Observations from Visit #2

Wednesday evening, September 28, after a day when the rain decided to fall early in the morning, stop for a while, and then rain again for a period in the afternoon, I decided to take a chance with the weather and go to visit my field after the rain let up. Even though it was not raining at the time, the skies were still quite cloudy and threatening to get me wet on my bike trip back home, but thankfully, I stayed dry the whole time. The temperature was 58º F, and the length of day on Wednesday was 11 hours, 53 minutes.

After I arrived at my field, I realized very quickly that I was the only person there. This gave me a very good chance to to truly be surrounded by all of God's creatures. The birds and the crickets were still chirping happily away like they were last time I visited. The water level in the creek has filled up greatly ever since we have received all of this rain recently. It was incredibly peaceful to hear the water gurgle over the rocks in the creek again. Some of the leaves have recently fallen off the trees already, but everything is still fairly green. Even though the sky was somewhat blue, it seemed darker than it should have at my field because of the shade provided by the trees, keeping the light trapped up above. One huge disappointment for me on this visit was that I didn't see any animals. It was close to the end of the day, and I was hoping I met get to see some deer, but this didn't happen on this visit. I wonder if most of the animals were still in shelter after all of the rain we received. Next month, I might try going even later at night to try to find some friends hiding in the woods.

Here is another picture from my collection of photos taken by the creek: