Blog Post 7

    On our third trip to the nature center we were gifted a day of cold weather.  After the previous two trips were done on what seemed to be the hottest and sunniest days of those weeks, this visit was blessed with a 10-degree cooler day than the previous visits.  This made it feel strange when I felt slower and less productive than the previous visits.  The only solution I could come up with was that maybe on the first two visits I thought that if I worked faster, the time I spent baking in the sun might feel like it went by faster.

    Going back to the same privet location as last visit, I was eager to continue clearing out the same corner that I could not completely clear last time.  The bugs seemed to be out in full force, nipping at my neck and back, despite my back being completely covered.  I hate mosquitos with nearly every ounce of my body, but I will still be the first to admit that they are tenacious beyond a doubt.

    Overcoming the annoyance of the bugs around me, the section of privet was slowly dwindling away.  Something about chopping a handful of large privet pieces and seeing the immediate impact that your actions have on the area is too satisfying to properly put into words and can only be understood through experience.  As we wrapped up the cutting for the day, I looked back and marveled at the amount of privet that had been cut down and was able to capture a photo of all our piles, with Dr. Williams to provide some scale.



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