#upper pnw

[hiraeth-arcane]

Washington lakes are so beautiful

[wayoutwest]

Fishermen’s View - Oregon

Harry Snowden

[lungfuls]

I genuinely think people who move their families to places with high fire, flood, and drought risks bc of low taxes and warm weather are bad people

[ccherrycolouredfunk]

i always love hanging out in edmonds whenever the weather is nice. :)

[hipsofsteel]

our house is constantly one plumbing nightmare after another. so currently the upstairs shower is out of commission bc the drainpipe is apparently leaking directly onto our hot water heater. all four of us are therefore using the master bathrooms shower

the one that had the ceiling half cave in over a year ago because my parents, despite watching mildew grow and grow routinely over the years never did anything to like... protect the thin layer of sheetrock between the ceiling and the plumbing above and below it.

all because my dad is a madman of a home designer and both bathrooms in our house are completely internal structures with no outside walls or windows to help vent the steam out.

[harshr]

Lake of the Angels -> St. Peters Gate -> Upper Lena Lake

Olympic National Forest/Olympic National Park

S'Klallam and Twana/Skokomish land

[i-carrion-icarian]

Upper Latourell Falls, Oregon, 11-7-24

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[hiraeth-arcane]

🩵🩵🩵

[wayoutwest]

Water Music - Oregon

Harry Snowden

[ohwaitwhatdamn]

[bortinatte]

[jewishbarbies]

I never learned Hebrew for a few complicated reasons and I never go to shul because I cannot physically get to one, so I felt a lot like I wasn’t allowed to be Jewish. reading you haven’t gone was comforting in a weird way because I know it doesn’t make you any less Jewish. it reminded me we’re not alone in this.

I’ve struggled a lot with imposter syndrome when it comes to judaism because I didn’t grow up in a jewish community, the only jewish people I knew were family, and there’s so much I feel like I don’t know all the time. I grew up incredibly isolated in general, but there are so many jewish experiences i haven’t had. I’ve been practicing the majority of my life but it feels like I’ve only just really connected with it in the last 3 years or so. although it’s not like i could go even if i want to bc I’ve never been close enough to the (2) synagogues in the upper pnw. it seems like people wonder a lot why there’s jewish communities only in certain spots and it’s like, well we don’t get to have a church on every corner. I’m getting more comfortable but i still find myself deferring to people my brain considers “more jewish” than me a lot.

i know there’s a lot of jews who don’t/can’t go for a lot of reasons, though, so we’re definitely not alone there! none of us are any less jewish. we’re here and that’s all that matters.

[oh-no-melon]

Looking for a penpal

Hi folks! So this may sound weird or a little out of place, but I'm in search of a penpal. I had one for a while but we've since lost touch and I've really missed writing to others. I love snail mail and would really enjoy writing once more.

Here are some basics if anyone out there is interested!

Name: Sam (or Melon, whatever works!) Pronouns: she/they Age: 38 (oh good lord first time I typed that since my birthday) Location: USA, west coast, PNW I would love to write to individuals closer to my age but upper 20s would be fine. Please no one under 18.

I'm an artist and enjoy reading, writing, and drawing comics. I'm also a big fan of horror and creepy things! I live with my husband and we're saving up to move and buy our first home, hopefully in a few years! Other than that, my day job is an employee at a bread store while I work on my comics after hours.

If you're interested in being a penpal, please feel free to DM! I really do hope to find someone again. I miss reaching out to people and have so few friends that the idea of a penpal sounds absolutely fantastic to me!

[roxyrot]

Gideon and Pacifica in my Gravity Rises AU, which I’m calling The PNW Dichotomy!

Gideon and Pacifica are changed to: Gideon and Gwendolyn Oaks!

They’re upper middle class and have abusive parents; Gideon is the golden child and Gwen is the scapegoat.

It’s their first year in Gravity Falls! Will they survive?

More design info and tidbits under cut!

Gwen:

Because she was treated so awfully when she was with her parents, she grows an insane ego while being treated like a normal person in GF.

She is very smart, and also a stereotypical blonde, even tho it’s a bleach blonde; she had 2 be smart 2 get even an ounce of respect and recognition from her parents. The stereotypical blonde act is just that, an act. While some of it is true, she plays it up massively in a bid to be more liked.

She loves mini-golf, it’s the only hobby she ever developed that her parents approved of.

While in GF, she keeps a journal! This is by recommendation of her therapist; it’s GF, so she runs into the paranormal, and is vague abt it when talking with her therapist.

Her and Gideon are fraternal twins!

She is an aromantic lesbian, but she won’t be able 2 identify that for a long while.

I represented her symbol of the llama using her hair; I imagine it’s a choppy cut she did herself

Gideon:

Gideon is also very egotistical; however, this is caused by his parents constant doting and undeserving, overblown praise.

Gideon is very popular; he doesn’t have the best grades, but he has social influence, which matters more to his parents than anything.

He is very people oriented; he can read them like a book 90% of the time, which he uses to his advantage.

He likes debate club!

Gideon is albino!

Him and Gwen are mixed; white hispanic and black! I’m still fleshing that out :P

Gideon is gay! He will not realize this for forever!

I put Gideon’s star symbol as a patch on his jacket

[i-fell-in-a-hole]

does anyone that knows anything about languages know why I normally speak with my mom’s accent (neutral PNW) but when I’m tired I speak in my dad’s accent (upper appalachian)

why