PETER & RUTH DO PARKS

A love letter to Downtown Cary Park on this day, your ribbon-cutting ceremony: I still remember the day they closed you off with promises...

The colors at Lake Johnson right now are my Fall DREAM. 🍁🍂 A walk on the park’s long bridge leaves me in awe of the vibrant beauty that...

Welcome to a very special Sunday edition of Peter & Ruth Do Parks. The kids (and who are we kidding, me too) were over the moon to go to...

It’s Fall y’all!! This is your reminder that we have an Instastories highlight with lots of great spots to see the Fall foliage that...

Welcome to Part 1 of “You Made it to the Umstead Log Art - Now What?” series. 😂 There’s going to be a few posts in this series, but the...

It’s really a testament to just how many parks there are in the Triangle that we’ve driven by this park literally hundreds of times - a...

Y'all, it is ALWAYS a struggle to pick only 10 photos to share with you out of the amazing selection of work that is the Sculpture in the...

This is your friendly reminder that we’ve arrived at the time of the year when Falls Lake and Jordan Lake day use areas are once again...

Okay, I know EVERYBODY is posting about the 🌻sunflowers🌻 right now, but did you even go if you don’t post about it? 😂😂 The sunflowers...

Good things happen when you lift others up. 🎈 A few weeks ago, I saw that an online friend, Triangle Families Explore was having their...

Today I can say I checked seeing a corpse flower off my bucket list! ✅ A WHAT??? A titan arum, nicknamed a corpse flower due to the...

PARKS 🏞️ + BOOKS 📚. Can there be a better combination? Probably not. 🤓 I have very fond memories of my hometown’s bookmobile library,...

The forecasted high is 89* today and 92* tomorrow, so I think it’s safe to say summer is officially here, and that also means we’ve made...

We started our account almost 4 years ago, but we really picked up the pace once COVID hit because what else was there to do with your...

It gives me so much joy that almost 4 years into this account, we’re still finding and sharing local hidden nature gems with you....

We found the Triangle’s hobbit home! 🧙‍♂️ Well, at least we wish it housed hobbits. 😂 This is actually an art installation that we’ve...

(This happened to us in April 2023. It took me a bit of time to process all of this incident and the aftermath, so this was broken up...

I know I already made a reel about this, but I honestly just couldn’t resist making a post, too, to share some clearer photos of the...

There’s some brand new playground equipment afoot in the Triangle, and we would definitely be remiss if we didn’t check it out and post...

The daffodils at Dix Park in Raleigh are great, but admittedly, they are popular and can get a bit crowded. If you’re looking for a...