New Visitors

Finally; I found two birds at the top of my tree, but they were different small brown, black, and white birds, I think. The birds were too far to see clearly, but I saw them move. I still see the other birds on the wires(where's a rock when you need one?). These annoying birds were blue and white. When there's a group of those picky birds on those wires, it gets noisy, oh so, very noisy, but when there's only one(or two), it's silent. They make the new birds' visit distracting and difficult to enjoy. This is exactly what it's like at school; when there's a group of students during free time or out of class, of course not nobody is going to be quiet, but when it's just one, complete silence. It would only be quiet with a group of students who were shy and don't know each other. So if a new student came into the environment, nothing would change. Silence and noise are so against each other, yet can switch descriptions, like how noise can get irritating just like silence.

There is a poem from Cathriona Lafferty that shows the similarity between the two rivaling words. Although words can be switched around for descriptions, but it would take time for living things to change their lifestyles. Just know that anyone can change, no matter how painfully slow the process can be.

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Lafferty Cathriona. "Silence vs. Noise." n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2014.

Battle

Hey, do you guys remember my first post, "Swift Moves", and how I described the leaves and their rebellious ways? And have any of you guys been outside yesterday, 25 Oct. 2014, noticing the possibly strong wind (of course it was strong)? Well I thought all the leaves would do is disobey the wind a couple of times, but my tree surprised me on Saturday during the upsetting wind. Sure the leaves will move against the wind before moving the correct direction, but the entire tree along with each branch fighting to remain in its original spot, hoping not to be removed from its home? Now I did not expect to find such a scene in the backyard. Why won't my weak tree go along with the strong unhappy wind? This situation looks like the wind wants to take something with it as it travels, but simply can't get what it wants. So in order to get a souvenir on his trip, the wind must be forceful, but nothing wants to leave with this particular wind, and my tree shows how much it wants to stay. Anyone could see the anger in my tree's branches and leaves as it does it's best to beat this wind. Throughout this exciting battle, my tree wins in the end (yay, I don't have to change my observation yet!). It goes to show to show that there are certain times when any living thing will want something so badly that they would fight for it. Would any of you guys do the same? Oh, and those who are observing trees as well, did anything change for the great life givers?

This amusing battle reminds me of a cute movie people would think of as "for little girls." The movie is called  "Rainbow Rocks." There is a scene of this movie that I love that would explain how a battle between once strongly connecting elements can easily break apart through corruption. It's about three ancient sirens who gain their enchanting powers by singing particular songs that would put people under a hatred spell and absorbing the negative energy of those who are under the amazing spell. I feel that these two objects, my tree against the wind and the scene in the movie, strongly connect because of one simple word, battle. My tree is simply battling against the furious wind to stay where it is and people are fighting for something that they don't even want, yet won't let anyone get in their way and will fight to get to the top, and both of these guys will refuse to be taken away from the seemingly neverending war.


So, here's a link to that scene:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMexypkD3E.  You guys can watch it if you want. I guarantee that most of you guys will not believe that this is from My Little Pony.

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                  "Rainbow Rocks." My Little Pony. Family Discovery. 17 Oct. 2014, Television.

Twists and Turns

I found something on one branch of the tree. I found a small twig-like branch twisted around a slightly thicker one. The only part that confuses me is that the small twig branch (it's practically a stick that can curve, I guess) is disconnected from the tree. How did that happen? The twig part of the tree, not from a different tree, I checked. Anyway, I'm going to personify this a bit in a way that might look like it's a real life situation: It's almost as if the twig isn't ready to let go yet (is that simple enough?). How did you guys feel when you had to leave middle school? What do you guys(kids who are still in highschool) think it will be like when it's time to leave highschool? Would you do the same thing the twig did-- hold on forever? That is how I see the twig as-- not ready to move on yet (believe me; I tried to pull the weak thing off, but if I pulled any harder, it wouldn't be in one peace anymore). We people are not the only ones who don't know when to let go (I'm sure there are people who do know). It's not a bad thing; it just shows that everyone gets a shot to prove that they don't give up easily and will fight for what they want.

