193/365 The Year I Turn 40
this property is in dispute. No matter how hard the fight is, and I will put one up, this property is going to be warehouses. The richest soil in the world paved over for warehouses. This land once was the farm of a man who came here along the oregon trail with the man who "founded" our town. (There were already Indians here) This farm was where 5 generations of the same family grew Daffodil and Tulip bulbs and we hold a parade every year to honor this. This is the place where my great grandfather worked for a little while during the depression to help feed his family, where my grandmother picked blueberries to earn money for school clothes, where my father bought me my favorite berries when I was a little one, where I now trespass and take pictures and pick those feral blueberries because nobody else is.
I will fight. I know my chances are insanely slim, but if I don't fight what else will they pave thinking nobody cares?
193/365 The Year I Turn 40
this property is in dispute. No matter how hard the fight is, and I will put one up, this property is going to be warehouses. The richest soil in the world paved over for warehouses. This land once was the farm of a man who came here along the oregon trail with the man who "founded" our town. (There were already Indians here) This farm was where 5 generations of the same family grew Daffodil and Tulip bulbs and we hold a parade every year to honor this. This is the place where my great grandfather worked for a little while during the depression to help feed his family, where my grandmother picked blueberries to earn money for school clothes, where my father bought me my favorite berries when I was a little one, where I now trespass and take pictures and pick those feral blueberries because nobody else is.
I will fight. I know my chances are insanely slim, but if I don't fight what else will they pave thinking nobody cares?