The way it was & how it should be

The beauty of a park is more than the sum of its trees, grass and vistas. For most people, parks are pleasant places to visit... parks lift our spirits and we used infrequently used words: Relaxation, Calmness, Refreshed, and Serenity.

Have you noticed; towns and cities that have natural parks usually take great pride in "their" parks. Parks often become focus points of civic pride … proof of that, take a look at the advertising cities use to promote themselves ... almost always they mention or feature their parks.

Wellington Hills Park is an island in the swirl of nearby development and urbanization – This is the time to save it - because once it is gone it won’t be replaced when we become nostalgic for touches of nature – and serenity.

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Not too long ago the unnecessary gate into Wellington Hills Park was mostly open and people came, enjoyed themselves, met-up with friends and then quietly went about their days ... it was quite pleasant.

And before the parks dept. decided to stop mowing the grassy-weedy open areas (they called it "naturalization) ... it was indeed an open and easy place for walking, strolling and playing with friends, children and dogs.

Ecology - Life Cycle

Bureaucrats like to play Orwellian word games ... such as naming those giant concrete blocks that block the entrance to Wellington Hills Park... "Ecology Blocks". Yeah, sure.

Ecology, by definition is "the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings."

In Wellington Hills Park, on the north side of 240th St., towards the western boundary, there's a dead tree. I think of this tree as the High-Rise Restaurant and Condo of Wellington Hills Park ... a lot of birds, bugs and wormy things are customers and tenants. 

A dead tree might not be ideal for most homes and gardens - but here in the park, it's part of the natural cycle... a dead tree has value - perhaps not to bureaucrats and politicians - but it has great importance and value in the natural order of Life.

Photo 1 was taken February 2014
Photo 2 and 3 were taken July 2016