Moss in October out at the canal

There's so much to view out here its incredible. It's golden and misty. It finally feels like October with theses breezes in the air and the smell of cinnamon and chimneys coming from the houses behind me. The way trees are slowly becoming dull, but alive in their sense of color. These past days I have learned so much, and I am thankful for it. I have noticed so much about the water canal, things that I never paid attention to so much until now. Like the moss that stands out like a rose among thorns growing on the edges of rocks that slightly touch the water. "It makes me wonder how moss grows out here especially  now since it's cold October, based on research that I just found out on a website by the following name of  http://www.mossacres.com/ on my phone, I found out moss can grow at any time of year since it's a small flowerless plant that grows in clumps of single celled thick leaves. I touched it and noticed it's very soft. I don't know if it's bad to touch moss since i've never really encountered it till now but I sure liked the texture of it. " - Field notes 10/18/2014.
 


I find it incredible how such things grow on nonliving things. Just how we live on this living planet. We make a living out of anything that comes in our path. Just how we live in houses in the middle of no where, and how caves can form themselves without the help of anyone but their self. Science is an amazing things and has so many questions unanswered. I too ask my self many questions while im out here. Such as; why doesn't it rain to bring some sort of life to this place? or why do animals chose to live here out of all the other beautiful places in Reno?

Mother nature

Isn’t it crazy how everything we see, everything we inhale, exhale and touch is all made up by one important component? Mother Nature has given us more than what we need to survive, Mother Nature has blessed us with beauty to glaze at for days and give us the chance to be thankful for everything that’s on this planet.

 Roaming around here has made me realize a lot about life, I honestly thought this was going to bore me after a while. But instead it’s teaching me and amazing me every day that I come out here and never disappoints me. It’s October ninth. You’d expect it to be a little chilly but it’s not. It rained yesterday and the ground is still humid, it’s wonderful. It’s warm, sunny and slightly cloudy. I see a very light flow to this water canal, but I do see a heavy flow in the insects’ daily activities picking up leftovers or picking up leaves on their back and carrying them home. I see Birds and ducks on their daily activities wandering around, sitting, waddling and flying. Feeding their families and flourishing through their daily lives.


Coming out here gives me the chance to see all the features and small details that make this area beautiful and worth watching. It’s almost as if the earth has music to give us for those who listen. Nature is something to be blessed about, it’s a remedy. It’s a beauty we have to take care of.
There's so much to take in and so little is taken. Mother nature is such a blessing to this planet.

My first taste of nature

My first taste of nature

"Its 9/15/14, 6:25 pm.
I am sitting on steps that run down to the water canal behind my back yard that holds plenty of hidden features. Here I have all access to natures activity. It's slightly uncomfortable sitting on this rock but very much worth the pain. The stream of water soothes me just by glazing at it. So with that said, there's not much to complain about. There's not much of a flow in the water due to the fact there's a depressed drought but I know there is hope and soon this drought will turn into the same water canal it was before with a profound amount of water in it and faster flow where the ducks and fishes can swim through comfortably without worrying about mud or dry land to distrub their destinations. The sounds of cars are loud and the heavy winds ring through my ears. Theres a duck noise coming from a distance but I cant seem to find out where its coming from until i feel its presence behind me and get a glipse of it walking on the dry land before it takes off to mid air. Once again, the rushing of loud cars are very distracting but not as distracting as the beautfiful water stream in front of me. Nothing much has changed but the increase of the fires smoke, time passes and the heavier and stronger it gets to my lungs and makes my head feel almost as if its floating. The smoke from the fire at a distance is a pain but I have to appreciate nature. Because nature is a beauty, and the fires smoke is seeming to affect the wild life out here at this water canal. There's no birds and I've only seen one duck. Even the ants are beginning to go underground. It seems lonely but that's not the truth, the birds are hiding in trees and the ducks are under bridges. Everything is still alive but silent and blurry. It's amazing how much Mother Nature can affect its self but still survive .. " - field notes from my first observation.

Throughout this blog, I will be expressing what I see out at a water canal behind my house that has always caught my attention since we moved here 10 years ago. As a child I would always come out here to feed the ducks, birds, and even throw rocks into the water for fun. Normally, I always peek through my fence just to see what goes on at the water canal. If I ever see ducks, I throw bread over my fence so they can come and eat it. But starting now, I will be going back there Five days a week for my observations and cherish what I have right behind our house.

This is a painting I painted in my art class, its a picture of the water canal with a big red orange sun and smoky sky. Just as It is outside. The water canal with tints of green blue white and light red as it gets further way. As well as birds roaming in the air, just how they are out 365 days a year, even in the cold; there will always be life outside at the water canal.