My sit-spot is located at the west entrance of the campus next to the bridge. It is next to a stream and trees. It’s across the street from the Cromer Bergman Alumnae House. There is a tiny hill to get to my actual sit spot. The stream in my area doesn’t flow fast but it still flows. There are trees on both sides of the stream next to the end of Plantation rd. During my quiet time I heard the rustling leaves, the cars driving past, I even heard a car honk their horn. I seen the stream slowly but surely flowing along, the movement of the leaves due to the small wind.  I could smell the wet grass that happens every morning due to the dew. I touched the wet grass when I was starting to sit down and I even put my hand in the stream to see if the water was warm still or starting to get cold. 

 

The three items that I am watching are slowly starting to change due to the changing of seasons. For example, the water is starting to get colder because of the temperatures getting low, the tree leaves are starting to turn from the green color to yellow/ orange colors, and finally the grass is starting to get the fall dew on the leaves from the temperatures being so low at night.

 

When I was walking around my spot I decided to lift up a rock that was close to the stream. I picked up the rock because it looked so unbothered and dry. When I first saw it, I knew it couldn’t be “dry” because it was so close to the stream but after picking it up, I realized it was still “dry” even though it was close to a stream. I realized that just because it was near a stream, doesn’t mean that it would always be wet. The rock left an indention in the soil that didn’t seem affected by the stream water neither. 

 

I enjoyed walking around examining my sit spot but it made me realize that I should have picked a better sit spot with more going on around it. All I had was the trees, soil, stream and rocks near the stream to look at and further examine. I wanted to do this on my own but at the same time I probably wouldn’t have done it if it wasn’t asked of me being I do not like nature! 

 

The first adaptation that I encountered immediately was the color changing of the tree leaves. They were starting to adapt to the temperature differences and the different daylight lengths by changing from green to yellow/ orange. The second adaptation that I encountered was the temperature difference in the stream. When I first went to my sit spot the water was warm due to the high temperatures but now that we are starting to have some low temperatures the stream water is starting to get cold. The last adaptation that I came in contact with is the moist grass in the morning and late night that is also due to the low temperatures we experience at night. My adaptations weren’t hard to see but I didn’t get to see any huge adaptations in my area because once again, my spot does not have much going on. They were so easy to notice because I was outside early so I could easily see and feel the moist grass, and the different color leaves and I could easily feel a colder stream.