nature

Nature the truest and most simple beauty earth has to offer mankind. Often nature is only marveled at in the most scenic of landscapes, where snowcapped mountains peaks meets purple skies and perfect evergreens line the landscape. These types of scenery are extremely impressive but sometimes the simple fields and common forests can hold me as captivated as what can only appear on a postcard. Often during my high school cross-country days my team would practice at a local park running through the trails. Though it was hardly anything to be impressed by, it certainly lifted my sprits to being running through the park trails than around a concrete track surround by metal bleachers. The race course though even more plain than the park trials was beautiful to me because a forest of trees lined the edge of the path and as I ran towards it seeing the forest rise from seemingly nothing to becoming a fully develop forest seemed impressive in its own light. Living by the ocean I think has done much to spur my interest in nature. Being at the ocean and witnessing nature shift the sands and move the ocean waves is a calming sight especially when no one else is there.

Another sight that appears amazing to me is to view a small piece of the modern world placed among nature and seeing its integration work flawlessly. Such a simple street sign such as a deer crossing sign creates such a remarkable contrast to an uncommon road lined with trees on both sides. This breaking up of the natural colors of the foliage and tree bark by the high gloss yellow of the warning sign is done in such a balance it would seem awkward if there wasn’t anything there.

Nature is a remarkable part of earth and its beauty can be seen nearly every where we look even the Virginia Tech campus is a beautiful home with an amazing set of stone builds that seem to match perfectly with the campus environment and I simply can’t wait to see it covered with a sheet of fresh white snow. Nature is always there and when viewed without expectations can always lead to wonderment and excitement.