After walking down the boardwalk for a while I wanted to find a bench that I could sit on and just enjoy the woods for a moment. I found a bench and sat on it and just as I was about to write about the things around me there was a spider crawling towards me. It was one of the really long legged spiders with a tiny body. I jumped in fright and continued walking to find another spot to sit on. It may sound a bit too much but I felt like nature didn’t want me there and was shooing me away. As I was walking I stopped by a beautiful patch of Trout lilies, the sun was peek-a-booing through the tree leaves and it was hitting the patch like a spotlight. The lilies were yellowish orange in color and they looked like jewels under the sunlight. I heard something move beneath the patches so I squatted down to see what it was. There were a bunch of brown chipmunks with light brown strips that were gnawing on some sort of nuts. I was looking straight at one of the chipmunks. For a brief moment the chipmunk looked right back at me, it looked stunned but it didn’t move until it realized that I was an intruder. It scurried away right after and I felt uninvited yet again. I like to think that humans are a part of nature too but small moments like the ones I had that day at the woods makes me question if that is really true anymore.
I really love your description of the flowers and how the light interacted with them. I think the overall theme of your post is very interesting and I like the different examples you gave of feeling like you were intruding. In an expanded post it would be informative to think about where the line of feeling like an intruder stops, maybe it is linked to what we do and do not consider to be natural.
I love this entry. I can really relate to your experience feeling like and intruder. You descriptions and transitions in emotion are conveyed quite well. Great job!