On this visit to Beaver Way, the temperature had dropped almost 10° from the last time I’d been, and the flora in the area clearly reflected the change in weather. Most noticeably, the reeds bordering the brook lost a significant amount of the green coloring that made the water’s edge so colorful before. Many have dried into a light tan color. The trees along the path leading up and to the right have also began to change into a more distinct red color.
Drawing my spot from a bird’s eye view was a bit of a challenge for me, as there’s so many angles and details to capture on Beaver Way. Defining the areas where the changes from the common reed around the river bed to the deciduous trees a little farther down to the coniferous trees at the very edges of my area was particularly difficult, for example.
Interestingly, the most noticeable details on this map—the two wires that run top to bottom—are the least noticeable in person. I only remembered to add it in as I was walking away and the towering poles in the distance reminded me of the wires’ existence.
