{"id":19,"date":"2019-10-24T21:57:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/?p=19"},"modified":"2019-10-24T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:57:26","slug":"introduction-to-kats-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/2019\/10\/24\/introduction-to-kats-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Kat&#8217;s Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My spot for the phenology lab is on a nice little offshoot path in Centennial Woods.&nbsp; It is super easy to get to but filled with nature and beauty.&nbsp; The first time I visited my spot was during a self-guided centennial woods lab.&nbsp; While doing the lab, my friends and I wandered off route a little bit and at one point ended up at this spot.&nbsp; For some reason I felt connected to it right away.&nbsp; Later, when I started this phenology blog, I knew this was the perfect spot for it.&nbsp; What really drew me to this spot is that there are quite a few trees in this area with curved and misshapen trunks and one tree that is leaning over quite a bit.&nbsp; What intrigues me about this one tree is how at first, I thought it was a dead fallen tree that has been uprooted, but it is actually alive.&nbsp; Its branches are only growing on the side facing the sky, understandably, and there is a lot of moss on this tree.&nbsp; I was really drawn to this particular tree.&nbsp; Also, the stream runs right next to my spot.&nbsp; It was calming being back in my spot again, it had been too long and being in nature is so peaceful and soothing to me.&nbsp; Being somewhere in nature that I can think of as my own is so reassuring and comforting.&nbsp; Walking to my spot this week was beautiful because it is peak foliage time. &nbsp;However, most of the trees in my spot had already started losing leaves and some are even bare.&nbsp; It was a little sad because it makes me happy when everything is green, but it was still my spot which brought me a lot of joy.&nbsp; The ground was super muddy in my spot and around the stream.&nbsp; This is probably due to the recent rainfall that has occurred recently.  Overall, it was nice to be back in my spot and feel connected to nature again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phenology Blog Visit &#8211; Field Notes 10\/24 @ 4:33 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Overcast,\na bit chilly but not too cold<\/li><li>Mostly\nhardwood stand<\/li><li>Peek\nfoliage time, but a lot of trees in my spot have begun to lose their leaves<\/li><li>Not\nas green as it was before, sorta sad):<\/li><li>Ground\nis super damp and mushy from all the rain recently<\/li><li>Tons\nand tons of leaf litter on the ground<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/files\/2019\/10\/IMG_9989-e1571968283713-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/files\/2019\/10\/IMG_9989-e1571968283713-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/files\/2019\/10\/IMG_9989-e1571968283713-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My spot for the phenology lab is on a nice little offshoot path in Centennial Woods.&nbsp; It is super easy to get to but filled with nature and beauty.&nbsp; The first time I visited my spot was during a self-guided &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/2019\/10\/24\/introduction-to-kats-spot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/khughes2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}