{"id":29,"date":"2019-11-12T17:40:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T22:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/?p=29"},"modified":"2019-11-12T17:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T22:40:54","slug":"i-thought-it-would-snow-and-it-rained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/2019\/11\/12\/i-thought-it-would-snow-and-it-rained\/","title":{"rendered":"I Thought it would Snow and it Rained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;.and then it snowed. Cool beans, ya know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/fullsizeoutput_1dc7-921x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"32\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/?attachment_id=32\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/fullsizeoutput_1dc7-921x1024.jpeg 921w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/fullsizeoutput_1dc7-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/fullsizeoutput_1dc7-768x854.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><figcaption>thursday<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3876-939x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"34\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/?attachment_id=34\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3876-939x1024.jpg 939w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3876-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3876-768x837.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><figcaption>today (Tuesday)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have visited my place twice since my last blog post. I went last Thursday, hoping to catch the first snowfall, and instead it. Rained. Buckets. That was not a fun time. I went again today and got a good look at my spot after our first big snow\u2014about 8 inches. It was much prettier, colder, and quieter. In terms of the phenology, everything except the buckthorn and some younger hardwoods lost their leaves. Now, instead of hearing leaves rustling in the wind, there is silence\u2014save the occasional soft patter of snow falling off tree branches. Visiting today, I overall felt a sort of peace that I haven\u2019t sensed yet in this place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, in the rain, I had happened to bring along a friend who hadn\u2019t been to Centennial before, so after visiting my phenology spot we explored. I\u2019ll be frank, the trailhead is a pretty boring spot compared to the rest of the woods, but when I picked it it was because I knew I would come here alone most of the time, and venturing into the woods alone is not the safest idea. Seeing the rest of Centennial reminded me why I enjoy it so much\u2014in the middle of suburbia, this is one of the few places where you can forget society, especially in comparison to my place. At my phenology site, you can forget society for five minutes, until another hiker comes along or a car horn honks. Just a half mile deeper into the woods, you can easily forget society for an hour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given Bertha\u2019s size (the beloved eastern white pine at the front of my site, in case you\u2019ve forgotten), and her second trunk, it\u2019s reasonable to assume that there were once a lot less trees around her. The other eastern white pines in the general area also indicate this. In the future, I hope Centennial remains a designated natural area, especially for recreational use, because even if Burlington becomes greener and succeeds in being 100% sustainable, there should still be somewhere for residents to escape to.&nbsp;<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3908-1024x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"35\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/?attachment_id=35\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3908-1024x1000.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3908-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3908-768x750.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3909-906x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"36\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/?attachment_id=36\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3909-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3909-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3909-768x868.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3891-911x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3891-911x1024.jpg 911w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3891-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/files\/2019\/11\/IMG_3891-768x863.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><figcaption>on all levels except physical this is me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;.and then it snowed. Cool beans, ya know? I have visited my place twice since my last blog post. I went last Thursday, hoping to catch the first snowfall, and instead it. Rained. Buckets. That was not a fun time. I went again today and got a good look at my spot after our first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5857,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5857"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mmiller6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}