Sunday, 31 May 2015

May 31, 2015

Today, I will be focusing on "flower blooming" in Tynehead Park. Feel free to share if you like them. (^_^)


























Spring of 2015 is almost gone, and now it is time for summer. The summer flowers are ready to bloom and it will be truly magnificent by mid-June.

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Story Boards in Tynehead Park

If you follow the trail in Tynehead Park, you will find eight metal boards along the way. There is an interesting story written on the boards, but I think people do not give much attention to it. So, if anyone is interested, I would like to show you the story here, so you can comfortably read it at home.

The story was written by Kate Wolf in 1977.


A Lilac bush and an Apple tree were standing in the Woods, out on the hill above the town, where once a farmhouse stood.


In the winter the leaves are bare and no one sees the signs of a house that stood and a garden that grew and life in another time.


One spring when the buds came bursting forth and grass grew on the land, the Lilac spoke to the Apple tree as only an old friend can.


Do you think, said the Lilac, this might be the year when someone will build here once more? Here by the cellar, still open and deep, there's room for new walls and a floor.


Oh, no, said the Apple, there are so few who come here on the mountain this way, and when they do, they don;t often see why we're growing here, so far away.


A long time ago we were planted by hands, that worked in the mines and the mills, when the country was young and the people who came built their homes in the hills.


But now there are cities, the roads have come, and no one lives here today. And the only signs of the farms in the hills are the things not carried away.


Broken dishes, piles of boards, a tin plate, an old leather shoe. And an Apple tree still bending down, and a Lilac where a garden once grew.

I think the "home" in the story is referring to the old house on the hill.



So, this place was used to be a farm, but after the roads were constructed, the place was abandoned and became a heritage site after a long period of time.

About Tynehead Park

Tynehead Regional Park (commonly known as Tynehead Park) is owned and maintained by Metro Vancouver.  The park is 260 hectares of meadow and forest on the banks of the Serpentine River headwaters in Guildford. This park has a lot of wildlife, and is a habitat for owls, hawks and coyotes. The headwaters of the Serpentine River are spawning and rearing habitats for trout and salmon. The various trails and viewing platforms within the park offer great viewing for spawning salmon in October through December.

Source: http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/2135.aspx




May 28, 2015