#hiking🌵

[allwillbecomeclear]

[nonsensical-pixels]

STRANGERVILLE: A COLLECTION OF CLOTHING ITEMS FROM THE SIMS 4 PACK, CONVERTED TO THE SIMS 2 + BONUS [download - 🌵]

welcome to the nonsensical-pixels blog: inconsistent previews since est. 2022!

have you ever gotten frustrated by the lack of desert-appropriate clothing out there? maybe you just want your sims to wear anything other than long knitted cardigans in hot weather. or hey, maybe you just like the vibes that come with the strangerville game pack and want them for ts2. well look no further, my strangerville collection is here!

started working on this set at the start of the month, while i was still playing strangertown (rip) but left it to cool for awhile while i went off to play some other custom 'hoods. well, until i started playing natosi by @oceansmotion recently and was in desperate need of more desert clothing, so i decided to resurrect this old project!

there are 6 clothing items included: 2 for adult females, 2 for adult males, and 2 for unisex kids! 🥳 age conversions are welcome!

i know that the original ts4 game pack isn't everyone's cup of tea--personally, it was my favourite--but the clothing sure looks great for ts2! again... at least in my opinion. i hope your desert-dwelling sims enjoy these new cas items--and the 'lil bonus i included!

credits go to ea/maxis for the original meshes & textures 💝

keep reading for more info, rambles, and preview pics + the bonus download i mentioned!

MAIN DOWNLOAD: All 6 CAS Items!

click on the name for an individual preview!

ITEMS INCLUDED ARE: 1 - GP07 Denim Shearling (2762 polys, ym-am only, 9 swatches) 2 - GP07 Dress Crop Top (5101 polys, yf-af only, 9 swatches) 3 - GP07 Dress Layered (4847 polys, yf-af only, 12 swatches) 4 - GP07 Jacket Denim (2908 polys, cu only, 10 swatches) 5 - GP07 Shirt Long (4116 polys, cu only, 11 swatches) 6 - GP07 Shirt Western (2489 polys, ym-am only, 9 swatches) note: Dress Crop Top may have some mild bone issues around the sleeves, i tried my best 😔

*individual previews & swatches can also be found in the download!

THINGS TO NOTE: - The 'Dress Crop Top' is paired with the BG 'Shoes Ankle Pixie', converted by me - The 'Dress Layered' is paired with the GP07 'Boots High Western', converted by me - The 'Shirt Long' is paired with the GP01 'Boots Hiking', converted by me yeah, there's a lot of stuff converted by me

BONUS DOWNLOAD: AI-Generated Desert Photo Backdrops! [download - 🏜]

oh, and because i struggled a lot finding a good backdrop for my previews... have a bonus download! i cloned & edited one of honeywell's easy peasy backdrops to remove the props, and changed up the uv map slightly. then i made random sims 4 themed desert recolors using night cafe! there are 4 swatches in total.

credits go to honeywell for the original mesh & night cafe for the backdrop swatches!

i hope everyone enjoys the items in this download! i worked really hard on them and i can't wait to use them more in my own game! i'm also really proud of my new preview lot haha, i love my new backdrops 📷

part 2 of this will come... whenever i feel like it lol. not too excited by the other items in this set.

if you read this far, happy simming, lmk if there are any issues, and please do remember,

with love,

~ Ky (nonsensical-pixels)

[tomwindeknecht]

The desert rocks! 🪨 🌵

Scenes from my weekend hike in the area of Pioneertown, California.

[bellyasks]

How about a nature theme?

🌹🥀🌱🍃🌵🌴🪺🏔️🌊🌬️⚡🌧️☀️🌕💫

thankyouuuu im going with more of a fantasy thing for this one since i feel like the last few ive posted all look the same (you can tell i was grasping for straws with some of these forgive me😭😭😭) some stuffing, some inflation/expansion/bloating

🌹 Your character eats a tasty plant known for being particularly filling. They don't feel all that full until they find out where it gets its reputation: it blooms inside the stomach, filling them to the brim with large, hearty blossoms. Their burps probably smell pretty sweet.

