Hello, for the #3 assignment we had to sit at our spot for approximately 15 minutes with no distractions. I found this incredibly calming as I watched the sunset near the beach! It was gorgeous. I just listened to the sounds of the place and heard the water from the falls crash, I heard many different bird sounds like crows and eagles. It was hard to find complete stillness in my very fast past brain, but I was feeling more and more present. I picked apart a dried leaf and then realized there wasn’t many leaves yet still on to trees and then I spiraled thinking about a tree’s life! But overall was really calming. Here’s the map!

I had a little bit of fun making it look like an old pirate map. Segway into the passing of time; somethings I’ve noticed were that the trees were mostly bare, the water was much colder, it was very gray, because of the lack of leafy green. Nothing much has changed, just with the change of the seasons.