December Observations: The site is much more different. It is much colder, although the lake has not frozen over, the water temperature is much colder. The majority of the trees (especially the green ash) have officially lost their leaves and snow has hit the ground. When I visited I didn’t see any animals or insects, and there were a lot less people walking on the boardwalk. Overall it seemed much more lifeless as well as quiet. The bushes were still intact and there were closed buds.
