3) Beach: 

“What of architectural beauty I now see, I know has gradually grown from within outward, our of the necessities and character of the indweller, who is the only builder, - our of some unconscious truthfulness, and nobleness, without ever a thought for the appearance; and whatever additional beautify of this kind is destined to be produced will be preceded by a like unconscious beauty of life.”

This was my first sight of the pond.  I wondered how Walden Pond looked to Thoreau in 1847 and what natural and man made changes were hidden to me, the present observer.  As Walden was written, seasons passed at the pond and Thoreau documented the changes he saw in wildlife and their respective habitats in response to the changes in weather.  Since I was only there at the start of winter, I debated how the woods looked blanketed by snow, the pond frozen over in thick ice, and the forest dense with renewed life

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