Welcome back everyone! I am hoping you all had a meaningful and restful holiday season. Yesterday, my friends and I trekked to Centennial woods to play in the fresh snow. It was so peaceful to be surrounded around good friends (socially-distanced and with masks of course) and beautiful nature. Obviously the biggest phenological change I saw since I last was there in the fall was the SNOW! The trees that once had the most beautiful foliage are now bare. I ended up at the eastern white pine natural area. As we know, eastern white pines are extremely hardy throughout winter seasons. Much respect for trees facing these harsh Vermont winters!
I sadly didn’t see many animal tracks because it was a blizzard when I was there and covered up all the prior tracks. What I was hoping to see was small rodent tracks; I will have to visit soon and search again.
Happy winter everyone! Continue to think critically and explore fully!
