Category: seasons

Photo-Essay: Leaves!

Autumn, riverside!

As much mourning as I endure due to the end of the summer season every year, I always marvel at the colour the autumn leaves introduce into nature. It is almost as though the flowers that brightened our environment during the summer evolved to the leaves on the trees once autumn settles upon the scene. A very brief colourful experience as the leaves rapidly abandon the tree branches and then fall to the ground.

This post entry here on ReNude Pride isn’t a repeat of last year’s My Leaves Legacy. Click onto that title to link to that posting. This year, I’m simply sharing about autumn leaves without my allergic reaction. It is just the capturing of another seasonal transition in the calendar journey.

Autumn foliage!

As the autumn season progresses, the accumulation of leaves falling from trees covers not only the earth but also anyone laying there!

Bare in boots!

For many living in the Northern Hemisphere, this time of year marks the last time for being bare in nature until the arrival of the next spring season.

Hanging fitness in autumn!

The leaves change at different times. This offers an expanded expression of farewell to the growth season before the barren winter arrives.

Nocturnal autumn!

Some persons welcome the change of seasons as a salute the variations of nature. Some others, like myself, view it as an unfortunate means to endure until another trend in natural warmth returns for us to enjoy!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, November 10, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Armistice/Remembrance Day!”

Bottoms-Up! September, 2023

Farewell surf!

September is one of the most confusing months of the calendar for me. It has pleasurable weather but it also marks the end of the summer season here in the Northern Hemisphere. The seasonal change itself isn’t all that bad – autumn can be enjoyable – it is what follows afterwards that causes me grief! I always have a difficult time with winter!

Sandy bottoms-up!

So as we bid a fond farewell to the Summer of 2023 (Northern Hemisphere), we salute our bare practitioners in the Southern Hemisphere who begin the welcome their season of naked freedom and prosperity!

Landscaping bottoms-up!

No matter where we live, almost all of us have the distinct advantage of being able to naturally enjoy the pleasures of an outdoor bottoms-up! showcase as our seasons transition from one to another, at least during the beginnings of this time of the year!

Bottoms-Up! lookout!

Plus, there’s always the opportunity to view the outside world from the comfort and luxury of our own familiar surroundings before we parade our buttocks out in full public view!

Bottoms-up! with pride!

Of course, throughout the entire year, our cause and purpose is always clear: Bottoms-up! with confidence and pride!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post here is planned for tomorrow, Sunday, October 1, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “October: GLBTQ+ Bare Pride Month!”

Finale For Summer, 2023!

A roof-top skinny-dip!

The time is now to enjoy and to experience the last full week of the glorious summer of 2023!

The Autumn Equinox occurs on September 23, 2023, and our summer pleasure will soon be over forever! We have a full week remaining in our “official” summer season, everyone is encouraged to be as resourceful as possible to enjoy each and every day!

A totally natural skinny-dip!

There is no doubt that skinny-dipping (swimming naked) is by far the most popular body and clothes freedom activity here in the USA. Even recreation researchers and specialists with no ties to the naturist/nudist communities acknowledge the dynamics of this undertaking all over this country. Many participants who enjoy and experience bare water events don’t even otherwise admit to having any additional bare tendencies. Stripping out of and tossing one’s clothing aside is remarkably in greater popularity than modeling a swimsuit!

Communal stripping!

However, we all know that the more who strip bare the increase for fun everywhere! Make sure your fun-level is increased excitedly! Caution: Please remember where you discarded your swimsuit – you may need it for your trip home!

Skinny-dipping is fun but add some food and games to make each day complete!

Cooking totally naturally!

“Grilling” (cooking outdoors on a grille) is a favoured summer past-time and is enjoyed by the natural chef as well as the natural feasters! Good food, good friends and good times are compatible no matter where the activity occurs! One thing that we all know, wherever there are outdoor activities, there always exist healthy appetites!

A picnic in the park!

As to appetites, it is also true that we don’t need to be a crowd of activists to have the need for nourishment. Simply lounging around outside, no matter alone or in a large group, is enough to provide us all with a need to devour what we have packed to bring with us!

“Twister” an outdoor game of fun!

Sometimes, a diversion from our usual routine of summer antics offers excitement and fun for many who become bored with the repetitive nature of events that help us to pass the time of day. These games and other undertakings offer the variety that w all know adds to the “spice of life!”

A hike to seek new spaces!

Then we all have the option for an exploratory hike to locate a fresh setting for future bare practitioner adventures!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, September 22, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Heat Relief!”

Revelation!

Can’t hide the tan-line!

