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Former Neighbors

These are the cows that used to be my neighbors. So sad, the dairy farm is being replaced with houses, and more houses.

About a mile down the road here are my old neighbors! Well actually it is a different dairy farm and cows but they look the same. Holstein cows are my favorite. The black and white cows, as we always call them, are so cool. They make good neighbors as well. But they are gone. I miss them. But I can visit others right down the road.

This time of the year you can see a lot of babies. Very cool to see them find their legs, they wobble around then before you know it, they are walking. Amazing.

And the buffalo are still my neighbors. But they are behind houses now. They do not have as much room to roam as the once did. Life changes. We have to roll with it.

Photo ©CarolDM 2019

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Written by Carol DM

31 Comments

  1. It really is sad … then they are surprised that the bears are going to their yards … who has reduced the living space for someone

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  2. Rolling with the punches! I am sorry you buffalo and bovine neighbors are further away. The impact of houses everywhere is hard to deal with sometimes.

    Into every life, a little rain must fall. But those of us good at gardening turn that rain into beautiful flowers!

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      • I know, living in Maryland that the reality of suburbia sometimes takes over. Maryland actually passed a law in the 1990’s called the greenway law.

        It basically made it illegal to build housing areas too close together. There has to, by law be green between!

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  3. Changes are hard like having to move from a city to another city due to a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina did force a lot of people to leave the Greater New Orleans region for other cities in Louisiana and other states.

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  4. Every development needs some sacrifices. We are one of the developing countries and I saw the changes every day. Just like Lado said, trees were being cut down along highways for the road widening.

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  5. The same thing is happening with us … cutting down forests and destroying fertile soil … whether it’s about houses or for the road

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    • Oh that is so sad to hear. It is a tragedy but nothing we can do about it. And in some cases these forests are wild animals’ homes as well. Just too sad.