“All things change; nothing perishes.” Ovid
\nAll together now. Let’s hear it: I DON’T LIKE CHANGE!
\nYeah….I’ve said it so many times that you probably think it’s my mantra. I’m willing to let the world have all the excitement while here in my nest, things remain on an even keel.
\nAt least, that’s what I would prefer. But no matter how I try, I can’t prevent things from changing around me. Just the fact that I’ve had the good fortune to wake up each morning means that I’ve changed. My family has changed, my job has changed. I’ve even changed husbands, and my pets have changed.
\nNow, my home is going to change.<\/p>\n
\nOne of my friends pointed out an article in a local paper the other day, announcing the coming work on the road where I live. Almost sixteen years ago we bought land at an end of a row of farmettes. At the time, our road was very rural, but the planning commission of the city where I live, looked at all that undeveloped land and said…..”We must cover every inch of it!”
\nAnd then the county got into the act. Between the two, both the east and west ends of our road have been developed into four lane highways. This Spring they want to connect the two pieces. I think this year, and maybe part of next year are going to be a nightmare. It’s going to be difficult to get in and out of our drive, and there will be times our water will be cut off.
\nWhat bothers me the most about this, is not the road itself. but that we will loose 60+ foot evergreens and another old tree. If they don’t cut them down in the process of putting in the road, the trees will die from damage to their root systems. And THEN, the city will come along and force us to pay to have the trees removed.
\nI don’t want to see those trees go. I hate the fact that the city can come through and disrupt my life, and ruin my property, and then turn around and make me pay for it. I hate change.
\nI’m sure that Ovid is right about everything changing. I know that all the molecules will still be there, just in another form, but I’m not ready for those molecules to be reorganized. I need to start researching shrubs and trees to plant parallel to the road. I need a barrier between me and all that traffic.
\nAnd while we’re at it……I want my dog back, too!
\nDear Husband believes that it’s not worth your time to worry or complain about something that hasn’t happened yet. I’ve worried for years about what is going to happen this Spring, while he’s done his Alfred E. Newman imitation. My mother says that her grandmother used to say “Don’t trouble trouble til trouble troubles you.” I suppose they are right, but if I don’t worry, who will?
\nI sure wish all that worry could have prevented the loss of my trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“All things change; nothing perishes.” Ovid All together now. Let’s hear it: I DON’T LIKE CHANGE! Yeah….I’ve said it so many times that you probably think it’s my mantra. I’m willing to let the world have all the excitement while … Continue reading