a pagan woman
climbed Croagh Patrick on Beltane
to prove that she could

happy saint patricks day 🍀🥾🍀

#haiku #hikeoo #dailyhaiku #saintpatrick #hikeireland

Finding the trailhead
is often the hardest part.
The rest? A cake-hike.

Only writing on
windy days is likely to
lose you a good book.

#dailyhaiku #hikeoo #silverlining

Four pasty white heads
seem tragic in the shadow
of one Crazy Horse.

Happy Presidents Day
#dailyhaiku #hikeoo

hike-oo #35

Garmin Messenger
chirps, “I love you,” from Toby.
My pack feels lighter.

#dailyhaiku #hikeoo #happyvalentinesday

a birthday hike-oo:

Fast forward 30
years, and would you believe it?
Life is just as sweet.

#dailyhaiku #dailyhikeoo #happybirthdaytome

A marmot is just
an elevated groundhog.
Check your ego, bro.

Happy Groundhog Day, woodchuck chuckers

#groundhogday #dailyhaiku

a new year dawns bright,
looking remarkably like
the one before it

happy hike-oo new year 🥂

#dailyhaiku #dailyhikeoo

the Proclaimers were
deeply overzealous in
their estimations.

#dailyhaiku #dailyhikeoo

The end of the year,
I hope next year is clear sky,
But I expect storms.

#dailyhaikuprompt clear sky

@everyheron.bsky.social

my productivity is deeply tied to whether my cat is sleeping on/near me.

A giant fallen maple leaf. Green at the tips, yellow and the middle and brown near the stem. Held up on a gray September day.

Seasons come and go. |
Deal with each leaf as it falls. |
There’s no use rushing. |

🍂🍁🍂

The number of sweet subscribers who reached out to me about my biweekly Hike-oos newsletter today made my exhausted little heart so happy 💕

my lungs hate the ups |
my brain can’t abide the flats |
my knees hate the downs |

The three body problems.

pink lady’s slipper… or so they say

pardon me, ladies |
your slippers look an awful |
lot like a scr*tum…

- Virginia Triple Crown Loop Trail, VA

Love this idea! (And we have the same tent!)

We hope the snow melts,
Forest floor not tinder dry,
The well filling,
The streams in song,
We hope winter was enough,
To dampen sparks,
Nourish the soil,
We are always hoping,
But we prepare for fire.

#vsspoem tinder

Trail to the summit of Mount Mansfield crosses a gravel mountain road. The path snakes through the trees. A mountain top summit in the distance. Mount Mansfield, VT

Offered an apple |
to a Long Trail thru-hiker |
High point of the day |

- Mount Mansfield on the Long Trail (4,395’) VT state high point

#longtrail #trailmagic #thruhike

I totally get this feeling. It’s so special when you find something that brings that calm. For me it’s when I find a new place that feels like I’ve been there before.

Fox in socks on rocks

Posted this mostly to remind myself. Glad it spoke to ya! Happy hiking 🥾💕🥾

Exactly right! 🏔️🥾🏔️

Not every hike |
has to be THE fucking hike |
Go outside and walk |

- Belle Isle Pedestrian Bridge, Richmond, VA

#urbanhike #getoutside #hiking

It’s a sneaky angle lol

Aw thank you! I loved that tree. Reminded me of one I saw in Rocky Mountain NP

Author on the summit of Mount Elbert (the highest peak in Colorado) blue sky and clouds above, brown blue, and grey rocks below. Hiker holds a cardboard sign triumphantly above her head. The sign reads “MT. ELBERT 14,448 ft)

Massive achievement |
Though Mt. Elbert is taller |
What’s in a name? |

bonus hike-oo:
Wind-swept, rosy cheeks |
Holding up a cardboard sign |
Dating profile pic |

- Mount Elbert (14,438’), Colorado High Point vs. Mount Massive (14,423.9’)

#mountelbert #statehighpoint #hiking

Oh have the best time! I’ll keep an eye out for your 🥾🥾🥾 prints

Planning on the Centennial Trail with my sister in September!

Get outside.

It’s GORGEous isn’t it 😏