A sad state of affairs

I love Monument Valley Park. I use it a lot for portraits, and Pat and I enjoy taking walks there as much as possible during the summer. It's really the most beautiful place. There are two ponds in the park, one of which you see in the above photo. That's right, it's completely drained and it looks awful! I'm pretty sure this can be chalked up to lack of funds. Over the last couple of years this pond has become more and more manky and disgusting. Last year it was downright gross! It was full of algae and all kinds of disgusting crud was floating in it. The waterfowl didn't seem to mind, but it really did look bad. I hope they can repair and refill it, but something tells me it's going to look this way for a while -- our city parks department is pretty much the big loser in this terrible economy right now, so I'm not holding my breath in hopes that this pond will miraculously be returned to its former glory anytime soon :o(