Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot....
- Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi"
This field with its large old trees and wild flowers is slated for a housing development very soon. This is the last summer when it will look as it does in this photo. I can't help but weep for the beauty that will be lost here in the name of progress. Sadly, this story plays out all over the world every day. When will we ever learn?
Here is a link to the Joni Mitchell song if you are interested:
@steampowered@eyesmile Paul & Gena, thank you very much for your comments and favs! It's always so fun to receive the first comments on a new post. You made my day with your positive responses.
That's a sad story, one that you're absolutely right about, as we plow on digging up these places. I'm a big fan of Joni Mitchell and this is a great photo not just for it's technical perfection and it's appeal but also for the significance of what it represents. Well done.
what a stunning place and such a shame to loose it to a development. The only hope is that they do it with respect for the environment and keep the architecture in harmony with the setting but sadly most developers tend to be driven by greed rather than sustainability. Beautiful shot
It's a beautiful place, well shot in its composition and lighting . . . it invites people to sit down and have a picnic, to read and take a nap, and just relax. In fact, when I looked at it enlarged, it made me want to download it as a desktop image! So sad it has a concrete future . . . and glad you preserved the image.
beautiful shot, harsh reality,worst creation of mother nature is mankind,who doesn't know how to live in harmony. What you do to nature it returns the favour in exponential factor in form of natural calamities,we cry , shed tears but do not take corrective measures, battle is on nature is going to win it one day, worst is yet to unfold..Time to wake up.
This is a beautiful image and a wonderful commemoration of what is clearly a lovely place. It's so sad to see these areas cemented! I couldn't help but think of the double attack of developers and the invasive species that are killing our beech trees and ultimately changing the forest and all the life in it. Irreversible damage...
Wow so lovely, I weep with you as you said it is happening all over. Our passion and love of the land will only be a memory. So sad. Great capture thank you for sharing with us.
I know just what you mean Lisa. I suppose they call it progress but at such an expensive price. It really does look a marvellous place such a pity it is to be built on.
That is absolutely beautiful! I guess new homes are needed but oh, what a shame it has to be just there!
Gorgeous capture, Lisa but sad that it's destined to become a reminder of what once was.
Lovely that you have been able to capture the beautiful scenery before they build on it ....... such a shame to spoil such a view. Gorgeous shot and a fav :D
This dilemma is everywhere in the world between keeping the natural beauty and housing the mankind. I can only hope for sympathetic architects with design that blend with nature rather than intruding.
Lovely shot - you have a magic touch when it comes to landscapes - such beautiful velvety greens here. Sad times though that this pretty landscape will go.
That sure brings back memories! I find myself singing that song a lot- and not just about ecological things- but commentary aside- sad story about your beautiful field, but a lovely picture. Hopefully they will leave some green spaces among the buildings so that some of paradise will still be left.
As long as people keep making more people, the population will increase and paradise will diminish. At least we can be grateful we live in Idaho, Lisa. Just think - I moved from the San Francisco Bay area, where the local population is triple our entire state! Good job showing what we are about to lose.
Sad is definitely the word. There are so many run down areas in cities and towns do they really need to continue concreting over such beautiful spaces. As as you lovely shot shows this is a truly beautiful place.
Beautiful image and then I read the post below...gosh that's really sad. I work in planning and development myself but would never put my name to something I wouldn't feel happy about driving past 10 years later, so we turn away a lot of work and its probably the reason I'm still driving round a battered old golf! This appears to be out in open countryside, in England our planning policy is pretty strict on this and we would usually have a special designation to protect such an area, for now anyway. Thanks for sharing such an interesting post.
Fav for me too. How terribly sad that this will be lost soon. Gorgeous shot Lisa, really captures the beauty, which is so often transient and gone before we know it. When will we learn.
This is a beautiful site and yes the same is happening all over the world. Makes me so sad and in many cases it's for second and third homes. We won't learn until it's too late.
Gorgeous capture, Lisa but sad that it's destined to become a reminder of what once was.
...Ooh, and just now read your description at the photo...I weep with you