Two summers ago, I wrote about walking the “pathless woods of southern Michigan…” Over the years, I have come to enjoy walking these woods – the sunlight filtering through the leafy canopy overhead, the wind whispering it’s soft words of quiet, and the birds singing their day songs of freedom. This has been a place of reflection and solitude for me. I had a few moments the other day, and thought I would visit the woods before winter arrived. When I walked to the little place where I normally enter, I could sense that something was not right. It seemed too bright. As I walked past the first row of trees, I stopped short. Gone. All of it… No more leafy canopy, no more whispering wind. No more birds. I stood there in stunned silence. Deep ruts and muddy tracks wound their way through the remaining trees, piles of logs lay along the sides of the road. A silent Bobcat sat there, awaiting the next attack on the trees. I walked around for a while, taking it all in. It’s weird sometimes how you to come expect that the forest will always be there. It seems permanent. It sat untouched for many years, and in just a couple of days, bam. It’s gone. So, I feel sad that one of my favorite places has been destroyed, but I know that there are other places to explore and find solitude and reflection. The quest is on…….
The first image is how it was – thick and green. The following images are what it is now…
That would be really hard to swallow for me, personally! Just go to the Creation Center….just as good…NOT!lol
OH MY WORD… You were right, that is sad! I saw men cutting down a bunch of trees on CR 15 yesterday. Then today in the light I saw what it looks like now… What in the world are they thinking when they cut the trees? They look ridiculous! We need to NEVER cut down the trees around this property. K. Bye. :o)
Wow…that would have made me sad. It’s kind-of like when you grow up and you miss what you used to be or what things used to be like….or when you move and you see your old house and it’s not the same…I guess it’s like a death. That’s how I felt when I read the story….yeah,sad!!!
You know….new life always requires death…somehow…hmmmmm
josh, when you see devastation like that it’s a shock to your system…the owners of the land have control and it’s up to them to use it for their purposes. unfortunately it’s not the same purpose that you have. i know the feeling that the loss brings, but it is still the same piece of land but in a different form. find the good in it. hopefully you can find a cool snuggly place in the woods where you can decompress and enjoy the beauty that God created. it’s out there somewhere….love dad
that is a shame because when i was younger i used to go in the woods all the time. they were right by my house that was in the middle of no where or it could be called the country. The woods where great because it didn’t have real trails it had deer trails that were wide enough for people to walk in. just look at the pics just doesn’t seem the same when you lived there a big part of your life.