Happy mothers day everyone!
I dont have a mother lol so i took the day to do my makeup! Then decided to go to the forest?? It was hot and it got messed up immediately, oh well ๐คทโโ๏ธ
This whole area of oregon was devastated by the Santiam fire in 2020, a particularly hot summer with strong winds and covid made this fire nearly impossible to contain. Its spread over 400,000 acres and burned from august to december when containment was reached.
This fire destroyed old abandoned town, inhabited town, campgrounds, powerlines and communication lines, and basically closed a large chunk of oregon for a year or more, with some places still closed and other places never being rebuilt. This fire stopped 40 miles from where i currently live! ๐ฑ
Anyway, despite all the devastation, the forest will rebuild itself! And i think its beautiful that no matter what happens in an area like this, life will sprout again and the beauty of nature will overgrow any man made junk left over. Witnessing the rebirth of this place ive grown up in is special, even tho its sad theres not as many good camping spots out here, but the forest deserves a break!
Anyways, just like the forest will rebuild itself into what its supposed to be, you can too! โค๏ธโค๏ธ
Im proud of you all! And to those with cool moms wish them a happy day from me! Anyone that doesnt have that in their life, im sorry, and i give you free internet hugs. I do wish it was different for some of us โค๏ธโค๏ธ
Ps i did take more pics than this obvi, might post them later or maybe ill finally start using my pixelfed account ๐
Oh i also got new gauges and a navel piercing! I couldnt do a tongue piercing ๐ญ๐ญ
Percings and forest!
I want to do some at some point. We'll see, I think I'll get my earlobe pierced at some point but I would need to see a good professional first to check if that's possible. (it could go bad for me knowing some history.)
I see, well piercing shops are very much you get what you pay for thing. You can get really cheap piercings where i am (25$ for my nose) but it also comes with tradeoffs (nose was by far the most painful for weeks and weeks afterward, and they didnt even ask what size i wanted)
Compare that to my ears, which i paid 100$ for, and its a night and day difference. The only real pain my ears put out was when i was trying to stretch my tender little earholes ๐๐. Going from 18G all the way to 0G was a bitch and a half, but thats not the piercers fault. I also stretched incredibly fast, with no side effects. Which i do attribute to the skill of the piercer.
Definitely, if your feeling like it might be a bad time, its worth investing time and money to get it right. Absolutely do consults first before the actual job, most piercers i know/have seen are very calming and reassuring, while also talking with you about your concerns. Hell i showed up to my navel piercing in some LOUD pink leggings, trans pride colors on shoes and wrist, and my trans pride "youre focused on the wrong 1%" shirt W/O my anxiety medication, and STILL felt pretty safe and comfortable in there. โค๏ธโค๏ธ