{"id":29,"date":"2019-10-15T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T22:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/esjaffe\/?p=29"},"modified":"2019-10-20T21:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:38:01","slug":"thursday-october-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/esjaffe\/2019\/10\/15\/thursday-october-10th\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction To My Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking through centennial woods you see large white pines, tall birch trees, and oaks that reach the sky, but if you wander a little further you find a footbridge. Sitting in a small, low lying clearing. If you walk to the middle of the bridge, you can pop a squat in a nice, lightly shaded zone with no overstory trees and lots of ground cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This place is defined by its low lying area, the muddy pathway along the footbridge and its lack of big trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already you can see evidence of water running through the flood plain. The ground on either side of the walk has muddy footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White flowers have bloomed on the American aster plants that grow on the upside of the bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the taller sensitive ferns have turned brow, while others remain a light green, not yet Turing to yellow and losing their color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birds can be heard in the trees nearby but this low land is only visited by the bees and mosquitoes, and the occasional Woolly bear caterpillar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The northern white pines that stand just behind the flood plan, stand tall, still full of needles and color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind is dropping some pine needles over the center, creating a change in diet for the microbes and possibly adding acidity to the soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The air is moist, making the forest smell like it had just rained. Adding a freshness to it <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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