The Silent Trees
2010 • New Hampshire, USA
My memory has to do with a road back home. When I was younger the trees formed a canopy over the road, like you were driving through a tunnel. On one side of the road there was a field where people would ride their horses and walk around in. Once I got older, the trees were cut back so there was no more canopy. The field was leveled and turned into a plot of land to be sold. The land was sold and houses were built.
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