Week One, Post One

Bringing mom a stick.

SNOW

The spot I have chosen is the back yard that I spend so much time in now because it is the first winter-spring-summer that I have spent in this house in this new neighborhood after moving a year ago. I am well versed in the wildlife at my old home on Horseleg Creek Road, but I am looking forward to discovering the changes in the wildlife that take place over the course of this semester as the weather continues to change. What makes this place interesting is to see how my dog interacts with the environment and the wildlife behind our fence. We live in a small neighborhood that used to be called Celanese and while it is more developed than the area I used to live in, it is still fun to explore our little piece of wildlife together.  A month ago, when the weather was still really cold, the dirt was dry and the grass yellow. However, the past week the weather has been much warmer and with all the rain the grass is growing again. Yesterday I noticed Apache digging around in the dirt, which smells fresh and earthy in a way that signifies growth. Before I knew it, he was poking a worm that was poking out of the dirt. There is so much biodiversity here in our small backyard, much like the field of wildflowers we looked at in class-- I look very forward to seeing how our small ecosystem changes. I am including pictures of Apache in the snow since it just snowed to weeks ago a
nd now the weather is so warm!