🥀 Your character is feeling wilted after accidentally eating something that's been enchanted to drain energy. The best way to rejuvenate themself in this situation is with plenty of food and drink, even if they're already full from whatever they ate.

🌱 Your character is a plant person. They aren't nearly as big as their fellow plants, and they're doing everything they can to grow themself bigger--extra sunlight, lots of water, the works. Maybe it'll work eventually, but for right now all they have to show for their effort is an extremely bloated tummy.

🍃 Your character adds a new fast-growing plant to their garden, hoping for some quick and plentiful produce. What they didn't realize is just how quickly it grows. Before their very eyes, the sweet, crunchy leaves begin to spring up and overtake their garden. There's no time to get help; the only thing they can do is try to eat it faster than it can grow. Can they get it under control before they run out of tummy space?

🌵 After eating far too much, your character is feeling sore and sick and desperately wants a tummy rub. Sadly, they're covered in prickly scales, and their tummy is far too rough for most hands. Can anybody help them? Maybe some protective gloves would be useful.

🌴 Your character is a little woodland critter who lives in a hole in a tree. Their home inside the trunk is comfortably roomy, but the entrance is a pretty tight squeeze. It wouldn't take too much to bloat their tummy up enough to make it hard to get through, or even to get them stuck.

🪺 Your character is some sort of sneaky little egg-stealing freak, and they happen upon a nice full nest. One or two eggs would easily fill them up, but they can't carry the rest with them and they're unwilling to leave them behind, so they quickly cram the rest into their belly as well. Hopefully they're not too stuffed to scurry off before whatever laid those eggs returns.

🏔️ Your character is hiking up a mountain, and they stumble across some berry bushes. They're easy to identify as safe; these berries have pretty much no lookalikes…except for a very similar-looking berry that expands dramatically in dark, damp environments, making themselves a hazard to anybody careless enough to eat too many.

🌊 Your character is a deep-sea mermaid. They occasionally visit their friends who live closer to the surface, and any time they do, the change in pressure makes their belly bloat terribly. Hopefully their shallow water friends have something to soothe their tummy, otherwise it's going to be a very uncomfortable visit.

🌬️ Your character is a winged creature, perhaps a fairy or a harpy, flying against strong wind. They make the mistake of opening their mouth for a moment and are promptly filled up with a rush of air.

⚡ Your character has some sort of lightning powers that build up if they aren't released frequently enough. If they find themself somewhere where it isn't safe to blow off some electrical steam, their belly could become very uncomfortably bloated.

🌧️ Your character is at a cafe in the sky, trying a cloud for the first time. They're warned to take it slow, but they accidentally suck up the whole cloud in one slurp, leaving their belly incredibly bloated, at least until all the vapor in their stomach condenses back into water.

☀️ Your character is a creature with an exceptionally high body temperature. They don't need water to survive, and it isn't really found where they're from, so they've never had it before. The first time they drink water, they discover that it boils inside their stomach, rapidly filling them up with steam.

🌕 Your character visits the moon and discovers that the rumors are true: it's made of cheese (continuously regenerating cheese, too!). The place is filled with expansive cheese shops and restaurants specializing in cheesy foods. By the time your character is ready to come back from their trip, their belly is feeling very weighed down by all the tasty cosmic cheese they've eaten.

💫 Your character is visiting an intergalactic rest stop, and they have a buffet there. There are foods from all sorts of different planets, many of which your character has never seen before, and, being curious, they're eager to try a little bit of everything. They'll be stuffed enough from the quantity of food; hopefully none of the strange and unfamiliar foods upset their belly.

[dreamsofminnie]

Pairing -> Alhaitham x Reader

Summary -> You go on an evening date with Alhaitham looking over Sumeru city from a distance. A small camp hidden in the hills of foliage where you enjoy each others presence away from busy work. They show their adoration with words in the 20+ languages they learned together.

