Lucia Hadella

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Writer, wonderer, concerned Earthling.

I found my first 4-leaf clover this week while I bent down to pet our old doggo, who was catching her breath. The clouds were something else, too ⛅. What a magical round of fetch! (Swipe 'til the end for cute doggo 🐶). 🍀🌈
I'm setting a goal that next year on #NationalGetOutdoorsDay I'll be helping at an outreach event with the Columbus community 🌐. For the previous five years, I was always heavily involved with #GoDay back in Oregon 🏕, but June snuck up on me this year as I'm still getting my bearings in Ohio 🌾. Getting children (and all of us) outside is such a beneficial pursuit, but it can be harder in certain areas, such as cities, and especially harder for people of color, low income populations, and folks with disabilities. I have the means and the privilege necessary to hike 🏞, bike🚴‍♀️, and wander in green spaces even here in a midwestern city, the 15th largest city in the country 🏙. And yet it's still logistically tricky for me 🛣. #GoDay is about recognizing the importance of a life lived with flourishing green spaces and nature-based play and knowledge, as well as the disparities in who is least privy to these experiences 🗽🙁. These are things to recognize every day of the year, but the first Saturday in June serves as a more pointed reminder. And remember, any day of the year is a great time to get outside! ☔🌨🌤☀️⛱🌈🌊🌧
Check out this bark. Do you think you're looking at a madrone? Think again! I was so tickled to look more closely and realize I was meeting a new (to me) species of maple! This paperback maple (Acer griseum) is native to China, and it is a combination of some of my favorite arboreal features - flaky & curling bark, palmate (compund!) leaves, and that copper hue. I'm quite enamored with my new friend. 🌳🍁❤
No alterations, no filters... this rose is just THAT PINK!! 💕🌹💕
A few weeks ago everything was purple. Now the pinks are out! More pink pics are on the way. 🌺💕🌺 June can be such a delightful month outside.
🌲: Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) in the arboretum on campus. I'm more accustomed to arboretums that emphasize native plants, but it has been interesting to spend time in Chadwick Arboretum and see so many trees from other regions around the globe.
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