November 12, 2019 Centennial Woods
Today was the first large snow storm to hit Vermont, with snow accumulations around ten inches. Therefore when I ventured down to my spot in Centennial Woods I saw a landscape that appeared unfamiliar to myself. An odd feeling seeing I have ventured to that very spot over a dozen times this year. This last snow storm really put into perspective how much a landscape can change throughout the course of a year, or even a few weeks.
Centennial Woods is a very special place at UVM for myself as it offers me a way to escape the city life. Centennial woods today was cold, windy, and snowy. Normally people often hate these conditions to be outside, but this helped me relate to my home.
The first thing I noticed while walking into the woods today was the apple tree that was covered in snow, yet still had apples. It is quite interesting to think about how that tree got to Centennial Woods. I imagined that there was once an old farm adjacent to the forest that planted the tree as a crop.