Notes -> Used google for translations so they might be incorrect sorry. I wanted to do 20 languages but I don’t know what other languages would fit his persoanlity. Also this can be modern au or genshin theme, they both fit well. This is my first fic on tumblr, praydge.

Word count -> 1,023

“Alhaitham’s eyes narrowed, this has now become a love language contest. A contest that has transpired over the 2 years, 10 months, and 30 days together.”

Alhaitham always loved working with you beside him. He seems to work much better with you than alone nowadays. Alhaitham without a lover from the past would be bewildered by not working in solitary. Like he had used to.

Besides work and studies, they enjoyed the many joys of life. You dragging him to those activities that is. Hiking has been both your favorite so far. Reaching the peak of the hills was the best part of it. The view of the city and villages is ethereal. Light of every house glimmering from the nests of your feet from the cliff. You hand in his while you stared down below, enchanted. And his gaze enraptured by you.

“Tell me, why you are so needy today?” Alhaitham scribbles notes nonstop while the other hand is around your waist but holding his book. You grumble adjusting yourself in his lap.

“We haven’t gone on a date in so long. And you terribly need a break.”

You caress the space under his eye while giving him light pecks on his cheek. Alhaitham subtlety leans into your touch. Eyes flickering to you with slight cresses to his eyebrows at how much a distraction you can be when in need of his affection.

A sigh escapes his lips, that you quickly pecked away, as he closes his books and puts down his pen. “What have you planned then, ...mi amor?” Alhaitham was very bad with affection when you both started dating. It took him 6 months to initiate hand holding let alone saying ‘i love you.’ He prefers to show his affection through words in many other languages. And he has gotten better at appreciating every part of you. He pressed his forehead to yours, fingers busy drawing diamond shapes into the fabric on your hips. It sent shivers down your spine which he noted how you shook.

Mi Amor (Spanish: My love)

You beam a bright smile and shot a quick whistle. A beautiful silver falcon darted in and landed on Alhaithams head. He flapped his wings in Haithams face, however careful of swatting your face.

“This bird has foul human tendencies. Awful jealousy and obsession.” Alhaitham grabbed the bird by the wing and dangled him while he cawed in frustration. You stood up while they did that and grabbed a large bag turning to them with enthusiasm and glee. “Hiking, mon chéri” The two tense human and bird looked at you, eyes sparkling with excitement.

Mon Chéri (French: My dear)

🌵

The sky painted the sky hue after hue in reds-oranges and blues-purples. Stars were rushing in glimmering against the heavens. The trees shook with the billowing winds light enough against your body. Soft enough for leaves drift and flutter around, while some crunched beneath your shoes. A long inhale of the crisp air sent both your moods much lighter as you held hands all throughout the hike. His fingers subconsciously stroking your knuckles which melts your insides from how he can be so unknowingly loving towards you.

You had asked him to ditch his soundproof headphones—which he did not hesitate to do since he was going to take a much needed break with you—and now you were admiring his supple ears. Very much sensitive since he covers them all the time, just not too often with you around. He loves the way you would kiss his ears when he would read to you, your ears listening to his lips but his ears buried in your kisses. If Alhaitham ever blushes, it would be the base of his neck.

Sitting a few feet from the cliff edge but enough to gape at the view, the small picnic campsite proved to fit both figures in the beauty of nature. An open tent, enough to give you shelter and also letting you look above and see the stars. Your falcon chose to be on patrol, though occasionally butting in the romantic moments which unnerved Alhaithm from further touches with you.

Your laughs when the tension between the two occur makes it worth the barrage of bird attacks he gets, as long as you are happy.

When the sweet silence fell and stargazing commenced, adoration induced his system, his hand shifting to your cheek while you adjust yourself to gaze at your lover, both laying down in the tent. “Ana ouhibouk.” If your eyes can soften even more than now, they doubled 100 times more.

(Arabic: I love you) انا احبك

“Mahal kita.” You placed your hand atop of his, stroking on of his digits.

