Esinye sezitiya zeziqhamo zokugqibela eziseleyo eSilicon Valley zikhuthaze umfoti u-Angela Buenning Filo ukuba ajike ilensi yakhe iye emithini. Utyelelo lwakhe luka-2003 kwigadi yemithi yeplam engasasetyenziswayo, ecaleni kwekhampasi yaseSan Jose IBM eCottle Road, ikhokelele kwiprojekthi enkulu: umzamo weminyaka emithathu wokufota umthi ngamnye kwi-1,737. Uyacacisa, “Ndandifuna ukwenza imaphu yale mithi ndize ndifumane indlela yokuyibamba kwangethuba.” Namhlanje, igadi yeziqhamo ihlala eBuenning Filo yondlalwe ngobunono igridi yemifanekiso yemithi yoqobo, kumboniso osisigxina kwiHolo yesiXeko saseSan Jose.
Iprojekthi yakhe yamva nje yeefoto, Ihlathi lePalo Alto, ngumzamo oqhubekayo wokubhala nokubhiyozela imithi ejikeleze thina. Le projekthi ikhuthaza uluntu ukuba lungenise iifoto zomthi owuthandayo kunye nebali lamagama amathandathu malunga nomthi, eliya kuthunyelwa ngokukhawuleza kwigalari ye-intanethi kwaye iboniswe kwiwebhusayithi yeprojekthi. Umhla wokugqibela wokungeniswa nguJuni 15. Iprojekthi yokugqibela iya kutyhilwa kwi-Palo Alto Art Centre umboniso omkhulu wokuvula kwakhona, i-Community Creates, le ekwindla.
“Bendifuna ukucinga ngendlela imithi esingqongileyo esichaphazela ngayo,” utshilo. “IPalo Alto yindawo ehlonipha kwaye iyixabisile imithi. Umbono wethu wePalo Alto Forest yayikukuba abantu bakhethe umthi kwaye bawuhloniphe ngokuwufota nokubalisa ibali ngawo. " Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abantu abangaphezu kwama-270 bathumele iifoto kunye nesicatshulwa.
U-Angela ukhuthaza iifoto zemithi ezibaluleke kakhulu, "Ndicinga ukuba inika umdla into yokuba abantu bathumele imithi eyimfihlo kwaye ikhethekileyo kubo, kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla, kwiiyadi zabo, kwiipaki zabo. Ndiyamangala ngala mabali… ndihlala ndilangazelela ukubona elilandelayo.” Uye waphawula ukuba uPalo Alto City Arborist uDave Dockter kutshanje uthumele ifoto yomthi uqhutyelwa kwikhaya lawo elitsha ePaki yeLifa leMveli kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. “Ngoku yipaki yosapho lwethu!” uyahleka. "Kwaye ngulo mthi endibaleka nawo ndinonyaka wam omnye kunye nonyaka wam emithathu ubudala."
U-Angela ufote i-Silicon Valley landscape iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, ethatha indawo eguqukayo ngokukhawuleza. Umsebenzi wakhe uboniswa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSan Jose Mineta, kwingqokelela yeMyuziyam yaseSan Francisco yoBugcisa banamhlanje, kwaye ubonisa rhoqo. Cofa apha ukuze ubone ngakumbi umsebenzi wakhe.
Kutshanje, u-Angela Buenning Filo ujoyine uhambo lomthi olubanjwe lilungu leReLeaf Network Ikhondo. Abathathi-nxaxheba bamenywa ukuba beze neekhamera zabo ukuze bafote imithi ngexesha lokuhamba.
Ukuba ukwindawo yasePalo Alto, layisha iifoto zakho zemithi kwaye uhambe nebali lamagama amathandathu kwiPalo Alto Forest okanye ungazithumela nge-imeyile ku-tree@paloaltoforest.org, phambi kwe-15 kaJuni.