The Wonders…

   These past weeks I've been observing Cottonwood park have been very interesting but there's more to this park than observing.
Wether i'm sitting or walking around‚ this park makes everything disappear. Some days when I'm done with my observations I just sit on one of the benches and write poems or listen to music. When i'm feeling down or I'm having a bad day I walk to the park and just forget about everything. The park is actually a very good place to just forget about the world and all your problems for a bit.
   Everyone has a place that they go to when they need some space or when they need to just think and get away from everything. My place is the park at first I didn't want to move but ever since I've been coming to the park and having time and space I love it here. Everyday that I pass by the park as i'm going to school the sun is always shining bright on the water and the trees look more wonderful than ever as the sun is rising it's as if the whole park is coming to life from sleeping all night.
       "Natures Wonders"
Everything is frozen.
Nothing has ever felt so great than to forget about the world and just focus on natures actual wonders.
The trees as they flow and the living things that we sometimes are to busy to acknowledge.
(10/23 Field Notes)

Posted via Blogaway

Posted via Blogaway

Posted via Blogaway

Mysterious Trail…

   Mystery Trail… bet you guys are wondering where it led and why it's so "mysterious".
It was just a regular week of new observations until I was making my way down the trail and I noticed a different path that lead down to the river that I had never seen. You may be asking how I knew it lead to the river if I had never seen it or been down it‚ well from the top of the trail you could see the river flowing.
I was trying to decide if I wanted to go down the path or not because it had a lot of rocks… but I'm not one to turn down a challenge & let me tell you it wasn't easy going down but it was worth it.
     Once I got to the bottom I realized that there wasn't a place where I could walk down to… but there was rocks where I could sit & make my observations. I began to just listen to music and look around everything was peaceful and the river was flowing slowly. The sun was setting and it seemed like the river was flowing slower & slower just as of it was setting with the sun…
(10/2 Field Notes)

My Discoveries

Cottonwood park, I've been to this park for many occasions. It's a gorgeous park with picnic tables, a running trail, and a place to play volleyball.... But, there's more to this park than just its outside appearance. There is so much more life that I have been observing over the past week and I can't wait to find and observe new things.
Over this first week I noticed a lot of things that I never knew where there for example that their is a lot of factories surrounding the park. Also, there's a hill that leads you down to the river which is full of life and new things to observe and learn (fishes,beavers, and little crabs). As I was making my way down the running trail I noticed a lot of people running (yes, I was the only one walking). As a matter of fact a lady that was running kept looking at me (she was observing the observer). One night as I was coming home from work I saw a skunk going towards the bushes where the trail that leads to the river is.
      This upcoming week for my observation I'm going to focus more on the bushes and the trail because nothing yet everything can be hiding there. What's really fascinating to me about this project is that no matter what you're observing you always find something knew even if you pass/go to that place everyday there's always new surprises and I can't wait to learn new stuff about this park.
Specially during FALL!
        "An Autumn Day"
      Pumpkins in the cornfields,
      Gold among the brown,
      Leaves of rust and scarlet
      Trembling slowly down;
      Birds that travel southward,
      Lovely time to play;
      Nothing is as pleasant
      As an autumn day!
Author: Unknown