Mahal kita (Filipino: I love you)

Alhaitham’s eyes narrowed, this has now become a love language contest. The love language that you both shared, displaying your affection in the 20+ languages learnt together. A contest that has transpired over the 2 years, 10 months, and 30 days together.

“Timi ra timi nai.” He pulled your waist closer eyes lidded drunk on your affection.

(Nepali: You and you only) तिमी र तिमी नइ

“Pragmatiká ómorfos.” Your fingers teased and prodded his ears, seeing his neck burn red your smugness increased.

(Greek: Truly handsome) πραγματικά όμορφος

“lumina vieții mele.” He lower his hand down to steady your neck and pushed your foreheads together.

lumina vieții mele (Romanian: Light of my life)

“Người duy nhất có thể yêu tôi là bạn.” You snuggled up closer and fished the book from his back pocket, an unsaid sign for him to read to you. You declared your win with a kiss.

Người duy nhất có thể yêu tôi là bạn (Vietnamese: The only one who can love me is you.)

Alhaitham’s face soured a bit. This is your 14th victory, he really has been actively studying the art of love, hence you knew the book he kept with him was one of the romance section. He however needs to partake the study harder.

He sighed in defeat and kissed your forehead before prying the book open to his latest chapter. Your falcon nuzzled between the heat of your bodies which provided a semblance of comfort for you both.

“Love may makes humans lead with their hearts instead of their heads...”

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[hidingupmysleeve]

Arizona Trip 🌵☀️ February 17-23, 2024

I’m a bit late on recapping this trip, but I wanted to document it as it was just so good. Kate @colorado-wildflowers and I planned a trip to Phoenix, AZ to escape the winter blues.

Day 1: We met up with Alex @flowers-justbecause who I had never met before. She was awesome and little did I know how supportive (literally and figuratively) she’d be. We hiked Picketpost Mountain in Superior, AZ. This hike is rated difficult and boy… was it. It wasn’t marked well and there was high elevation which I’ve dealt with pleanty of times before, but I was not prepared for the rock scrambling that ensued. Kate caught some gnarly pictures of Alex and I scaling the mountain and seeing it from her prospective was wild to me (pic #8). There was a point in the climb that I almost was in tears (a first for me), but with the help of Alex and Kate, I was able to move past that. Alex even let me use her shoe as a “rock peg” during some of the climb, and I had just met her! Overall it was such a fun day and I felt badass afterward.

Day 2: We did an awesome hike at Lost Dutchman State Park. This park was so cool with numerous rock formations. This was on Presidents’ Day, and there were many people here. This hike even had a baby waterfall, but due to the temps of the desert, we could barely see it. This hike just had a lot of variety and I loved the loop as we were able to trek downhill afterward. Much needed after the day prior’s tough hike. Afterward, I picked up a coffee mug and magnet at the gift shop. We then got vegan chorizo tacos and relaxed in the hot tub at a spa across the street from our airbnb. Our air bnb host comped us free day passes to the spa due to their condo’s tub being out of service.

Day 3: We went to Saguaro Lake and did paddle boarding! The lake was beautiful. Kate even saw a wild desert pig. I couldn’t get over being in 70s and sunshine in the middle of February. I was truly basking in all its glory. After paddle boarding, we went and saw the most gorgeous sunset at “Hole in the Rock”. Definitely a touristy area, but beautiful and worth doing, nonetheless.

Day 4: We met up with Alex again and did a small hike at White Tank Mountain Regional Park. This place was fully paved and just so well maintained. Kate and Alex did a sunrise hike at Camelback Mountain, so an “easier” hike was perfect. The views did not disappoint. We also saw a bunch of petroglyphs! After that, we had such a wholesome/cute Taylor Swift Eras tour movie night. Alex brought her bracelet-making kits, and we made friendship bracelets. I made a bracelet that said “glorious sunrise” from one of my favorite songs of hers, Happiness.

