coastal pines

a little blurb blog, where you will find a local adventure guide, recipes, playlists, photography, and more.

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In the craziest turn of events, I end up in a city I never imagined. One that will start fo heal my soul. Staying with strangers, because that is somehow safer than my previous circumstances. My heart is a gaping hole as I wander around, taking in the sights and the cold air pounding against my face, reminding me that I'm still alive. This is where the healing begins. I have to remember to keep breathing, deep and slow. No matter how traumatic this experience was, it didn't kill you. Well, it may have killed the old you. But this fiery, painful rebirth is just that -- rebirth. It's time to start anew.

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Sometimes the mental health gods require you to drive for 13 hours to see the ocean. Washington has easily become home for my soul, this past year.

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Find what makes you feel alive. I drove 10 hours there and back in 2 days for this view. My fiancé will tell you it was for an hour walk. Vanilla scent on the breeze through ponderosa pines, and spectacular beauty ahead of us, the peace was all the worth it.

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I thrive off of the greenery and the energy of the earth. That is where I draw my Magick. How amazing that we can put them in a pot to harness their beauty and their power. Keeping them as little pets, these overgrown and much older creatures. I love it.

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I am continuous.

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It's the cold mornings that remind me I'm still alive. Seeing - or specifically not seeing - momentous views in the early drive back home, back south, taught me a gratitude for what is there. For what I am. Alive on a cold morning.

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I hope the bridges you burn are brighter than the fires they fight with.

Big Sky, Montana, taken by me.

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Some things are better lost in time.

Somewhere in the Uintahs, Utah

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I feel an insurmountable weight of many feelings that need to be felt. And through it all, my mind has to constantly badger, "remember why you are alive." As if a totem to hold onto, to ride out this wild ride. To get through the darkest night. To live. Why am I alive? Why do I feel all these feelings so carefully stacked at once? I hope my curiosity is enough to say, "let's find out."

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Lets take the long way home.

Some back road in Washington. Someone calls this home. And my soul agrees.

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You wouldn't picture the forest to be a brutal place, in all of its greenery and rawness. But the competition here is incredible; trees growing upon fallen trees, ferns climbing higher for the chance for sun, and moss covering almost every inch of ground.

Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, WA

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Baby, describe me with the strength of a waterfall. I am just as beautiful and disastrous to your life.

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Grand Tetons National Park, WY

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The goal, though lofty, is just to put myself out there. To put the content I create out here. Because the world deserves to see the beauty in my eyes, the lost sights, the adventures unknown. Keep creating, keep putting it out there, and maybe one day, someone might see it.

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Mt. Rainier National Park, WA

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Hey hello hi. I created this blog to follow my dreams but my God is it t e r r i f y i n g to do so.... I want to share my thoughts so badly but must get them compiled first. It's my baby (not counting my 6 year old tumblrs). So if you see this post, hold out on hope. I need the support.

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Mount Rainier National Park, WA by Conner Denny

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This is where my heart resides, my love proposed to me in this very national park.