#People on Nature Trail

[thistransient]

Bicycling to see the rice fields

#i went on three trails/roads I'd never explored before #but i was hedging my bets that there'd be enough people out on sunday that i wouldn't be the first victim of feral dogs #indeed one auntie with an exercise band and no fucks to give held the attention of some barking warehouse dogs #while i made my escape #otherwise i can add ‘collar wearing goat’ to this list of things I've mistaken for a dog at a distance #to be fair the goat was solid black and having a stroll on the pedestrian path #what was i to think #taiwan #taipei #biking #nature #rice paddy #稻田 #clouds #banyan tree #榕樹 #北投區

[critter-catcher]

A very happy wet beast Wednesday to everyone

#i want to get one of those larger type pool things #like the ones people use for koi #i think itd be so fun #animals #trail cam #nature #critters #mammals #wild life #wildlife #raccoon #raccoons #wet beast wednesday

[oifaaa]

One thing I will always appreciate about Rick Riordan is that he does genuinely listen when fans criticise his work and tries to do better next time hes definitely not perfect but he tries

#rick riordan #pjo #percy jackson #i finally started reading the 4th trails of apollo book #i took a wee break after the third one #so i didnt read them too fast #and frank is reintroduced #and something i wasnt a big fan of #in heroes of olypus #was that frank was said to have lost a lot of weight #but in trails of apollo #its specifically mentioned that now that frank stopped growing hes regained that weight #hes still muscular #hes just also gained his natural weight back on #idk its just nice to see people realise they made a mistake #and correct themselves without making a big fuss about it

[the-hikers-eye-photography]

Star Trails in the High Desert

A favorite spot of mine (and my wife) to go and sit out under the spectacular night skies and view the stars. The area has a Bortle class of 2 to 3, depending on the direction you are looking.

This is a stack of 150 frames, each 20 second at 16mm, f/2 and ISO 2000.

Let's go exploring.

#opt outside #nature #outdoors #the hikers eye #no people #landscape #go outside and play #landscape photography #nature photography #original photography #original photographer #star trails #astro #astrophotography

[ravensvalley]

#FamousPeople

People who are really famous end up in total reclusive… I mean, they don't do anything. That sucks!

#Famous People #Enjoying the Outdoors #Outdoor #Adventure #Hiking Trails #National Parks #Landscapes #Nature Photography #Wildlands #Wild Landscapes #Mountains Excursions #Backpacking #Lifestyle #Original Photography #The Heart of the Healer #Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere #Canada #The RavenKeeper

[worstloki]

people just ignore Thor was a feral child, huh? like his life goal was probably to demolish another race at age 12 and he was probably begging to go to war and attempted to murder their father for not letting him via telepathy that he didn't have.

#people are like ''loki stabbed thor at age 8'' like im sorry but thor is older and im pretty sure he would've given loki the knife #Frigga was probably like ohhh you can wage war when your brother is old enough to go with you. can't let you two go alone! #and Thor naturally was like ''ok. i will Arm the Child'' #like for SURE Thor was the kid eating dirt while Loki just sat next to him looking very confused about it #Thor: Father said we are Part of Asgard and need to Eat To Grow and then one day will be Big Enough to Fight ! #he tries to feed Loki the dirt so he'll grow up quicker too but Loki starts crying and now Thor's forgotten about it and trying to calm him #Thor like no no don't cry i'll find us something else to get big with :( #carries him away and gets dirt all over them both because his hands were still dirty #fast forward the bros are sitting on the ground under a table monching on lemon cakes (or whatever) absolutely COVERED in dirt #they have left a dirt trail behind them so their hiding spot won't be effective for long #and also Thor doesn't think voices should get across what is clearly a sturdy table cloth so he's not sure how they were 'discovered' #Frigga: you cannot get dirty and go in the kitchens #Thor: LOKI WAS SAD. AND WE NEED SUSTAINENCE TO GROW MOTHER. WE MUST FEED. #Frigga: -_-'' #(Loki is still munching on a lemon tart. the same one despite the room change because he's eating it slowly while Thor reasons with Frigga) #(half of the words anyone is saying go over his head but he is enjoying the expressions being made)

[stardustdiiving]

How evil is arlecchino and what is she cooking

As of 4.2, I’m really curious what they’re planning with Arlecchino as a character, especially as a villain/antagonist/morally dubious character, and how far/which direction they may go with that

Intuitively my impression is we’ll see her do something way more “villainous” than she presents herself as being for majority of Fontaine’s AQ in front of us right—(which isn’t a surprise given that, you know, Arlecchino nor the House of Hearth have never been presented as 110% ethical LOL) but I find myself not being in complete agreement with most analysis or speculation threads I see about Arlecchino’s morality and the like, level of sinister people seem to ascribe to her.

