Field Lab

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Green replaced brown and warmth replaced the cold. The surrounding scenery was lush and vibrant, far lusher and more vibrant than in the earlier months. Trees abounded with leaves and flowers, adding new and bright colors to my surroundings. Instead of brown skeletons overwhelming the terrain, green angels asserted their dominance. A cheerful sense of clutter accompanied these new colors and plants. Gusts of wind blew my hair, and I felt like a character in a movie, preparing to sing about freedom and happiness. The steady sound of crickets provided a heartbeat or metronome for the landscape. Out of the blue, a bird squawked out an alarm, blaring like an air horn. Though it was already 7:00 pm, I could still see the nature around me instead …show more content…

I received as many bites on the field trip as I did back home. However, the nature at the field lab grew more wildly than the nature at my special place beyond the path. I attributed part of that to the greater area; I could walk around the entirety of my special place within five minutes while it took almost five hours for me and Naomi to observe less than half of the field lab. Also, Castlegate worries about its image, so in turn, the neighborhood keeps all of the grass cut and the bushes trimmed. I enjoyed the contrast with the trimmed and monitored nature I see daily. The trees and grass around the field lab looked and felt free, and even though this frustrated me due to my many near falls, it exemplified what true nature is, or at least some semblance of that. Additionally, the field lab introduced me to different types of terrain. I observed a creek and a ravine, two features that I rarely see. The land at the field lab had an overwhelming amount of dips and twists, while my special place was primarily flat. Moreover, trees filled both areas. Something that amazes me about nature is the variety of trees and how they come in all shapes and sizes. Some have thin trunks, some have thick trunks, some have round leaves, some have thin leaves. All of the trees were unique, and I enjoyed seeing a variety at both my special place and the field

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