5:30pm – 6:30pm (19 degree celcius)

I went to sit at my sit spot in the evening. Evening times are the best for me. I have always admired sunsets. There is something warm about sunsets even though it is the day sun that brings more heat. I have started having a liking for my sit spot. I was watering the plants the other day with my mom and she went to sit at the exact spot where I sit for my sit spot assignments. Suddenly I felt agitated as if somebody was invading my privacy. I couldn’t understand why I was feeling this way.  And all my minutes of tuning in I kept thinking about this incident. I tried to distract myself by looking at the surroundings.

Then the thought of this being the last sit pot came. I tried to reflect on all of my earlier sit spots. How I didn’t the assignment could be therapeutic. Every time I sat outside for the sit spot assignment I felt calmer and wanted to sit longer. I wonder if I will continue sitting outside. I told myself I will try to make myself sit outside. The assignment was really helpful to get me out in the open with nature. I can only think of therapeutic in order to describe this experience.

On this note, I went outside to look at my focal objects. They were doing absolutely fine. I looked at the sky. I looked up and tuned in for a while. Like I said earlier, sunsets give me warmth. This is why the sky was my focal point for today. Then, I went to look for my three different objects. My marigold flowers were still blooming. like in last blog post. My guava tree has gotten shrunk because we had to shred it last week. It was taking up a lot of space. The guavas are all gone and now only a small tree is left. Then, I went to see if there were any insects. I couldn’t see any. I guess it’s the winter season that is making everybody stay inside.

Every time, I have sat on my sit spots and thought about nature and the topics we covered in Ecology class, I think of wilting point and field capacity. I guess this is because I water the plants every day and every time I wonder what their field capacity or wilting point might be. Some plants require less water and some more. The next thing that comes in my mind is their evolutionary history. what they might have gone through to be the way they are today? I know all of the species in my backyard carries some evolutionary history. They have gone through a lot.

The species I searched for in inaturalist was Pilea Peperomiodes. Like I mentioned in an earlier blogpost. These scientific names disconnect me from the plants. For me, they will always be Chinese money plant. One of the problems with the inaturalist is that they need to have a proper picture to identify species. I had to zoom out and zoom in couple of times to find the right picture for the app to identify its name. Then, I went back and sat at my sit spot. Sat there for a couple more minutes and felt grateful to have this space even though it’s small. I felt blessed to have a place to call my front yard. A place to make me feel grateful of everything around.

Pilea Peperomiodes(Chinese money plant)