The other day I was cloud gazing and found this beauty...
...some may have thought it a sign of rain but I went and grabbed my camera to take pictures of it's promising silver lining...guess I'm a 'glass half full' kind of gal.
Anyway it got me thinking out on my walk this morning about the changes around us...
This used to be a forest. When they came to plow it down, we were shocked and disappointed in the removal of all the trees and wildlife habitat...
Silver lining?
The new road gave us access by foot instead of vehicle to the 500 acres we walk in everyday. There's nothing better than being able to WALK out the door to take the dog somewhere...before this road was put in, we had to DRIVE to WALK the dog....eerrrgghhhh.
There was once a forest here too, when we first moved out here 11 years ago. The cutters came in and cleared the land of everything green. It sat brown and grey for a few years until the tree planters came in. It finally began to green up again...
The birds returned...
Then the developers came in and cut down a lot of the trees that had been planted.
New houses and power poles have gone up...
Silver lining?
The developer had to allow a certain amount of the land for public walking trails...It is a five minute walk from the house...Griffin was happy about that.
There are still lots of birds around.
This huge property used to be a forest as well and then for years it was a dry land log sort. After the log sort was decomissioned, it sat vacant and full of birds and deer and bears.
Then the fences started appearing...
Our access into the woods is getting more and more limited.
Not sure about the silver lining here....hmmm....at least the fencing is black and stylish?...
I'm hoping there will still be a little hole for us to climb through somewhere in this forest of fencing...
In the mean time...
2 comments:
Oh!, so many mixed messages here. It's hard to know what "progress" is and how it will impact our lives.
Shakespeare says..."There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." I don't completely agree with this because I think there are some universally evil things in this world, but as for change that happens and the quest for understanding, I think it all has to do with perception.
Interesting post. Love the silver lining. Always look for it.
Love you dog. He has character...
I don't know of any answers but the more building that happens the more we have to make room for wildlife in our more urban environments like native plants and birdhouses and feeders to make up for the tree loss.
... farmlady is right ... love your dog!!! So cute!
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