And for today, the downside of yesterday’s jaunt through the southcentral Virginia countryside (if we set aside the gas money I must’ve used for it ;).

Destruction.

Just imagine what this field of ragged tree stumps must have been like in the not-too-distant past. And now: Ugh!

I know that there are reasons for deforestation. Maybe the people who cleared needed money to save their land or to help a family member in need.

A part of me says it’s not really my business what somebody does with his or her land or why … while another part of me says, Those trees breathe fresh air for me to breathe, too!

Really, though, beyond any political or neurotic issues, it just simply hurts my heart to see it.

And more:

A driveway that a little stream of water has rendered creek-bed-like. (I remember living at the top end of one about ten times as bad as that!) And two separate signposts knocked over.