seems to have spread almost everywhere. For example when we were approaching the townhall of Bontoc, we saw "I ❤️ Bontoc" prominently placed along the main street (sorry, I got no photo of it). While arriving at the heart of Cervantes and parking on the roadside, we were greeted with the "I ❤️ Cervantes" signage in front of the municipal park. I'd say whoever initiated it is good!

That actually brought me to a quick research of how the signage started. And guess whom I've ran to? ChatGPT of course! I mean, it is the fastest route to search for something when we don't have the luxury of time.

Here's to quote the AI:

The "I Love" signage is a popular symbol that was first created by Robert Indiana in the 1960s. He created the original "I Love New York" design as a print and it was later adopted as an official state symbol of New York in 1977. Since then, the design has been used in various forms and adapted to other cities and locations around the world. Source

It further mentioned that the "I ❤️ NY" sign or logo was designed by graphic designer, Milton Glaser as part of a campaign to promote tourism in New York and it has since become one of the most recognized and iconic symbols of the city. Source

Aha! So that's how it started and then it was widely imitated by many other cities, towns and places worldwide. Interesting, yeah?

Anyway, that was really not the intended focus of my post today, but one of the things that I've realized while we were on the road. I shared photos of rivers and streams sometime ago where we observed that they are clean and are obviously taken care of by the community. So what it is this time?

Noticed anything on the 3rd photo up to the last one? Hmmm...

Yep! I love the fact that they are into upcycling too. It's nice to see the waste materials which they have repurposed into something quite decorative and useful, re:

• The tyres being used along the school grounds as edging (3rd-4th photo);
• And as planters or flower pots on the other school (5th);
• Then the countless green bottles of soda upcycled as base for the flower pots seen outside a house (6th-7th);
• And last but not the least, the cut outs and painted plastic water bottles as decorations along the view deck (8th photo);

There were also paint buckets repurposed as plant pots etcetera but I wasn't fast enough to photograph them while on the running car. Most of the above upcycling methods are also applied here in our region so it seems more people are learning how to properly reuse their wastes instead of just discarding them every now and then.

This is all from me today and Happy Friday everyone!

Photos are my own. 20012023/09:00ph

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Smile... laugh often... love more... be happy and grateful always!

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