Day 5: Our last day consisted of a hike at South Mountain, which is a park 10 minutes from our airbnb! It was the perfect way to end our trip. There were some cool caves (Dead Man’s pass) and amazing views of Phoenix. We then went to the Desert Botanical Garden. I’ve never seen so many cool-looking cactus before. Speaking of which, I got hand-made cactus in their gift shop and added it to my bookshelf. I love picking up cool trinkets on my trips. I found the perfect place for it on my bookshelf.

This trip was seriously everything I wanted it to be and more. Kate did such a fabulous job planning it (she is the desert queen) and I had such a fun time spending the week with her in the sunshine blasting Bright Eyes and Taylor Swift with the windows down. Oh, it was a wonderful splash.

[mutant-distraction]

Visit Utah

🔥 Discover the Stunning Beauty of Snow Canyon State Park 🌵

Off the beaten path, just outside St. George, this beautiful park offers a stunning desert landscape filled with red sandstone cliffs, petrified sand dunes, and lava flows.

👣Hike the trails to explore the park's hidden canyons, arches, and caves, or try rock climbing, mountain biking, and horseback riding for a more adventurous experience.

✅ And with plenty of camping and picnic areas, Snow Canyon is the perfect spot for a day trip or weekend getaway.

(image by theamericanfieldtrip)

[nichtimhandelerhaeltlich]

for these asks :)

🌵🛼🧃📚🍬☁️

🌵-> share the link to a playlist you love

unfortunately I can't share links (I have Amazon music and don't wanna doxx myself) but you get the newest songs in my playlist!!! (under the cut :))

🛼-> describe your latest wip with five emojis

🤭🥹😴😮🥺

🧃-> some personal lore you never posted before

I think I never told y'all the story of how I became vegetarian, so picture this: Family vacation, still affected by the pandemic so we get a little cabin in Styria, and after half a week I am done. with my parents, with my siblings, with the world. my parents drag me along on yet another hiking tour, and out of something that is the love child of spite and the desire to overhaul my life I declared then and there that I would be now vegetarian.

I still am almost 4 years later.

📚 -> share the last thing you wrote down in your notes app

ironically the one thing I forgot while shopping today.

🍬 -> post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

....I don't really care about skinny. he's nice and all but I could not give less of a fuck about that man. I actually find him quite annoying

☁️-> what made you choose your username?

vibes honestly, I wanted something German and my first choice was taken so i picked this 🫡

[lindseylee3d]

We’re going hiking / arizonacore 🌵🦂

[korrasamibottles]

cactus🌵

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

MUSHROOMS MY BELOVEDS. Every time I go hiking I come home and push my glasses up on my nose and consult my geeky little guidebook and try to figure out what I saw. Last summer I found a Chicken of the Woods and ate a piece and I didn't die!!

[ayearoferewhon]

evvydoeflow Took a lil detour on my way home from JTree to get wet at the hot springs 👌💦🏜☉🌵 #adventuresintheelement #deepcreekhotsprings #deepcreek #applevalley #hike #hotsprings #nature #decompression #mermaidlife #soooowet #memorialdayweekend #grateful #recharged

[writingandwritten]

🌵🥑🍄☁️?

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

it’s not one of my own playlists but Spotify’s women of rock playlist: here some of those vocals honestly haunting (just me lesbianing over here)

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

you or maybe @cosmxc-ars3hol3 but I have a lot of irl life friends who I could go to as well (we do discuss murder dayily - various different forms and scenarios)

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

how could you do this to me??? I have too many thoughts errr marauders themed though because they give me serious brain rot

here’s one I managed to untangle in the wool box of thoughts. Mary and lily are hiking and picnic gfs. It’s a muggle thing they picked up on holidays from Hogwarts.

or errr Evan actually had a talent in divination but he does not like it very much but it comes from the family line but pandora on the other hand makes the divination talent a big part of her because it comes in the dreams

and pandora (this one is more grim) she died destroying a horcrux - I personally see it as raven claws diadem - but every single other person in the marauders died in a relation to Voldemort (except for Mary and Barty but it’s still severely affected them - and Barty is up for debate because he basically died with the dementors and I am pretty sure he got the kiss because he was helping Voldemort) and then Luna knows about the diadem and the horcruxes in the books so it would make sense for other context (was xeno making a memorial with the diadem?? Etc) and pandora and regulus were close

☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?

