Nature 🌱🌻🍁❄️ Megathread

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Well, there isn't one yet. So...why not?

Today's my off day, and I like spending time out in nature, so I went hiking in one of the local (tropical rainforest) nature reserves. Thought I'd share some of the pictures I took along the journey.

Does anyone else enjoy being outdoors? Please feel free to share any flora and fauna you find interesting


There's just something "Zen" about this moss-covered hollow log


It's as though there's a magical mini-world when you look at mushrooms up close




An abandoned granite quarry (ceased operations in the 90s) that has been rehabilitated into a nature reserve

 

[HereIGoAgain24]

This is beautiful. I often worry incessantly about the sheer amount of environmental devastation our species is bringing on the Earth- something that has contributed to my suicidal thoughts- but seeing pictures like these reminds me of what we still have left. It's worth fighting for.

I don't have any pictures myself, but I recently drove through the Berkshires in New York and found it gorgeous. Makes me wonder how any could give up this for city life.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I love nature. Thank you for sharing.

I want to visit the river Strid before I die...

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[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Lotus blossoms at a Thai restaurant a short bus ride from my place




The lotus is one of the most prominent symbols of Buddhism. The Buddha, in his enlightened state, is often portrayed seated upon an open lotus flower. As the lotus flower blossoms unsullied by the mud and muck from which the plant is grown below, it symbolizes the purity of the enlightened mind arising amidst the suffering of samsara, or cyclic existence.

I love nature. Thank you for sharing.

I want to visit the river Strid before I die...

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You're welcome!

That looks like a really scenic place! I think I watched a YouTube video about this particular section of the river in which it is notorious for having a 100% fatality rate where nobody who has fallen in has ever survived.

 

[enduringwinter]

Beautiful photos and thoughts, thank you for sharing

 

[avoid]

Please feel free to share any flora and fauna you find interesting

Two photographs I took with my phone just outside of my city, on separate occasions.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Two photographs I took with my phone just outside of my city, on separate occasions.

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Beautiful hibiscus flowers!

I like your pfp! Froggo is so cute

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Handsome boi(s)

 

[Forever Sleep]

Lotus blossoms at a Thai restaurant a short bus ride from my place

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The lotus is one of the most prominent symbols of Buddhism. The Buddha, in his enlightened state, is often portrayed seated upon an open lotus flower. As the lotus flower blossoms unsullied by the mud and muck from which the plant is grown below, it symbolizes the purity of the enlightened mind arising amidst the suffering of samsara, or cyclic existence.




You're welcome!

That looks like a really scenic place! I think I watched a YouTube video about this particular section of the river in which it is notorious for having a 100% fatality rate where nobody who has fallen in has ever survived.

Yes- true- it's a very dangerous river partly because it's so deceptively tranquil. It's basically a river on its side. Very narrow but very deep- very strong currents. Not my CTB method by the way though. Too cowardly for that.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Waves crashing against the shore





There's just something about it that soothes the soul.
(Wish it were possible to do GIFs with sound)

 

[Pluto]

I just tried that Gif thing. Very cool.

This was me enjoying the great outdoors with my little lady.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

I just tried that Gif thing. Very cool.

This was me enjoying the great outdoors with my little lady.


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Cats are Mother Nature's gift to humanity!

 

[WithTheFlow]

Oh yes, I love nature and hold certain locations very near to my heart.

 

[_AllCatsAreGrey_]

I'm enjoying this thread. Nature's always been an important part of my life. I grew up in the temperate rainforests of the PNW. I grew up tromping around in its undergrowth. Perhaps due to that, moss and ferns are my happy place.

I live in the city now. We still have some nice parks, which I occasionally visit. I like to bring this bit of nature into my life through my bonsai.

Here is my dear cat Sammy, who recently passed away, doing some inspections of the undergrowth I try to develop in my bonsai.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

I'm enjoying this thread. Nature's always been an important part of my life. I grew up in the temperate rainforests of the PNW. I grew up tromping around in its undergrowth. Perhaps due to that, moss and ferns are my happy place.

I live in the city now. We still have some nice parks, which I occasionally visit. I like to bring this bit of nature into my life through my bonsai.

Here is my dear cat Sammy, who recently passed away, doing some inspections of the undergrowth I try to develop in my bonsai.

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That's a lovely piece! Yes, it does look like tiny forest in there. And it looks like your furry little friend's putting the finishing touch to it in the form of a nose "boop" You and he must've had such fond memories together

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'm usually not a fan of nature, too many mosquitoes and ticks. Looking at it from afar is always pretty though. I did get some pictures from when I went to Taiwan a few months ago though. This one is from a River boat ride through some nature preserve that was there. I saw a snake swimming past the boat on this ride but it was too fast for me to actually get a picture of it.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

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I'm usually not a fan of nature, too many mosquitoes and ticks. Looking at it from afar is always pretty though. I did get some pictures from when I went to Taiwan a few months ago though. This one is from a River boat ride through some nature preserve that was there. I saw a snake swimming past the boat on this ride but it was too fast for me to actually get a picture of it.

Places like these just look so inviting to me!

Despite being from Southeast Asia, I haven't been to Taiwan before. If I ever go there one day, I'm definitely going to places like these, as I'd love to see what Nature has to offer

I hate 'em mozzies too!
These days the nasty buggers react waaay faster than before, and have become so good at dodging—like little ninjas—that killing them is near impossible now
Must be natural selection at work...

 

[_AllCatsAreGrey_]

This made me think of this thread:

 

[apearl]

I got nature photos! They are from vacations I've been on. :)

this was when I was in grainau!

this was when I was in yellow stone!

 

[hawkshorizon]

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Went to the park to work out today and saw a really pretty pigeon. Too bad this is the closest I can get.

this was when I was in yellow stone!

Yellowstone is one of my dream destinations! I want to see the wolves and geysers.

 

[apearl]

Yellowstone is one of my dream destinations! I want to see the wolves and geysers.

I hope you'll get to go some day! If you do go, try and make a stop at Old Faithful (a geyser) its really a impressive sight to be seen. :)

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Saw this pretty bell pepper at the supermarket yesterday. Being on the grocery list, I bought it in a heartbeat.



I once watched a video explaining that red, yellow and green peppers were in various stages of ripening, with green being the most unripe. It seemed unreal and I didn't believe it.

Until yesterday, that is.

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Little Heron

 

[cicatrezESP]

beautiful photos everyone. i love all the animals! nature is one of my favorite things! it is where peace exists.
i'll post a photo i have taken as well

 

[BoulderSoWhat]

 

[Meowers]

Life is beautiful, truly but it wont give me the opportunity to stop and smell the roses

 

[WhatDoesTheFoxSay?]

Saw a couple of water monitor lizards at the park I went to work out at, like this juvenile and baby.





(The thing about animals is that they seldom keep still long enough for you to get a close-up)

Also, because of the rains mushrooms have sprung up all over the place

Life is beautiful, truly but it wont give me the opportunity to stop and smell the roses

That's why I'm determined to learn to slow down and make time for it

 

[cicatrezESP]

one of my favorite sights