{"id":55,"date":"2023-11-02T14:37:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/?p=55"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:07:02","slug":"observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/spendykephenology\/2023\/11\/02\/observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Observations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first thing I noticed was that my area does not have as many leaves on the ground as seen in other parts of the woods. This is because my spot consists mostly of Northern White Pine trees. There were some trees, the maples, near the stream that were turning yellow and losing leaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the most part, all of the white pines seemed the same as they did on my last visit. There isn’t too much to observe with them since they keep their needles year-round. I did notice that some of the ferns have started to die though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The stream was flowing very steadily and was very nice to listen to while sitting there. <\/p>\n\n\n

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While sitting at my spot, I did a grounding technique to help me notice more things going on in the area. It is called the 54321 technique (or at least that’s what I call it). You name five things you can see, four things you can hear, three you can feel, two you can smell, and one you can taste. (I decided to omit the tasting part) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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