Looks like another ticky-tack-town is fixing to rear itself up.

About a week ago, i drove down the street and around the corner to a flower and produce stand, that sits near the edge of a mennonite family's property.  You select what you want, write it on the pad, and put the money in a slot.  Well, anyway, on the way there, noticed the beautiful old woods was g.o.n.e., gone!  Yeah kiddies, it's ticky-tack-time.  

Yesterday, was treated to yet another surprise.  The deforest team is cutting down the beautiful old trees, across the street from the edge of my property.  i don't know if the corn-field alongside has been sold - but haven't seen anything done to the field, so i don't know.  But figure, it's only a matter of time.  Patricians (owners of land) get old too, and often need to downsize into geriatric cubes - where there are no stairs to lose your breath upon, nor chuck-holes, patiently lurking between you and your mailbox.

So i get it, he's a few years older than I,  Maybe he had to sell; and maybe that divorce settlement (from about 20 years ago) still casts an ugly shadow upon his financial papers.   Yeah, a person can scrimp and save all he wants, but in the real world, most people lose significantly after going through a divorce; that accursed gift will likely keep on giving later in life.  Later in life, when driving to work before dawn and driving home after dusk becomes more harrowing and less routine.  

So, have a feeling, that within a year, maybe two, will witness more loss of wood and farmland.  For the last 30 years, have enjoyed the open spaces, the privacy - well, looks like - along this sparsely populated :) road (where there's more LAND :) and less houses) that's fixing to change for the neighbors and i.   As for "embracing change," that's about on par with hugging a random dog turd you found laying upon a freshly lain sidewalk.