Noticing The Unnoticed

When I watch the spider in my garden or in the past I have come a crossed many other creature that aren't necessarily my favorite things to be around I try to consider reasons for their importance. Most recently I've considered it more because of one of the poems we read in class. It was about the life of a mouse and how everyone takes one look at it and wants it dead, but is it really doing wrong if it's doing exactly what everyone else is, surviving. I found a little worm the other day which blew my mind because I rarely come crossed worms anymore. Anyways I retured it to some dirt instead of leaving it in a pile of rocks. I feel that now I look at everything in the way that I have continuously looked at my garden like. The idea of potential of everything makes my mind go crazy. Mrs. Farias and this project completely change how I look at things. Looking at the big picture is great, but there's so much more to everything in this world. The smallest things change the beauty of the world. 

Field Notes Nov. 12, 2014 "The nights seem to be approaching much faster now, chasing the sun away before my very eyes. The crickets chirp faster and my breath is visible. That spider is no where to be found tonight, but it seems every other night it's so aware that I am sitting here just watching. I never get too close to it, but it remains still in the same place, same position every night. Does it know I am here? Am I a 'threat' to it? ... It really makes me wonder the extent of an animals knowledge, like how is it that we coexist and it seems that before these observations our paths had never crossed. Never noticed it and I sit in this same spot occasionally, but now so much more... So friend or foe ?"

One other thing I had also noticed is the nights also bring morning frost, which I find interesting. How it sticks to the grass  like a crystallized jewel, it's just beautiful.

Taken by me Nov 9, 2014

Frost is the leading thing to snow I would say, before we know it the snow will hide what's left of the garden. Chase the rest of the birds away and hopefully force the spider to begin its hibernation so I can observe it's egg sack ! That's probably gonna scare the crap out of me if I watch so many spiders coming out and entering the world, but it is the beautiful cycle of life.