Idk how to put it, especially in regards to her children I do agree they are not a wholesome found family, that Arlecchino is not above pulling strings or using them for her own ulterior motives, but I kind of hesitate on the idea she only cares about the Hearth children as a means to the end/things she can control and there’s nothing else going on with her characterization wise there. I’m not saying that impression seems remotely unreasonable or unfounded, but just that it feels there’s something intentionally missing in how we are supposed to conceptualize her as a person

My main reasoning for this hunch is the fact they have not elaborated on Arlecchino and the previous Knave—who Arlecchino is stated to have taken over the position from by force. The extra tidbits I think about are that 1) Arlecchino was previously an orphan in the Hearth 2) the previous Knave is described as way, way crueler to the children of than Heart than Arlecchino was from when she took control of the House

Often, people’s major indicators that the House of the Hearth is kind of super fucked up are the NPCs we meet in world quests who are part of it and clearly suffering. But one thing I haven’t ever seen people mention w this that i think is a very interesting detail is, in The Very Special Fortune Slip Inazuma worldquest, where we stop this House of Hearth guy (Efim Snezhevich) from manufacturing tension between Watasumi/the Shogunate to restart the war with his other Hearth subordinates, at the end of the quest we get this dialogue that reveals he had been acting under the previous Knave’s directives:

It’s also mentioned he’s employing this plan in an attempt to “rebuild the prestige of the Knave” following Signora’s death, iirc? Now, see, the dialogue itself says that this is “assuming our captive is telling the truth” so who knows what’s really going on, but I find this a really odd/interesting thing to highlight. I’m a bit fuzzy on other world quests with Hearth members, and am not saying none of them were acting and subsequently being treated poorly by our Arlecchino, but like, this gives me a lot of questions especially when paired with implications this previous Knave seemed to be way worse

Like, what drove Arlecchino to take over? How unexpected and controversial was this within the House? Assuming the above information is all true it definitely says something this guy went rogue and acted on what the previous Knave would want and didn’t think our Arlecchino would greenlight it, which does feel consistent with the previous Knave being described as basically worse & crueler than our Arlecchino. It also makes me question how much house of hearth things we’ve seen outside the main story are the work of our Arlecchino or if there’s a bigger divide of loyalty. Heck, I could be wrong but it doesn’t even seem like we know if the previous Knave is dead or not

This isn’t me saying Arlecchino couldn’t possibly be treating hearth children worse than she wants us to know, especially ones who aren’t her “favorites” the way the fontaine trio seem to be, but I really don’t feel sure about making a solid conclusion of her exact level of malice the way ppl r generally understanding it rn when it feels there’s going to be more about her. Just the idea of she, as a Hearth child, clashed with the previous leader who was known for being cruel, overtook their position and took on less harsh methods of leading that made at least some members with more power/possible closer proximity to the previous Knave go rogue and try to commit atrocities in the previous Knave’s name…I feel this leaves a lot of room to suggest there’s more going on with how Arlecchino is as a person

I don’t mind if she’s just very evil and deceptive bc if she totally had me fall for thinking she was less evil than she actually was that’s fun tbh. But I feel people suggest that’s all her character could be with no degree of like, “sympatheticness” or deep grey morality and that if her character did go there it would be automatically poor writing and genshin walking back on making a truly evil woman when IDK. I feel you can claim at this point they have left it open ended and it’s never been completely confirmed she’s pure evil. Also sometimes I just get a hunch and feel cautiously confident in Genshin executing certain characters well. Not all characters, just certain ones. Especially given Fontaine’s character writing being very good and a character like Lyney feeling very solid to me when any development with Arlecchino would likely involve him and his siblings as well, I honestly feel open to the idea of Arlecchino being satisfyingly written to be both villainous/morally dubious but “sympathetic/likable as a person” in ways outside of just her ruthlessness if that makes sense

