Desecration of Nature...

This week I noticed a few things happening around the place I live. Trees being cut down, stay off the grass signs being put up.

Okay I figured, the owners of this property are trying to tidy up the entrance to our court.

Trying to make it look nicer? Perhaps. Trying to get rid of a pest? Perhaps. Trying to make room for more homes? Perhaps.

I was sadden by the loss of the healthy trees, but moved on.

Today I am home on vacation. I hear chain saws buzzing and see a truck bearing the land owners name. And in the yard across from me there are two men with chain saws chopping up into biddy pieces a young tree in a neighbours yard.

I was outraged. How can they do this? I don't understand their reasoning behind this. So I called the number listed on the side of the truck and asked what was going on!!

Why are you cutting down all of our trees? The man on the phone said, I'm not sure what my father is doing. You will have to find him he is on site and ask him yourself. I think he is cutting the trees that will interfere with the power lines. I assured him the tree I just witness being chopped was not near any power lines and set off to get dressed to confront the owner of this land.

Can he not see what he is doing? Not only is his actions negatively affecting the environment he is taking away from the privacy and beauty we each enjoy with our monthly lot fee.

Alas, by the time I got outside his truck was pulling away and I thought to myself, perhaps this neighbour requested this tree be cut down. And left it at that.

Now it is afternoon and I just witnessed a beautiful, mature, birch tree falling over 3 doors down. From over the rooftops this beautiful tree toppled.

Now I am angry. What the hell are they doing? Why can't they see how damaging their actions are? Where is their foresight? They raise our land rent then destroy the beauty. I am appalled. I am distressed. I am angry. I am upset.

I can't wait for them to step on to my drive way so I can let them know to back off. Question the means behind their madness. And let them know we will take care of our own, trim the tops if you will, whatever. They will remain. And I choose lease this land... trees and all.

Wake UP! And see the bigger picture.

Breathing is good (yes I know this) and also expression of feelings is too... and now I'm done.