There are some surprises in life that always make me pause, question and wonder! The major reason for the inability to comprehend this phenomenon is that the scenario/situation – often repeated – never becomes one of acceptance and/or indifference. It truly baffles and befuddles me! It makes me question my own personal sense of awareness and, of course, my own sanity.

No sun shone here!

As we transition the passing of one season into another – especially the summer to the autumn – I am amazed when at one of the first social events of autumn and the (thankfully) lingering weather conditions of the former. We’re all carefree, happy to be reunited, and socializing – resplendent in our communal nakedness – when discrepancies appear. Some of our esteemed cohorts, well-known for their body and clothes freedom enthusiasm, suddenly enter the scene: indecently!

The naked truth!

Have they collectively forgotten all of our efforts on behalf of our bare practitioner community and culture? Are they all suffering from dementia? This disregard for the rest of us is totally unacceptable and inexplicable! Their indecency doesn’t involve them attending this socially nude function wearing clothing. It is much worse!

Thong induced tan-line!

They have a well-defined tan-line! They must have been textile (clothed) for a good part of the summer! I am indeed shocked! Have they no sense of what is right and what is wrong?

Author’s notation: I am also motionless! As a Deaf man, my communication tool is manual (sign language). My hands are unable to respond to this vision!

What happened here? What caused this calamity? How did they they enter into this blatant disregard for the sanctity of our nudity? Their body is physical proof (criminal evidence) that they flagrantly abandoned their rightfully earned positions as advocates and defenders of our inalienable right to be body and clothes free whenever it is possible! How dare they shun their duty of our right to be bare!

Tan-line and proud?

They publicly have turned their backs on our sense of what is an innate human right to be our natural selves! They insult both our community and our culture and then boldly dishonour us by this display of their gross indecency of wearing a disguise of their naked selves! Where the hell is their feeling of pride?

Tan-lined buttocks!

It appears as though they are actually comfortably confident and proud of their tan-lines! The audacity! Have they no sensation of disgrace and shame? What the hell happened?

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, September 18, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Finale For Summer, 2023!”

Bottoms-Up! May, 2023

A bottoms-up! kiss!

May is the final full month of the Springtime for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. This is reason enough for us to engage in a welcome exchange of kisses to those that we love while posing our buttocks for yet another picture together!

Bottoms-up! hitting the surf!

And also time for our brethren residing in the Southern Hemisphere to direct their buttocks surfside for a final floatation as they prepare for the arrival of another season “Down Under!”

XL posing in a designer jock-strap!

Our openly same gender loving model and adult actor, XL, poses his buttocks in a fashionable jock-strap (athletic supporter) so that we can all view his booty-ful buttocks!

Gio: aquatic bottoms-up!

Whether it’s a pool, lake or an ocean, the pleasures of skinny-dipping (swimming naked) afford us all the opportunity to boldly show everyone the spectacular buttocks that we are endowed!

Nap-time in the sunshine!

Relax and let the rest of the world worry about what tomorrow may bring! Being a bottoms-up! enthusiast allows us to bestow our booty-ful buttocks for admiration and desire!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Thursday, June 1, 2013, and the proposed topic is: “Happy Pride Month, 2023!”

Environment!

Tree hugging!

Arbor Day: April 28, 2023!

The month of April, annually, is the first full month once Spring arrives. In keeping with the promise of the rebirth and renewal of our natural habitat, there are two events in April that afford us all the chance to join with others in renewing our local world.

Arbor Day is observed nationally on April 28, 2023. Arbor Day is most often celebrated by a public tree planting according to municipal custom and needs. As growth patterns vary from state to state, individual communities frequently host the local events without national fanfare. Arbor Day enables preservation of one of our most vital national resources: trees!

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Seashore clean-up!

Earth Day: April 22, 2023!

Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970. The event seeks to raise the level of environmental awareness globally and it is thus far, successful. It focuses on the various adaptations and innovations that not only improve our quality of life but also impact our physical surroundings – earth and nature – in a positive and productive manner.

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Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, April 10, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “April Appeal!”

April Showers!

Skinny-dipping dive (indoor pool)!

Wait a minute! The topic for today is: “April Showers!” As in precipitation from the clouds above. Not skinny-dipping in an indoor pool! Please! Stay focused!

Confusion!

Luckily, the title for today’s posting here on ReNude Pride is both inaccurate and misleading. Weather-wise, rain showers aren’t limited or restricted to just this month alone. They happen frequently – all year long. During the winter months, they appear as snow showers if not blizzards! Thankfully, they are highly unlikely now that Spring is here!

Hygiene-wise, my spouse, Aaron, and I shower daily – all year long. Cleanliness is important to the both of us, personally as well as professionally. As we are both dedicated bare practitioners, our preference is without clothing (whenever possible). Therefore, our natural (unclothed) appearance is a priority!