If I’m wrong/they drop the ball with it more than I anticipate I’ll eat my hat but I am pretty excited about her character and which way they decide to go with it. I will say the only potential impression I have of where they’ll go with her has been wondering if it will go in a “cycles of abuse” direction—I’d be surprised if they ever elaborated on Arlecchino’s character especially in how she feels about things and her also growing up as an exploited child of the hearth wasn’t relevant

#arlecchino #see my track record with said hunch with when I feel I should let genshin cook has been #for months truthing my vision of xiao’s speififc brand of internalized dehumanization induced suicidal ideation #and how genshin will one day he will get another quest of sorts thst develops his character towards #the idea he’s allowed to live and enjoy people’s company and this will likely #also come with following through on yaksha lore and when they do this they will do him SO well and it will be peak genshin quest #all of this Months before the existence of perilous trails was even rumored #and then I was soo stubborn xiao would show up in 2023 lantern rite w more character introspection to follow up PT #and also from the first fontsine teaser I was in the trenches for furina bc I felt so confident #the main storyline would handle her very well & if genshin went anywhere near the direction of her #not being a ‘true archon’ & ppl were Wrong if they thought genshin woudlnt take her seriously #and HAHA. WWOOWOOWOWOEOEOOEOEE #I have also been sent into hysteria multiple times bc genshin keeps canonizing my exact ideas of my favorite character dynamics #and often exceeding my expectations that I thought were jsut wishful thinking #yes I predicted exactly how xiao would interact w Venti & zhongli on screen yes I predicted #the exact nature of hat radish friendship no I was wiped out on the floor #by nahida enrolling wanderer in college & calling him hat guy & zhongli saving xiao’s life #& xiao having hardcore social anxiety from zhongven flirting with each other st the dinner table #this sounds so conceited. see I often don’t know What genshin is cooking but k feel sure in knowing when soemthing is going to be #a shitshow or mediocre or when we need to let them cook. even if it takes 6+ months #TRUST ME <— guy who has been waiting on genshin to cook for several characters for multiple years and is still sure I will get my food #am I crazy. yes. am I also often right when I have hunches on when genshin is going to suck and when it’s going to be good esp character #writing wise. often yes #one day I will annihilate genshined impact with my bare hands #genshin #fern.txt #fandomferns

[plants-and-thingz]

saw a lot of fungi on a hike <3

(image IDs under the cut)

Image 1: Close-up, top view of Mycena roseilignicola (Rosy Mycena) on a mossy log. They have clear pink caps with depressed centres, and stipes (hardly visible).

Image 2: Front view of Amauroderma rugosum on the forest floor. It has a brown stipe. It has a cap with concentric zones of brown and slightly rolled black edges.

Image 3: Fungus in the Flammulina genus on a vertical piece of log, with yellow-brown caps that are darker in the centre. It is broadly convex and has stipes (hardly visible).

Image 4: Rhodofomitopsis feei on a log. It is sessile (no stipe, bracket fungi). It has a cap with concentric zones of brown, and white edges.

Image 5: Fungus in the Trametes family on a mossy log. It is sessile and its cap has concentric zones of brown, light brown, green, and brown.

Image 6: Scattered Mycena roseilignicola (Rosy Mycena) and Mycena chlorophos on decaying sections of a log. The photo is overexposed and the caps of the Rosy Mycerna appear whitish, almost light pink. They have depressed centres and visible stipes. Mycena chlorophos are small and white, with broadly convex caps and stipes.

Image 7: Top view of Mycena chlorophos on a crevice of a log. They are small and white, with slightly recurved edges and less visible stipes.

Image 8: Fungus in the Ganoderma genus on a vertical piece of wood. It is brown with a sandy texture closer to the wood, has irregular concentric zones of darker brown, and is white at the edges.

Image 9: Fungus in the Ganoderma genus on a piece of wood. It is sessile, dark pink near the wood and white or light pink at the edges. It has slightly recurved edges and a moldy-looking texture.

Image 10: A further, point-of-view shot of Scattered Mycena roseilignicola (Rosy Mycena) and Mycena chlorophos on a log. The fungi appear to be very small, clustered along some sections of the log. There are dead leaves on the forest floor and various plants in the background.

