{"id":1195,"date":"2019-04-13T21:13:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T21:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2019-04-13T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T21:13:19","slug":"blog-10-vines-rain-and-trees-galore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/uncategorized\/blog-10-vines-rain-and-trees-galore\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog #10: Vines, Rain and Trees Galore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally I wanted to see how a rainstorm could change up the environment of the park, perhaps follow the stream to deduce just where all the runoff leads. That was the original plan any way, but as I parked the car and prepared to walk the same familiar trails, I realize there was one last area I had yet to explore. It was a small area many wouldn\u2019t give much thought at first, but my overwhelming sense of discovery made it ideal for a final post. It was the small trail that leads from the park\u2019s entrance to the Butterfly Meadow and I can honestly say for an area so small, it packed quite a lot of wonders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entrance and the small trail in question<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I started walking, the first thing I noticed reminded me of a common passage I\u2019d looked over int he management plan. Since a lot of old trees have been falling over, new ones naturally need to be planted and a large amount, possibly donations from the Hebrew Academy, encompassed the left side of the trail. With the recent rainfall all we can hope for is that they\u2019re getting the proper amount they need to make up for the trees of old. I realized that despite hearing about it in the plan, up until now I hadn\u2019t noticed a lot of new trees. It was nice to finally see a decent chunk out and about. From there, I saw some red berries that looked like they were almost ripe enough to eat, emphasis on almost. This small trail was simply breath taking in the rain, with some spider-webs strung up on a tree with little droplets caught inside if you looked hard enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Vine Ring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0It really emphasized this idea that beauty can be found in the smallest and most unlikely of places. I\u2019d say that\u2019s a pretty great lesson to learn when your young. Learn to examine your surroundings, find things you may have glanced over without much thought before. In the end, just when I thought I had seen everything, I was wrong. I\u2019ve learned that no matter how many times you visit the same place, if you look hard enough and think about it logically, you\u2019ll always find something new to discover.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New trees, possibly planted by the Hebrew Academy as well as staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to end this with more of a tribute than a mere reflection of events, if you will. As I walked to the entrance of the park and the big wooden sign that read \u201cWelcome to Price Park\u201d greeted me once again, I noticed a metal sign to the left of it. It was a simple sign with a simple goal, but I believe it is essential to hear as it perfectly summarizes the goal of Price Park and its parents. It read \u201cPiedmont Land Conservancy permanently protects important lands to conserve our region\u2019s rivers and streams, natural and scenic areas, wildlife habitat, and farm land that make the Piedmont a healthy and vibrant place to live, work and visit for present and future generations\u201d. To me, this perfectly captures the essence of the park. It\u2019s a big place with loads to discover and much more that\u2019s worth preserving and protecting. If not for us then for our children and theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spider Webs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Berries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1420 Price Park Dr, Greensboro, NC 27410<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally I wanted to see how a rainstorm could change up the environment of the park, perhaps follow the stream to deduce just where all the runoff leads. That was the original plan any way, but as I parked the car and prepared to walk the same familiar trails, I realize there was one last … Continue reading “Blog #10: Vines, Rain and Trees Galore”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/english\/228-2019s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}