a friend i don't see to often wanted to get together,his wife was going to shreveport for the weekend to visit relatives and he wasn't going,so i drove to dallas to see him.
i seldom drive to dallas and when i go i usually just hit a few stores on the east side of town in the suburbs that we don't have around here,i seldom venture to old stomping grounds.
he wanted me to cruise town with him to see all the changes,i read just the other day that the dallas/ft.worth region had 6.1 million,a bunch more than when i lived there.
there was a bunch of new building and a big new mixmaster where two major roads run together and they aren't rolling up the sidewalks in some areas after dark like they use too.
but the thing i noticed most was all the greenery,the office parks,malls,and neighborhoods built 25-30 years ago that had all those small trees planted are now maturing,there are mature trees and bushes there now and it really makes a difference.
not stark,barren grounds but some charcter surrounds them.nature does all right,she repairs herself pretty good.made me think of some oaks that i pruned about 7 years ago,the bottom limbs are sagging and they need it again,and some cedar trees that were small are now providing some privacy.
i enjoyed the drive down memory lane,i'm going back and were going to hit the town and area where we graduated from high school and look at the changes there.
the designer of this old world knew what he was doing.
i seldom drive to dallas and when i go i usually just hit a few stores on the east side of town in the suburbs that we don't have around here,i seldom venture to old stomping grounds.
he wanted me to cruise town with him to see all the changes,i read just the other day that the dallas/ft.worth region had 6.1 million,a bunch more than when i lived there.
there was a bunch of new building and a big new mixmaster where two major roads run together and they aren't rolling up the sidewalks in some areas after dark like they use too.
but the thing i noticed most was all the greenery,the office parks,malls,and neighborhoods built 25-30 years ago that had all those small trees planted are now maturing,there are mature trees and bushes there now and it really makes a difference.
not stark,barren grounds but some charcter surrounds them.nature does all right,she repairs herself pretty good.made me think of some oaks that i pruned about 7 years ago,the bottom limbs are sagging and they need it again,and some cedar trees that were small are now providing some privacy.
i enjoyed the drive down memory lane,i'm going back and were going to hit the town and area where we graduated from high school and look at the changes there.
the designer of this old world knew what he was doing.