#metroparks

[queerkidfears]

Recent gloomy portraits of me 🖤

[blvckisking]

post workout hike this morning

[thegardenhearth]

I think one of my big goals for 2026 is to be outside for 2,000 hours. This is a huge change from where I was last year, and while ambition makes me nervous, it also makes me excited.

What kinds of things will I learn? What photos will I take? How many different kinds of mushroom, lichen, and bark will I identify? What about birds? What kinds of leave and feathers will I collect? How often will I forage? How many trails will I walk, and for how long? What will my longest hike be? What emotions will I experience? Who will I be at the end of all this? So many questions, but I'd love to find out!

I'm already outside a lot around midday due to my job, but I'd like to commit to spending at least 3 hours of personal time a day in some of the local Metroparks surrounding my city. There is too much biodiversity in my midwestern home for it to go uncelebrated. I love being outside and I think pushing myself to be Not Indoors for 38.5 hours a week is also good for my health, both mental and physical.

[haleyslibrary]

lunchtime walk in the park

[hex-addiction]

5/7/25

So... I went for a hike for the first time in a long while lol. So happy :)

Spring critters spotted:

Baby snake (almost stepped on it), Baby Snapping Turtle, Woodfrog, Painted Turtles, Turkey Vultures, Red-Winged Blackbirds & females, Swans, brown cow bird, gackle, Blue Herons (so many in the nests right now) , Sandhill Cranes & babies, Red bellied woodpeckers, downy woodpecker, doves, Black Capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Red Cardinal, Nuthatches, Titmouse, Chipmunks, Squirrels, pine siskin, Eastern Blue Bird, American Coot, Gold Finch, Yellow Tananger, & Egret.... and im pretty sure I heard a pileated woodpecker (their sound is pretty distinct, almost like their crazy laughing at u lol) but couldnt spot him today.

:) from Just ~1.5 hr of hiking lol. ♡mylocalpark♡

i wouldve had some pics except my phone storage is out of space lol!!!!!! Probably gotta download and clear that out tonight bahahahaaa... and my good camera is broke, need a new one!

[voidnoisesmp3]

for easter, my partner and I have a tradition of finding a new place to take a walk in nature. early spring is always my favorite. animals are out. the trees are bright green and everything is just generally waking up.

we decided to take a walk in cleveland's metroparks, which will always be my favorite place ever.

we saw so many turtles, but a lot of the photos I got turned out too blurry. maybe I'll try to clean them up, blurry or not.

[allaroundhere]

[rie-k-photo]

Huntington Beach Sunrise by EDrost88 https://www.flickr.com/photos/62091376@N03/46834420474