October 8th. 2020 Nature Walk

I visited Houghton’s Garden again, because I find the walk there from Boston College’s main campus a comfortable length for alone time and just thinking about my day. The sun was shining which allowed for the sunny spots of the gardens to be really warm while the shadier areas were a little more on the chilly side. There wasn’t a big difference between the foliage from last week when I went on my last walk, yellowing leaves beginning to fall as the weather gets chillier. The walk itself was very nice and healing as it was time I had for myself with only myself, and I couldn’t stop thinking about how I wouldn’t be able to continue these walks due to the quickly dropping temperature. Surprisingly I saw many more animals like chipmunks, squirrels, and birds than last time even though the temperature is dropping. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see any of the key groups of fungi, they must have been hidden under the fallen leaves, but I was able to see many lichens on the rocks and branches of the trees. Ironically, after my walk I went to my friend’s room and was able to still see a form of fungi today, asexual sporangia or food molds, on some leftover food they neglected to take out/ clean. Although absolutely disgusting, I like to say my walk was successful in seeing some fungi.

Publicado el 08 de octubre de 2020 por seobinyoo