Something

                          During these past few days, there's nothing really extraordinary that happened. So I guess I'll just talk about the day when I took a closer picture of the pine cones I found at the tree that I'm observing.

 

                            I took the picture above immediately after I got home from school. It looked like I was taking a "selfie" from someone else's perspective, but I was definitely taking pictures of the pine cones. That afternoon, the sun was bright yet the wind was shivery. A school bus was passing by as I took the picture above. Other than that, no vehicles/cars passed by. The clouds were tornado-shaped as they hover in the sky. It was unusually quiet after the school bus passed by as well. Normally, you could hear the sounds of the airplanes from the airport, vibration of the machines from the nearby factory, and other people's chatters. However, during that time, you could only feel and hear the cold shivers of the breezing wind. It was a feeling that made me observe longer and embrace that peaceful day from outside.

                       

Subsistence of the Unknown

So, it's been quite a few weeks since we started this "nature project/ observation. However, I've never really noticed the pine cones that's been thriving within the tree until recently.This just goes to show that unless you pay really close attention to your ambiance, it is doubtless that you will overlook something's existence(pine cones in this case). According to my research, there are different types of pine cones. Pine cones vary dramatically in appearance and dimensions.There are the impressively elongate and slender cones of sugar pines and western and eastern white pines, for example, and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, the little squat ones of lacebark , mugo  and Scotch pines(Schowalter-Hay). I'm not sure if it's the exact same thing, but the pine cones I found were very similar to Scotch pine cones. I'll be sure to find out exactly what it is during the instance of my observation.

                                                   Not a very clear picture but they're still visible!

Also, since I think that I haven't looked close enough, it could be possible that there are other life forms that I have yet to discover. Having something to look forward to definitely keeps me sympathetic towards further observations. Discovering something that I have not seen despite the three years that I've spent living around it would definitely be enthralling.

Work Cited

Schowalter-Hay, Ethan. "Types of Pines & Pine Cones." Home Guides. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

Preamble for the inevitable journey

                For most people, an observation simply means perceiving what you've caught a glimpse of. However, conducting an observation using all our senses acquiesces us to grasp what's beyond our eyes can see. Thus, I have chosen a tree and the area encompassing it as the subject of my observation. This gives me the tree, sky, and sounds from afar to take note of and observe.
             
              To conduct my observation, I've decided to pick a viewing spot and sit there everyday and record what my senses perceived for 5 minutes. Throughout the first few days or weeks of my observation, I've thought about changing the subject of my observation. However, I've decided to focus on my subject more and actually found it fun and relaxing to sat down quietly and just observe. Nothing else.

               During the first week of my observation, nothing extremely alluring happened. However, calling it mundane would be an embellishment. Observing meticulously allowed me to perceive things unlike before. I became fixated towards the sound of a landing airplane, the vibrant of the grass and the tree's leaves from the gusty wind, machine sounds from a factory, neighbor's chatters, the rough texture of the tree, the soft and drenched grass, and the gloomy sky.These are the elements that I've contemplated throughout the first week of my observation. These factors kept me engrossed for the duration of the week.