I used to really enjoy walking from the overflow parking lot at work to my desk during this season. This year, they have chopped off most of those gorgeous trees that I had come to love, and cherish. Why - you may ask? It's because Intel is huge on solar power, and they have converted the open parking lots to covered structures and have put solar panels on top. Most folks really appreciate parking their car under the shade during those scorching summer months. But I feel bittersweet about the whole thing. They have taken away the entire beauty of the campus, in my personal opinion. This is how it looked in previous years....
Most of these trees are gone :(. This does not even show the overflow lot. I used to love getting in early at work in summer, and choose to park my car under a large tree in the overflow lot. And when I would leave work around 5pm, the temperature would be at its peak, often above 100F. But under the lovely shade of the gorgeous tree, my car would be covered, and cool. On most days, I wouldn't even need to turn the AC on right away, just airing out the car would work fine. I'm going to miss that going forward!!
This row of trees is the next in line to be chopped this month. Doesn't it make you cringe :(? or am I the only one feeling this way?
Other than the campus, the town still looks pretty. And thankfully, we have our gorgeous parks, with large, mature trees. And for now, they are here to stay!!!
4 comments:
This post left me feeling all confused - who's the prettiest of them all. Is the the gorgeous trees. Or is it the young boy ? Or is it that little girl ? Or is it that gorgeous lady ? :)
I was there once, many Falls ago… it was so beautiful.
@Ramesh - grateful for you to always flatter me. The prettiest is definitely in the order you described ;)....
@Agnes - come again :)!
Yes I saw that the trees were gone :--(
Nice coordinated pic ;--) R2 has grown up!
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