Outdoors Time

[unspeakablehorror]

Went outside today, which is something I like to do often. There's plenty of reasons why it makes sense for people to avoid being outdoors. There are times I've stayed indoors myself due to unpleasant or hazardous weather (and times I haven't, though in the case of the hazardous weather, I probably should have). But there's so much people can see outside. They can see animals, how the landscape changes with the seasons or over the years, and they can see and hear and smell and touch the environment around them. I like to go to parks and try to learn to identify trees or spot animals or track changes to the area over the months and years. I'm really fascinated by exploring local ecosystems and learning about them, and the more time I spend in them, the more I see.

Nature and life have such intriguing patterns, and at the same time possess a certain unpredictability. But nature is also understandable, and learning about the patterns of life around me has both given me an understanding of what to expect and how to find certain plants and animals, and at the same time showing me how little I actually know about it all.