Friday and Sunday: Katelin

Friday Observations: 10 AM-10:10 AM
Sunday Observations: 1 PM - 1:10 PM

This Friday and Sunday, I went out and observed the plants/organisms around the Brody Cafeteria. I realized it's a pretty interesting time to be observing the plants that surround the cafeteria since it's autumn. There are so many little changes occurring to the plants each day. Friday most of the trees and bushes still had leaves on them and they were brightly colored. However, once Sunday came, almost all of the leaves had fallen off. You could tell they had only been on the ground for a few days though because of how crisp they were. It didn't look like they had decomposed at all. I just thought it was interesting how quickly this process occurred; I guess the large amounts of rain and the strength of the wind the weather has brought us recently could have affected how quickly this transformation occurred. I'm interested to see if the leaves will look like they have decomposed at all when I go back to the site on Friday. I guess we'll see what happens!