#had to stray from the trail to look at them more closely while other people were focusing on exercising and running and things oops #I'M SO HAPPY i finally got to escape into nature again <333 #excuse my limited photography skills they look nicer with the eyes #IDs are from inaturalist/google lens/biodiversity websites/books on fungi -- i'm still learning so let me know if i ID-ed them wrongly! #pretty sure the tiny white ones in pics 7 and 10 would be bioluminescent if i had gone at night #also i have more pics :) they're scheduled for other days #my posts #fungi #mushrooms #fungus #pics #and if i only mentioned the genus. it was bc IDing the species was so hard lol #some of them haven't been documented very often and i'm just bad at identifying them #there is so much fungi in the world!! even in a whole fungi book there were unidentified species they could only classify by genus

[aisling-saoirse]

Last hike out of Seljalandsdalur for the year - October 9th 2023

#because the snow prevents anyone else from hiking that same trail... I'm sure people snow mobile here #photographers on tumblr #original phography #nature #sunset #westfjords #iceland #autumn #mountains

[wackachewbacca]

If I were Orym and had been told by two separate people, one of them a close personal friend, that what Ludinus was doing was for a better future and the loss of his husband, his father, and possibly the leader of his people were just a necessary evil I would definitely be more angry and unhinged

#I’m so tired of this what if ludinus is actually a good guy and trying to help Exandria #first when has anyone on the Cerberus assembly actually helped people out of the goodness of their hearts #second ludinus is an ancient narcissist who is petty as hell and can’t se beyond ill conceived ambition #to even consider his actions could more than likely end Exandria altogether #and third the long trail of bodies all to get toward this one solstice is far too long to even be consider the right path anymore #Orym’s husband and quite possibly multiple nature spirits and maybe the whole of Molaesmyr suffered for this one mage’s ambition #c3 ep60 #orym of the air ashari #the bells hells #cr spoilers

[dirt-str1der]

Love characterising nishikiyama as a booze hound drug hound meth addict high every day body mass 75% alcohol hands constantly shaking literally spacing out while driving fifty over the speed limit using elderly folk as speedbumps one hand on the wheel and one hand free to do more drugs and coming into work while functionally deaf and blind and he is still leagues more competent at his job than kiryu

#Yakuza loveblog #i dont talk about nishikiyama enough because im kazamapilled and hate him a little bit but im also kiryupilled and love him so much so you #see my problem? like i adore when nishiki is just. better in every way than kiryu and nobody ever sees that because theyre all too busy #sucking kiryus cock like okay nishiki had the rest of his life planned out when he was twenty and he was an extremely successful criminal #and getting himself noticed in many many circles then kiryu steps outside and gets into a street fight immediately and the entire tojo clan #surrounds him to throw cash at him like nishiki was actually doing so well for himself before his life was ruined. nothing is his fault #like i love just accepting that nishiki has one hell of a substance abuse problem and nobody cares enough about him to talk to him about it #and kiryu thinks its normal because hes the only one who can see that nishikis doing some great work out there so he must be doing #everything right. inconceivable that nishiki has any sort of ‘problem’ hes the real screwup and kiryu knows he makes life harder for himself #but he refuses to change because hes convinced that thats the only thing hes good at. like i believe that nishiki has a coke snorting #mechanic in game like harry db and without his coke buff he cant do as much damage like with it his output is on par with kiryus whos just #been blessed since birth by the violence gods. anyway kiryu is the only person in the world who thinks that nishiki is great do you get it #nishiki has lived his entire life in kiryus shadow and he doesnt care that kiryu has a natural charisma that he will never have. he has to #get out there every single day networking and socialising and hustling and nonstop landing interviews with cool magazines to get his name #out in the world while kazama takes kiryu out and drags him by the elbow to meet people like this is my son kiryu who has every disease and #everyone claps and cheers like i cannot stress enough how on top of the game nishiki is compared to kiryu. he has a car. kiryu doesnt even #have his own lighter. they are not on the same playing field and yet nishikis always trailing behind him because opportunity is always #knocking at kiryus doorstep whether he likes it or not and nishiki gets fed scraps and nothing else and hes the one with ambition he wants #the view on top and most importantly he wanted his brother there with him but nobody ... likes him ... nobody likes nishiki nobodys in his #corner he onky had kiryu and when he lost him it was quite literally him against the world. it always made me laugh how at the end of yk1 #harukas paying her respects at nishikis grave when the only time he ever cared about her was because he wanted her little pendant and he #(actually fucked how alone nishiki was he didnt even have his own fucking men to rely on he was basically working alone with someone he knew #was using him like ??? he was fucking desperate) anyway i really love to think that kiryu being nishikis only friend and the last person in #the world who thought kindly of him (barring like ... kashiwagi) was grieving terribly over his death and haruka being a sensitive and #sweet little girl took the initiative to ask about nishiki and i think kiryu would tell her stories every night of the kind of stuff he and #nishikiyama would get up to when they were her age. he would tell her how amazing nishiki was and how he always looked out for him how he #took care of his sister and how he would always be the one to remind them of impending birthdays and the like. nishiki cared about the #little things .. and he made kiryu want to care about them too but theres just something different between them because nishikis always #been a better person than him .. and he would tell haruka in a voice that sounded like he was begging her to understand that nishiki wasnt a #bad person.. though he did bad things he was a good man and he still wishes with all his heart that he could have done more to save him ...