Uneasy On the Ears, Interesting On the Eyes

Ugh! I can hear how dry my tree is. Having this wind go through the leaves like water going through a water filter makes the leaves run into each other, which does not result with pleasant sounds. Even though the leaves are sort of green does not mean that the tree will sound nicely. I mean, I know that it's autum, but I don't see another dry tree yet. All the other trees nearby are the deepest shades of green and almost sound as silent as a butterfly (butterflies don't make sounds, right?), and that is just not fair for my tree. Maybe it's the type of my tree that makes it more dry than others, or maybe the dry environment. This still doesn't change the fact that I don't like trees. Wait, is it normal for all trees to be dry during this time? No, it has to be my tree; I really should find out what type of tree I have, but I feel like it will take forever to find a valid answer searching the Internet. There are too many choices to choose from and there's a good chance that I won't find out what type of tree I have. This is why I dislike the Internet. Anyway, even though I still had to listen to my noisy tree, I noticed something that some of the larger branches possessed. There were smaller branches attatched to them that were drooped hanging straight down, almost perpendicular to the bigger branches. It's almost like either the bigger branches are leading and helping the smaller ones get through life one step at a time through guidance and looking out for them, or, this is a little more harsh, taking all the power away from the little guys so that they cannot escape their ruthless leaders and are forced to obey their every command and desire. Is it bad to choose the second idea, nice nature can just get extremely boring for me sometimes. It actually sounds like something that could happen in real life, wait a minute, doesn't stuff like this happen all the time?  Which idea seems to have more sense? Do you guys have a different idea from this? I would love to know.

Those Ungrateful Little...

Still windy. I'm fine with this sort of weather, but there's something that keeps bothering me. The birds; so many of them while I'm out here, but that really isn't my issue. My issue is that there are so many of them, yet none of them have landed on my tree at all. Is there something wrong with my tree that I don't know about? Could it be the strong wind; could it be that I'm out here at the time (could it be that they just don't like my tree!)? Do they ever land on my tree; I haven't seen one land on it once. Maybe I'm just not looking at the right time. What really hurts me is that they go somewhere else that I find degrading. Want to know where they go instead? The electrical wires (or are they called telephone wires?). They go to the electrical wires, something man made, instead of a tree, something that existed on Earth way before those things were invented! Electrical wires just took up space from the little guys while the many trees in the world helped them survive for many, many years. Sure I can understand when a few birds land on the electrical wires, but a lot of them all at once!? Really? That is just being mean and picky. This is exactly what it's like with little kids today; nowadays kids would choose tablets over board games, building blocks, even toy tools. It's just sad now, I would love to see a bunch of kids playing a game outside like tag without any technology distractions. Just like for the birds, if those wires were never there in the first place, where would they be instead? It would be like fighting addiction; the best way to kick the habit is if the "thing" isn't there in sight. Oh, but there's no way that I'm going to take those wires away, I won't have cable anymore (wow, I sound really selfish). Maybe I should find a way to get rid of the birds instead...nah. I will just hope that the birds won't be so cold hearted next time. Wish me luck.

Swift Moves

I honestly thought that I was going to fall asleep while watching my tree. There won't be that many things going on, right? Man was I wrong, the things I found in a short while we're amazing. It was windy today and my tree started to sway back and forth like a baby cradle. Sure, all trees with leaves do that, but I looked closer and saw that the leaves aren't moving at the same time. I thought they did move at the same time, but it turns out that when the wind goes one direction, some leaves resist and go against the force (why did that sound familiar?) in the other direction for a few seconds and then obey the wind's command (that sounds familiar too...). Who knew that trees can have minds of their own? With the wind controlling the leaves, there was emotion in my tree. When there was a small breeze, my tree looked calm and at peace, but when there was a strong one, it looked violent like a wildfire. I'm still surprised that no branches fell off (it's a very skinny tree). Still it looks more alive when it's moving than being frozen still. I wonder what it feels like to always need to obey the wind.