elksbackyardforest

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Elk's self care phrases:

-Fuck everything it ain't even real

-everything has an equal and opposite reaction

-i am the greatest, in fact

-the sun rises anyway

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These are beautiful, I will cry

Taken through binoculars at La Push, WA. 09/10/2023.

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This is a little thing on my college campus that shows the approximate distance each planet is at. I did some editing to it, roughened it up a little.

05/01/25

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Hey y'all I never got therapy. School just started again and I was buried in homework.

Have this picture tho, I didn’t do much to it.

04/26/25

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i’m missing the ocean right now

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Another oldie but Goldie.

04/06/25

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I was helping cleanup a property today. It was exhausting, but I'm glad I did it.

04/05/25

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My vareniki weren't actually blue I was just messing with color filtering.

04/04/25

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This photo is serene, I like it.

04/03/25

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I don't know, I'm not a fan of this specific photo.

04/02/25

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I'm not sure if this specific mountain is Mount St. Helen's (I'm pretty sure it's not), but reading people's stories during its eruption is really interesting.

04/01/25

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A bonfire my family made when visiting the beach.

I miss the beach.

03/31/25

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I've been using the colorize option on my photos recently, I felt like just some adjustments was enough for this one though.

03/30/25

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I miss the beach, so much.

03/29/25

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Hello.

On this blog I am battling my dissociation. I've found that without a consistent "job" of sorts I will let myself go. So in order to motivate myself to get out of bed I will take and edit photos of my backyard or other places I've been and post them here. My goal is to do this everyday.

I shoot on an IPhone 14 Pro, and I edit in Pixlr and Ibis Paint.

I will not sell my photos. I'm doing this for fun, and sometimes you can't monetize that.

Now for proper introductions,

- Call me Elk.

- My pronouns are He/They

- I am an adult.

- I'm in college for graphic design.

- I like the forest in my backyard.

Feel free to ask questions, make suggestions, or just talk about stuff. I've found that I love rambling, for how introverted I am.

Here are some resources on mental health, as well. It's mostly informative, but the best way to battle the enemy is to know the enemy:

What is Dissociation

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dissociative-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20355215

Depression

Depression (major depressive disorder) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

Suicide Hotline

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

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I wasn't able to take new pictures last evening. Nevertheless, I did edit some of my older pictures and put them in a collage.

I was playing with an editing style. I'm not sure if I'll stick to it.

03/28/25

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Dumping an old picture today. I'll go outside and take more this evening, and I'll edit them tomorrow.

03/27/25