I woke up this morning to take a walk to the redstone quarry before I head home for the semester. I usually visit the quarry in the afternoon so heading over at 8am was a new experience. The birds were singing their songs and the light breeze blew the leaves on the trees. Since my last visit, all of the trees have bloomed and the landscape is a beautiful sea of green. Additionally, some of the flowering plants like the apple tree have lost their flowers.
At the redstone quarry nature and culture are intertwined because the remaining rock is a result of human impact as we mined the redstone to build many buildings scattered throughout town. Nature has grown around the terraces that were dug into. While I do have a very strong connection to the redstone quarry, I do not consider myself a part of the landscape. I am a visitor to this beautiful nature filled area and I don’t think of myself as something that belongs there, just something that has the ability to appreciate it.
Thank you for everything, Redstone Quarry! See you next fall 🙂