[critter-catcher]

I found something very neat the other day! So this is a common shiny woodlouse, better known as a rolly polly or a pill bug. Unlike what a lot of people thing these guys aren't actually bugs, but crustations!

So why am I so excited? Well, as arthropods (which include insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) tend to do, these guys actually molt, and shed their skin! But they do it in two parts, first shedding the back half, then the front half a few days later!

I'd known this for a while but I'd never actually seen the molt intact with the antenna!

#hes on the trail cam strap! #i was so hyped i love when things like this are intact its so cool #animals #nature #critters #wild life #wildlife #animal facts #facts #arthropods #woodlouse #rolly polly #pill bug #insects #im only tagging it as that as a precaution since some people may not have other things blocked

[kvetch19]

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#aesthetic #blurry aesthetic #people #trail #path #nature #hike

[the-hikers-eye-photography]

Channeling Ansel Adams

This is a shot from almost two years ago now (I can't believe it's been that long since I've been up into the Eastern Sierra). I was out on a 3 day trip for some backcountry hiking in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, but some forest fires in the Sierra made for less than ideal conditions as the days progressed.

I cut the backcountry hikes short by a day and headed back into the town of Mammoth Lakes for my final day where I found some shorter more local hikes to engage in. Shorter days on trail with less strain meant I wouldn't be breathing in nearly the volume of potentially harmful particulates the forest fires created (even while being masked up).

Here I was on my way up to a lake I had visited once or twice before. It's not a long hike and not difficult, even though there is some rapid elevation gain. While I was on my way up, I rounded a corner of the trail and the trees opened up along the crest and this view presented itself.

The light and shadow mixed with the atmospheric layers (sadly caused by fires) really caught my eye, but because I was shooting in the late morning I knew the light would be harsh, washing out some of the color. For this reason I decided to convert to black and white and really punch up the contrast to tell a far more moody story. It seemed apropos considering the previous couple of days I had spend traipsing all over the Ansel Adams Wilderness here just to the northwest.

Let's go exploring.

#opt outside #nature #outdoors #no people #the hikers eye #landscape #go outside and play #landscape photography #nature photography #original photography #original photographer #eastern sierra #hike #hiker #trail photography

[thorsenmark]

Welcome to the Land of the Cholla Cactus (Joshua Tree National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Cholla Cactus Garden with a view to the southeast across an open area filled with the namesake cactus. This is in Joshua Tree National Park.

#Azimuth 139 #Cactus #Central and Southern California Ranges #Cholla Cactus #Cholla Cactus Garden #Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail #Cholla Cactus Garden Trail #Creosote Bush #Day 2 #Desert Landscape #Desert Mountain Landscape #Desert Plant Life #DxO PhotoLab 6 Edited #Hexie Mountains #Joshua Tree National Park and California #Joshua Tree Ranges #Landscape #Landscape - Scenery #Looking SE #Mojave Desert #Mostly Cloudy #Nature #Nikon D850 #No People #Outside #Overcast #Pacific Ranges #Peninsular Southern California Ranges #Project365 #Ridge

[blessphemy]

If I’ve mistakenly given the impression that I have a thriving social life fear not. my spare time consists of 2 activities

- writing stuff (mostly fanfiction)

- touching grass (mostly hikes)

I’m so basic … <3

#cyborg lifeblogging #but god dammit I’m trying so hard to do Shit this summer #also the thing is gremlining around in Nature is such an iconic Introvert activity #people talk about Online people being like. isolated in their basements #not so. my gamer acquaintance has a thriving online gamer social life #and does team hockey #me? I’m going back and forth up 0.2 mile access trails because I’m trying to complete the whole map for Local Park