As winter break closes, and the start of the spring semester begins, snow welcomes everyone back. The walk to Centennial Woods was very quiet, with snow still falling all around me. I looked everywhere throughout the woods for animal tracks left behind, but the only prominent one were human foot prints. I was very surprised to see shoe imprints in the snow so early in the morning. I was also surprised to see a couple of fallen trees. There were multiple new trees that had moved while I was gone, and it was much more difficult to get to my spot now with the snowy obstacles in my way. Eventually, I made my way to my spot alongside Centennial Brook. Before I had left for winter break, some of the remaining oak trees still had their leaves hanging on by a thread. However, this time, there were no leaves left on any oak trees, and only the pine needles on coniferous trees were left.
The most prominent sense of change in Centennial Woods was the arrival of snow. It looks like a whole different forest now that it has snowed. Millions of tiny snowflakes are stuck to tree branches, and fallen off twigs. It is extremely quiet as well in the woods, and when you are by the brook, the quiet sound of running water is the only thing you can hear. There is no sound of leaves falling, or leaves rustling in the wind, or squirrels jumping around. It is a different type of serine now that the seasons have changed over.
Another note of change is the brook. Most parts of the brook from my view were frozen over, but by the massive fallen log, part of running water peaked out. If I had one, I would like to set up a camera to see what animals come to the brook at night to drink from it.
