Ideas for Nature Essay

While I was out observing at Kean University, I found two trees that interested me.

One of the trees was on the side of the library, it reminded me of a spider shaped christmas tree. The leaves felt like pine, without the smell. They were rough like a cactus would feel like. Along the brances were golden pieces of what looked like honeycomb. There were a few bee's swarming around the golden pieces. The park was exceptionally smooth, almost like it was full of nutrients. There was a side plant which was wilting underneath the large tree. The small plant was in the shade, as if it recieved little to no sunlight.

Further down on campus, down by the reflection garden I found a extremely large tree with the entire middle rotted. Along the ground, there was moss which was growing among leaves which had fallen. The branches that still hung from the tree were breaking off with apparent signs of rotting. The bark of the tree was very rough and easily breakable. I'm believing that the tree was dehydrated. Consequently, the leaves were not dried out or easily crumbling. On each of the branches there were spiky little balls hanging from the leaves. Many of these had also fallen onto the floor. Inside the middle of the tree, where it was rotted, there was a wide array of colors. I saw a wide mixture of browns, blacks, yellow-green spots mixed together. Even more apparent, inside the bark of the tree were holes spread through the middle.