April shower!

So, a follow-up question is this: How did the phrase “April showers” originate? I’m sorry to admit that I have absolutely no theory to offer. However, I do have some images I’ve collected over the years that clearly show that bare practitioners do indeed make plans to protect themselves from rain-showers, no matter in what month they occur.

Which lead us into another group of questions: If we’re bare practitioners, don’t we skinny-dip? Why then do we need protection from a shower? Another valid question that I really don’t have a plausible answer. Perhaps it does have a relationship as to the availability of cotton towels for everyone?

May I borrow your towel?

I readily confess that neither Aaron nor I own raingear designed “nothing to hide.” However, we each have rainbow flag inspired umbrellas. After all, patriotism is important! Bare practitioners are a very loyal and proud community!

Bare transparency!

Perhaps there is some creditability in the childhood rhyme: April showers bring May flowers!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, April 3, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “ReNude Pride: Personified!”

Springtime, 2023!

March 20, 2023!

FIRST DAY OF SPRING, 2023!

Welcome the new season!

This day and occasion is always worthy of a major celebration for me. First and foremost, it marks the official end of the barren and dull winter season. True, the weather doesn’t automatically comply the seasonal change, just knowing that winter is now “behind” us produces a bounce to my step and a change in both attitude and outlook.

Blossoms of spring!

Spring a renude feeling and sense of hope, opportunity and natural nudity! Who could possibly need or want anything more?

A friendly reminder! If you’re following the Spring Resolutions agenda, the countdown begins today! Now wasn’t that a thoughtful gesture?

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, March 24, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Friday Footnote: Humour!”

Spring Resolutions, 2023!

Looking into the future!

As published here this past January, 2023, the time is now rapidly approaching for the arrival of the Spring season here in the Northern Hemisphere. As I announced in my earlier post entry, my spouse, Aaron, and I have discarded the custom of “New Year’s resolutions” and have implemented the making of Spring Resolutions. One of the primary reasons for this adaptation is the weather – Spring is much more compatible to the adherence to life changes than the barren and dull season of Winter!

Todays post entry serves two purposes. First, as a reminder to those who endorsed the concept of the seasonal resolutions to begin their planning. Second, if you tried and were unsuccessful in your New Year’s promises, it is not too late to try again now. This attempt may be more productive than the one before!

Resolved…

After time at work or at play, it is good to sit, relax and consider any improvements needed in our daily routines. Any new experiences to help us develop and grow? An opportunity to enrich our lives or an activity or interest that may benefit our personality? Any habits we need to discard or a new skill that we need to acquire?

Follow up these thoughts and considerations by prioritizing our list. Which is the most rewarding? What do I need in order to accomplish this? Is one success dependent upon another? Careful and deliberate contemplation increases our chances of bringing reality into our dreams and goals. It enables us to create a path to follow in order to complete our journey. It empowers the ultimate success of our Spring, 2023, resolution.

Spring begins on Monday, March 20, this year. Hopefully, this notice posted here today provides ample amount of time for us to think, plan and implement all the changes we want to achieve!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry planned for here is Friday, March 17, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “St. Patrick’s Day!”

March the First!

Barren trees!

In the Northern Hemisphere, the arrival of the month of March offers the restoration of hope. For many of us, the impending demise of yet another barren, dreary, dull winter season brings a twinkle to our eyes and a bounce into our footsteps! At last, – finally – the return of springtime is almost here!

Happiness with the imminent return of Spring!

Those of us who live in the geographic areas north of the Equator know that March delivers a deliberate rise in the amount of daylight enjoyed. Naturally, the sun lasts longer and here in the USA, the time change from Eastern Standard Time (EST) to Daylight Savings Time (DST) takes place at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. Until then, we continue to “live” in darkness!

Bare companionship!

Similarly, there is no overnight rise in the outdoors temperatures due to the start of the Spring, 2023, season on March 20! The weather, for the most part, remains in keeping with the daily pattern. Sporadic fluctuations in the thermometer may occur but the variances are based on conditions and not the seasonal transition. Weather is just being…the weather!

Blooming again!

For many among us – including yours truly – the first day of March, annually, brings with it the eager anticipation of renewed (renude) cheerfulness – clothes freedom outside – and colour – flowers/foliage – back into our lives! Hopefully, the results appear sooner rather than later!

Rest in peace, winter, 2023! I have been anxious and ready for a massive heat wave since…the last day of summer, 2022!

Naked hugs!

Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride

Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, March 3, 2023, and the proposed topic is: “Sorry! I Forgot!”