Lake Bonny visit

"I went to Lake Bonny Park for this field trip, and I stayed there for at least 45 minutes."

Today I went to Lake Bonny Park with Jessica and our friend Laura.  Unfortunately, we went at the hottest part of the day (come on though, its November, it shouldn’t be almost 90 degrees!!), which made the visit not as enjoyable as it could have been.  We did not really walk around much.  We parked and went straight to the dock. 

I had been here once in the spring with someone taking this class last semester and I thought it was a lot nice the time before.  Everything seemed dead and not that pretty to look at.  I also have a really big problem with bugs, and there was a bee harassing me the whole time.  Anyways… se took our quiet time almost as soon as we got to the dock.  The 15 minutes of silence turned into pretty much 35 minutes of silence.  It was nice to sit out in nature and just think and read through nature poems.  One in particular I liked was Walking Home from Oak-Head.  The line “I stand in the same dark peace” really stood out to me.  I love the snow and cold weather.  To some people it is dark and dreary but to me I find peace in it.  I can relax and feel in presence of God in cool or even cold snowy weather over the heat any day.  Even though everything feels cold and dead in those times, inside I can feel the warmth and that spiritual fire. 

Walking around helped me see the beauty of nature at the lake.  For some reason water is really beautiful to me.  Even if it is nasty up close, from far away nearly all bodies of water have a sense of adornment to them.  While walking out, there were a bunch of butterflies in one area that were stripped and colorful.  It’s always amazing to me how detailed little things such as a butterfly’s wings can be.  This shows that in nature, God is so evident.

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Wilted, dead trees and brush

Flowers not in bloom

The only life seems to be frightening creatures

Bees, wasps, all elicit darkness and harm

Mosquitoes to suck the life out of you

Seasons come and go

For nature, I mean

This death lasts for a time

Then will come rebirth

Will this season of bright bloom come for us too?

It will someday…it will

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 Butterflies bursting with colors

 Waters glistening in the sun

 Rolling with peace

Birds slashing in the bath

 The sky is bright

 Puffy clouds up ahead

 The silence,  the stillness, the peace

 In every instance God is here

 The beauty of creation- its ours to behold