

My park is a substantial amount of land that borders part of the lake. From being at my park when it was snowing to now being there in the morning sunshine with the dew still on the leaves is an amazing change. When I first started going to my park I disliked it because there wasn't much going on just dead silence and ringing in my ears. Occasionally there would be a squirrel running around scavenging when the weather got above the freezing point like it often did. At this point I would be walking through slush with my partner trying to identify things like erosion, global climate change, and hibernation. Walking out of my park every week with wet muddy shoes wasn't the best or most exciting thing, but it started to grow on me. I enjoyed my wednesday mornings being able to go to my peaceful park seeing it grow and change because God was working his
magic in there. I wish now I would have been able to take time lapse pictures of one area to see the snow melt the trees start to look "happier", then bud up and pop out leaves. The last park visits were the best find animals like a snake and even seeing some deer in the park for the first time not just the footprints. My view point on parks now have some depth and I have a reason to be grateful for them not just see them as a waste of space that we should just build over anyway.




Flooding in the long run might be good for the park. It could prevent the wildfire that my park experienced during the early spring. It would kill off a lot of the little seedlings and it would move the dead leaves or at least wet them down and increase decomposition. Flooding always seems like a bad thing whenever it happens just because of the destruction, but in the long run it can be a good thing.
My park which was last appraised in 2009 was worth 32-39 million dollars. Saugatuck dunes, my park, has a huge amount of value and with the felt mansion sitting on it, it gains sentimental value. This mansion was completed in 1928 by an inventor named Dorr E. Felt. This building has been through a lot. It has been a summer home then a school and eventually a minimum security correctional facility. This land has a lot of face value and a lot of value to people who know and embrace its history. For me if I had the billions of dollars that the owner Aubrey McClendon has then I would pay the whopping $350,000 in taxes it costs just to pay for the park. This is just the taxes it doesn't include the cost of the upkeep or employees. This park is definitely worth the price because it is a great piece of land and it could almost be considered a protected park. It is a safe haven for animals and for people with less resources to go and get away for a bit while walking the multiple paths.
Throughout the months I have been to the park with my partner Austin Vanderlaan we have both seen God changing our park and giving us chances to really dive into what our park had to offer us. One of the greatest things I will remember is being able to pick up a snake and examine it.

These are only a small amount of the diversity in trees my park has to offer. With all these different trees the wooded areas can supply many different types of animals as well. With these animals come their predators and this allows the food pyramid to build and grow.

Renewing and bring life out of destruction are great reflections of Gods character in my park. They show how he can be powerful, but grow beautiful things out of that destruction that wouldn't normally be there. Also bringing life out of the ground refers back to the creation story where God made man out of dust. It is a unique thing even with trees. Dust to life back to dust and this is the way of humans as well.
Weathering and Erosion have been a big part of my park during the summer months so far. You can see this in the trails and you can see the moss being more prominent on the trees. Also even through the potential pollution you can see that summer is here. The boogie board is a pretty good representation. Summer games are even being played around my park like frisbee golf there are marks in the sand representing that people have been there recently to play a round. Also me and Austin have seen these people walking around having fun in the sun.
Also there is a lot of fungus in our park we found some growing on the trees.
Also there is a lot of fungus in our park we found some growing on the trees. I cant wait to sit out at night and watch the bat, the one bat my park has eat bugs at night. Also I cant wait to go out and use my baseball bat to hit baseballs around with Austin!
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