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Saying goodbye to our old park.

#11 A swing

The creek below under the dark canopy. That flat rock in front of the tree is a Native American Mortar.  

    • There have been many photo shoots done here… I have one of my daughter in law dressed for Halloween in a witches costume, swing on this with the fall colors.

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#12 Native American Mortar

used with a pestle for grinding grains. 

#13 The creek

under its natural canopy of trees and vines. 

    • Thank you Pam, the creek will always be there… We have a waterways act that protects the water ways and 10 feet on each side. But they still took away all the trees from both sides of this creek.

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#15 This tree would make five of me

it was a giant Eucalyptus Tree and the view is looking down the hillside to the creek.  

#16 So much color

of the different vines that took over the creek side area. 

#17 Torrey Pine Trees

I thought these were protected. I was wrong. 

#19 Looking up

into the top of another Twisted Juniper. They were in one yard and must of been planted around the same time. 

#20 A fallen tree

and it shows some of the view. 

I am very honored to have been able to catch so many beautiful moments in photographs throughout the years in this lovely long forgotten park. 

Here's to modernization and change. I will let you know what they have planned for this once I find out and will take photos of the "after" . 

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28 Comments

  1. What a shock, and so saddening. Memories levelled. I bet you’re glad you have photos to remind you of all the good times had there by your people and your dogs. Those pictures portray a truly magical place.

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    • I have thousands of shots to remind me. It was a huge shock though, like I said to someone else, Meika ran around sniffing everything all scattered looking, lost.

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  2. It is so hard to see parks, houses, and buildings destroyed these days. Most of the time they put up a hotel or apartments. Can’t they find somewhere else to build! 🙁

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  3. There are so many things that once were one way and now are no more. Sorry you lost your park. I know if my dog lost his favorite space there would problems!

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  4. I do not know what to say. How can all this be destroyed? We’ll wait to see what’s going to be there. Even abandoned there was a lot of vegetation.

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    • I don’t know, progress, money to be had. There were hawks, falcons, bats all living here. The wildlife people also tried to save the park, by turning it into a walking park. They did try, and kept it in probate for years and years.