One of the short comings of winter for a naturist is that it is just that much harder for us to get together, and especially for outdoor activities. And planning to work around the problem of weather is part of the problem because engaging in a spontaneous outdoor naturist activity may not be accommodated by the weather. So If I am going to share my zeal for such activities I think we are going to find a way to do it vicariously as a substitute. Granted some of you might think that I just have to much zeal but when this afternoon the temperature hit 53F (12 C) with the wind a mere 5mph (8kph) and full sun, I had had enough of the gloomy overcast and way too cold weather for naturism. So it was out the door I went and got in a 1mile (1.3km) or more approx1.5 hour woods walk. My only accomodation to the climateic conditions was to wear some flat bottomed canvas shoes because cold wet snow or mud (it was thawing) just chills the feet too quickly. However as fresh thawed clay-mud for an about an inch of depth on top of a frozen solid substrate is like walking on a greased steel plate, I did go down once. (Fortunately it was back on the lawn and I was not carrying anything at the moment.
The forgoing being said, I did not want to leave you out on the fun and for the purpose of encouraging you all to seek such opportunities (and not to gloat either) and to show that I really did do what I claimed, I took my camera along as I walked and in various locations I set it up on a tripod and on time lapse as I walked around that area, and got documentation coming and going before moving on to the next area.
It is only vicarious and I could well wish to have some of you here on the location but this is what I could do so I offer the following in the spirit of sharing and encouragement. March is only about a month and a half away, and except for those in the more northerly latitudes you will soon have an opportunity to do likewise. So hang in there hope is on the way.

So I started my photographic record on the east trail in the back half of our acerage. That trail is a walking trail (there is only one tractor width trail following the ridge to the far back of the property but the images on the foot trail here were more photogenic. From Frame1, the winding nature of the foot trails is somewhat visible, and frame 2 was captured as I returned to recover the camera. Having to make so many returns for the camera contributed to the amount of time I was able to spend enjoying the walk. As cool as the weather looks, my being naked in the region of my torso and legs has a substantial stimulating effect on my otherwise sluggish metbolism and despite the coolness of the day I actually got a small amount of persperation.
Frame 3 shows a rare straight portion of one of the foot trails most of which deliberately were cut with plenty of turns and bends. The lack of straightness was deliberate to follow contours that did not promote erosion but also because if they are too straight it becomes hard to get close enough to wildlife to see it before it runs off. And frame 4 was taken looking across the old abandoned county road bed as I was approaching the far NW corner of our property. The openness of the old roadbed allowed the sun to get at most of the snow and melt it. But it made for slippery going as the top inch of thawing made the ground like grease, and I was glad to have the occasional branch or sappling for stability.

In the second photo, Frame 5 shows that I had reached my primary destination which is the large clearing at the back of the property. In total it is large enough and quite level and would accomodate a cluster of tents for 4 or 5 family groups or a troop of scouts. It is as open as it is because I regularly use my lawn tractor to mow my trails to keep them open and I also mow my two clearings to keep them from becoming overgrown with brambles or sumac. The image only shows about 1/4 to 1/3 of the whole clearing.
Frame 6 shows an interesting intertwining of 2 oak trees with a large hickory tree on a short trail link at one corner of the large clearing. The one oak is that long horizontal branch that is trying to get out from under its companions as it tries to seek sunlight. The trail goes around both sides of the cluster and is wide enough going around the tree cluster that a couple more tents could be pitched back there. The large clearing is almost flat and is level enough with just enough pitch to make the water drain in one direction, so it is a good tent site. A small pop-up trailer could get back there, though I would recommend going through the woods using my tractor as the turns are sharp at a couple of places. And one would not want to try to get a trailer in and out using a car or pickup if it had just rained or thawed. However we have had a 3/4 ton pickup back there to haul out several loads of oak from a huge tree that got lightening blasted clear back at the back fence.
Alas all good things must come to an end and frame 7 shows me by the gate in the cross fence that divides our property into 2 10 acre sections (each of which constitutes a square furlong

). The front 10 is only about half wooded , the remainder being a grassy field, the lawn with the house, and the pond.
And speaking of the pond, that is the subject of frame 8, as I thought it appropriate to emphasize that this is the winter season by showing the frozen pond. What looks like open water isn't really but rather it is melted snow atop the layer of ice which covers most of the pond. Those several nights with down to -8F (-22C) gave us a fair layer of ice which then accumulated snow, but the bright weather the last couple of days has allowed the snow to melt some, even though the ice cover remains mostly intact. Those spindly things in front of the pond are the bamboo I transplanted last spring and they are doing very well. I am glad I got them planted as this winter has been a bit dry and unless we get lots of spring rains, I will really need that bamboo to sprout out during the spring sprouting season and to bush out and be the wind break I planted it for, because the spring and summer winds come from the west (where I took the picture from) and sweep across the surface and really accelerate the evaporation.
Ok, so that is what I have done naturally in the recent days, and I encourage you to share your naturist adventures for all to enjoy vicariously with you, but be warned, you who live to the warmer south, that if you gloat too much about your sunny warm weather you may get your comeuppance for any such hubris, come next June, when it is mosquito weather. (We don't get too many mosquitos around here but we do have ticks

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I never met anyone that I could not learn something from.