I initially created this blog for writing so hence the writing theme and now I am stupidly attached to it - I don’t think I could change it now. Also what was not intended when created the sort of weird timeless state that it is in which was pointed out to me and that’d just something I really like

[thefernfairy]

♡Hello yall ! This is an updated post from my previous one ! My name is Rhiannon or Rhi for short ,I'm 22 years old and from Southern KY.

♡I'm a pansexual witch

♡I believe in equality, kindness and all things Inclusive.

♡this blog does contain various bits of both sfw and NSFW themes

♡ I love ; 《 animals,food, art, music, spooky stuff (paranormal, horror movies, etc) nature, photography, stationery and poetry .》

♡Dislikes ;《 rude /judgemental people & hospitals 》

♡ my hobbies include ; 《 reading,writing poetry, hiking, watching YouTube, crafting, cooking, and thrifting 》 (besides working haha )

♡ I'd love to meet new people and make friends!

🥰👻🩷💞💫🫶🧙‍♀️🧚🏻🐶🦝🐈‍⬛🐎🐮🐷🐾🦦🐸💐🌵🌾🌿🪴🍴🥤🍣🍝🍜🌯🌮🥪🍕🍟🍔🧀🥖🍄🥑🍑🌎🏜🏞✈️🛸🪐🌌☔️🎃✨️🔮🧿🧸🎨📢🎼🎶🎧📺📸🕯📚📒✏️🖇☮️♉️♀️🟰🏳️‍🌈

[thesiouxzy]

Today we hiked around Bell Rock 🏜️🌵

[wollemi-whump]

🍓🌵🍄

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?

When I started plotting fanfic versus when I started actually physically writing it is different. I was always so sad when bad things happened in my shows :( that I would just make up fix-its (though I didnt call them that because I was five) where all the characters were happy (I watched a lot of adult shows, sad things were happening all the time).

When I was old enough for school, I would always use character names for my worksheets (god. there were three. if youve been on tumblr for five minutes you can take a guess which three.)

For assignments, I wrote stories inspired by shows and movies I'd seen (usually very dark and definitely not for children lmao). Perhaps the most obvious example of this was the 22-page story I wrote in fifth grade which was a blatant Charmed x Supernatural crossover with most of the character names changed. (I think the funny thing was I didn't even include the sisters, just a side character they had helped in one episode who was the protagonist of my story. Saying this now, that's about as fanfic as u can get lol).

The first piece of actual fanfiction I can find is a 15-line fic I made when I was twelve. The 2nd was a 40 word whump snippet. The third was a 350 word crackfic (same fandom as the first).

I seemingly took a break for a while as I discovered you could read other people's fanfiction and promptly devoted all my free time to it.

I continued physically writing but it was all original fiction, not fanfic. I started physically writing fanfic snippets again (whump) a few years ago for an interest of mine and eventually started doing it for more fandoms, leading to now where I'm working on completing my ~10k White Collar fic.

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

I actually don't listen to any playlists surprisingly, except my own which are just grouped by genre. I do enjoy "Grand Canyon Suite" by Ferde Grofé. Love "Painted Desert". I also like the soundtrack for the game A Short Hike.

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

I like to think the Neal celebrates all the holidays with the Burke's. It's already established he goes to their house a lot, but I like the idea of them doing various holiday things especially since Neal likely never got the best version of that growing up.

Thanks for the ask!!! :D

[imagine-all-the-people]

The saguaro with the gnarly top is called a “crested” saguaro. These are rare and neat to find while out hiking and you definitely need to take a photo to document the find! This one was found during my hike in Sabino Canyon, just east of Tucson Az. 🌵🏜️