UBC (University of British Columbia) farm is 3 miles, a 45 minute walk, from the nearest busy shopping street. The best way to get a sense of it is to enter 'ubc farm' in Google Maps or Google Earth.
When I was a kid and much more recently than that the farm was a going concern which, among other things, ran a dairy herd. Visit the website for lots of info on the farm and the threat of development.
I'm not like some who think all developers are evil, greedy, short-sighted, look out for #1, black- hearted, snakes in the grass. No siree Bob. But I think most of them are.
Anyone who thinks we can continually wipe out fertile crop land and not have a day of reckoning is beneath contempt. Since the last time I was here, a couple of years ago, the area just outside the farm has gone from trees, grass and blackberry bushes to condos.
I'll get off my soapbox and lighten up now, for a while.
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Amen Brother Wayne! Now if you had a Deezer player you could be playing that song....what is it????? Something about tearing down_____ and put up a parking lot. I'll think of it in a minute. I'll phone a friend. My friend Jay Gilbert will know it. I"ll be back in touch.
I'm back. Yep, Jay knew the answer. "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni MItchell. "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
BTW, love this old country dirt road. Wonder how it will look all paved up with yellow lines?? UGH
Word!
I couldn't agree more. Beautiful shot -- sad truth in that commentary.
Farm Wonders Summer Camp--what great visions that conjures in my head. Do grown-ups get to go?
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Yes! Unfortunatelly green is disappearing everywhere! If you only could see how this beautiful coast where I live looked like not many years ago...
That's so sad. Carry on ranting, mate.
It's happening a lot here too, especially in the provinces right outside Metro Manila. And what's even more sad is, the developments are mostly leisure estates — weekend homes for Manila's rich, centered around golf courses, country clubs, man made lakes or beaches, and such.
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