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.