Original                                                      Now

I don’t have an original photo to compare with since this wasn’t my original third object, but you can compare the light and leaf spacing to the shadows of the original photos.

My sit-spot as slowly become less of a summer hide away and more of a bare fall spot. The plants no longer have vibrant colors and leaves, but instead are losing color, losing their leaves, or are no longer there. My sit-spot has become much colder there’s less protection from the wind and even though the sun can now reach me I can barely feel any warmth coming from it. As the leaves were falling during the semester I was able to see more of what was around me instead of having to purely listen for what was rustling I could actually see it.

On my way to my sit-spot I saw a turkey leave the area at my approach. When I arrived at my sit-spot I startled a small squirrel who ran down a tree and disappeared into the leaves. It has become much colder at this point. I remember the first sit-spot I experienced I was wearing just jeans and a t-shirt, and now I’m decked out in three layers. There are barely any leaves left on the hardwood trees in the area the ones left are ready to fall soon. Those leaves cover the ground making a cover about three or four inches thick (without the weight of anything at least). My three objects changed each in their own way. The coverage above my head now allows the sun to shine down and reach the forest floor and myself. The moss has stopped growing and it may have receded a bit. The ferns are all gone not one was spared during this cold weather.

I don’t know if I’ve learned anything new since as a kid I was always out in the woods, but I will say I enjoyed the fact that school sent me outside to do work instead of doing tasks in a classroom setting for the entire semester. I think the coolest thing I saw was on my first day when that spider was at my sit-spot and I had the opportunity to watch it work. It was low-key motivating to watch it work so hard on its task for its survival I wish it had stayed longer