{"id":211,"date":"2024-05-04T20:41:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T00:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aqknicke\/?p=211"},"modified":"2024-05-04T20:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T00:41:48","slug":"final-visit-of-the-semester-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aqknicke\/2024\/05\/04\/final-visit-of-the-semester-5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Visit of the Semester! (5\/4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I went back to trinity for the last time of this school year! Things are finally green, and the few buds I found last visit have multiplied and opened and almost every tree has leaves. I went right as the sun started to get lower, and everything in the light was vibrant and light green. It was very quiet when I went, and the only sounds I could hear were the rustling of squirrels in the dry leaves, frogs calling to each other in the nearby pond, and birds above me in the trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Much of my site has the remained the same through the seasons. The large, memorable pine trees are still in their normal spots, the water in the stream is still running at the bottom of the hill, and the trail I take has stayed fairly the same as before the seasons started to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This stream has been the main landmark for me, and I am now very familiar with the view at the bottom of the hill. It has changed course slightly over the past year, and each time I visit I have to step along it a little differently to keep my feet dry. It also looked a little oranger this time around, which I’m guessing is from tannins from all the new plant growth around it. But overall, it has been a consistent part of this spot that I like to observe each time I come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Additionally, the mushroom log I noticed on my first ever visit is still here! The mushrooms look very worn, but it is still in the same spot and I predict that new ones will pop up and refresh the log, especially with its proximity to the stream. This has been a fun little detail to observe each visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So many sprouts popping up everywhere! Im sure the understory will be back to its normal self soon. I thought this yellow birch branch kind of sinking into the leaves was really cool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s the sketch I did of the very end of the woods! I had never walked to this part, but the other side of it looked very pretty in the sun. It”s nice to see the different ways students interact with the forest here, especially with it being so close to the dorms on trinity. There were some wooden boards along a stream right down the path in this picture, with a little whiteboard nearby that people had written on. The trail is fairly well traveled, and I can tell that people must walk throughout these woods often on their free time. Despite all this, the woods are very clean!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moss!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don’t know if I consider myself a part of Trinity Woods, but I definitely feel connected to it just because of the time I’ve spent here and how I have grown to become used to a lot of parts of the woods. Noticing all the tiny details makes me feel familiar with it, and I feel comfortable with the space, but I feel more like an observer than a part of the woods like how the stream or squirrels might be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n