At a plaza here in town recently, I saw this scene from a distance in the fog and drove over to snap a few phone shots. This is a development site for new housing that used to be meadow and a pretty woods I hiked through a few times.
A deep swath of the woods was cut down and the meadow scraped down and this year it looks like there is further excavation to probably make way for utilities and such.
It’s an ugly eyesore and sure, people need homes but the way we treat the land to make that happen is pretty shocking.
But in the peculiar light of a foggy day, there is still a kind of beauty and mystery to be found.