The Flowers

"Today I'm walking at the other side of the park. I've been on this side before but  just to walk around. Most of the animals are on the other side, I don't know why. But I've spotted quite new plants and trees while observing this side. My field notes 11/5"

  I've hardly seen any flowers or blooming flowers around Paradise Park. Maybe cause I haven't been paying that much attention to flowers. But now that I have, I've found some interesting plants. As always, I don't know what kind of plants I'm observing that's why I have the curiosity to do my researching.

                         

                                                                       (My field notes photos-11/5)

  This is a photo of the flower I first encountered with at the park. It seems as if it's been stepped on a lot, and slowing falling apart. When I researched what kind of flower it was, I found out that it was called, "Oxeye Daisy," according to "My wildflowers." It looked like a sunflower but according to the website it belonged to the family of Asteraceae.  Also, it's height typically is 1 to 3 ft. These flowers usually bloom June to August, and the bloom size are usually 1.5 inches. 

       (  www.mywildflowers.com photo) 

  A picture from the website I researched the flower from. It seems a lot like mine but mine has the petals falling off and a little separated. 

  

             (My field notes photos-11/5)

  As I was searching for more flowers in the park I noticed this tree which had really pretty flowers attached to the branches. The flowers really caught my attention, well because they were pink. 

          (My field notes photos-11/5)

  A closer look of what the pretty pink clustered flower tree looked like. The tree was close to the pond surrounded by a lot of tall grass. But this tree had like minimum of about 10 or maybe 12 flowers in all the tree. I didn't notice any recent flowers that had fallen before I saw it. I researched what kind of tree it was, according to "Blue Planet Garden..." it's called an English Hawthorn. 

  It's always a good thing to observe the littlest things around the park, because you never know what you'll eventually find. It's also the littlest things that interest you the most at the end of the day. 

Work Cited

"Blue Planet Garden Blog." www.blueplanetgardenblog.com. N.p.n.d. Web. Nov. 9 2014

"Oxeye Daisy." www.mywildflowers.com. N.p.n.d. Web. Nov. 9 2014 

                                                              

  

When It Feels Empty

 Every time I go to the park to do my observations I hardly see people. People may say because it's getting cold or that they don't like the park because of the ducks being mean to them. But in reality no one likes that park, it's not that attracting. 

 Do you ever feel empty when you don't have something you really love with you? As in a phone, laptop, keys, car, significant other, pet, parents, etc. Well I bet that's exactly how the park feels when it doesn't have any people inside it. This park should be full of joy, love, and entertainment. Lately, Paradise park has been lonely more like abondoned and I know it's getting cold but a park is a park. 

 When I go roam the park I also check to see if the play ground is full of children, running around with a smile from ear to ear. But it's totally the opposite I see at least 2-3 children playing in the play ground. Maybe because the time I usually go to the park which would be around 6:00 p.m - 7:00 p.m. When the sun is finally setting and the night is now shining. 

 When Paradise Park feels empty it doesn't seem much of a park. Although it's a home for the animals that live there. During my observations, I've noticed a lot about the park I never really knew. It seems as if I got attached to the park and connected more with it. 

"Today marks another day of my observations, where is everyone? It feels so lonely and abandoned, is the weather making people foget about this beautiful park? I guess it's just me and the animals today. It's getting kind of chilly now that the weather is changing. This park just feels a little lonely without usually seeing people play soccer in the other side, children in the play ground, and many others jogging around the park. My field notes 10/31"

 At the end of the day, I feel like we should try to interact more with nature. Bring back our childhood and play in the parks like how we used to. When the park feels empty it doesn't look much like a park. I know because I've exprienced it's sense of emptiness while I observed it. 

       (My field notes photos 10/31)

 A picture of the Paradise Park at night. It  doesn't really show much but it's empty other than the animals that live there and me.