Slow or Fast: Still Special!

As I observed, as I compared, as I judged my apple tree like the human being I am, I saw that its leaves were finally changing color and were at last beginning to fall. My mystery tree went through this process weeks ago. She was faster then the apple tree and seemed to think she was smarter, brighter...Better. Better then the apple tree because she was faster.Her beauty and personality of course out weighed any negatives she had but they were there. As I saw my apple tree live under the shadow and greatness of the my mystery tree, I began to question why some leaves change faster then others? According to"Why Leaves Change Color?", some factors that mainly effect this are; the weather and the amount of moisture the soil had during the time the chlorophyll was starting to die. During the time at which my mystery tree's chlorophyll was dying(in October) the weather was not as cold and the days were a little longer. However in November my apple tree's chlorophyll was dying and during this time it is much colder and days are shorter. This weakened its beautiful colors and turned the leaves a brown yellow color.

"The leaves finally began to change color." Field-notes 11-15

 The color of leaves in general depends on the pigments like the chlorophyll responsible for the green color, carotenoids responsible for the yellow orange color and anthocyanins for the pink, purple color ("Why Leaves Change?").  I couldn't figure out why some trees were faster then others, however I'm glad I couldn't. We can say there has been many experiments not only on trees but on people as well to try to figure out why some are taller, stronger, smarter...Better. Sometimes there is to believe that there's an answer for these. However I don't  believe that there's an answer for why a person is Better then someone else because its not true. There are factors like weather, moisture, and DNA that I guess can be said effects the outcomes. However we shouldn't judge anything based on only a few factors. We shouldn't consider my apple tree dumb because its slow, I judged my tree as I judged everything else in my backyard. At first I though my backyard was pretty ugly now its a beauty. I'm not sure if judging is a human instinct based upon what we were taught but I do think we should wait if we do. We should know them before we judge and I think most humans judge automatically however with practice we can control it.

Work Cited

"Why Leaves Change Color?" Butler University: Friesher Herharuim.               N.p. n.d. Web. 16 Nov.2014.

See The Unseen

The fear of not being able to see has surely come to our mind in one form or another. It seems to be a scary thought, loosing your vision. However they're things around us everyday that we truly can't see. How many people can say they have seen love? I challenge you, what color is it?  How does love smell? Whats it's shape? Have you seen love? The air that surrounds us, that same air that goes within our nose down to our lungs and back up again to keep us alive, is clear, invisible. One very important factor the keeps us alive can't be seen(At least not by our own eye vision). However its effects, is a whole another story. There was plenty of wind this week in which effected everything that's movable. I have these plants that have grown to be taller then me by about an inch and a half. They have been unfairly ignored by me since they're near my mystery tree. The wind however made them move as if they were trying so hard to get my attention.( like humans). The plants danced in the wind, sometimes calmly letting the wind guide their every movement. However other times the wind hit them with it all it had, making it a real struggle for my plants to get back up. My plants strong as can be took the wind like champs. 

"They seemed to be dancing to get my attention" Field- notes 10/29

As seen the wind effected my plants making them move in a certain, weather it be for bad or for good.We can definitely hear the wind, and feel it, maybe not smell it however we can only see the effects of  the wind.  The air is clear to us because we have evolved retinas that are sensitive to the wave lengths of light that pass through it. (" Why Can't We See the Wind?") Making the air or wind invisible to us. As love and air theirs many other things that can't be seen but their effects can be. Every single person has a story behind them. Just because you can't tell or see it doesn't mean they don't have a serious problem. Doesn't mean they don't have a type of wind (problem) hitting them. People may act a certain way good or bad like my plants did. However they acted and moved due to the wind hitting them and for this we should be aware. We never know who is dealing with, what might as well encourage everyone to keep going with their heads held high all the time!

Work Cited

Bromley, Brian."Why Can't We See the Wind?" Focus: Science and               Technology. N.p. 9 Aug 2014. Web. 2 Nov 2014.