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not a great capture, but a great moment.
more than 12 hours of flight from Chile to Spain. Then 4 more hours to Germany.
Finally got the dryer fixed after having it out for over a week. 11 loads done today and more to do tomorrow.
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
One of the last shorebirds for me to see out west, I've tried several times and struck out. I was a the Cliff House in San Francisco looking across the water at the rocks when I caught movement in the shadows just below me. Crappy light but it took me only a few seconds to realize I had FINALLY seen my first Wandering Tattler.
Well, it finally happened. We're accustomed to seeing photos of shuttered dead malls online before but it's different when it's one you grew up with.
Some of my earliest memories were of roaming with my mom on weekends in the mid-to-late 90s at Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix, Ariz. Dragging her to Suncoast Video after a ritual visit to Bath and Body Works next door. Watching the bursts of water in the water fountains. Going for the photos with the mall Santa every December. Observing the skylight fill the interior of the mall around midday. They're all memories now.
So, with that in mind, I visited the mall prior to its closing on June 30th, 2020. Seemed appropriate to document the mall's architecture, while there's still some pride left — prior to the vandals and scrapers breaking in and plunging it of cooper and other precious metals, thereby further impugning its value and reputation.
Will the mall be revitalized in the future? I don't know. But, when whole sections of the mall are unpopulated, by both tentpole brands and cars in the parking lot, and when new tenants like self-storage and popup ministries arrive, a mall's eminence is more near the end than the beginning.
And with that, a chapter of my life is about closed.
There might be 3 feet of snow on the ground, but the pussy willows tell me spring has finally reached interior Alaska.
After years (5, maybe?) of internet friendship, I finally got to meet 'Moving Hands' Jennifer in person. Wish we had had more time to visit. Next time!
my sister's Chrysler minivan blew a third transmisison. I talked her out of spending $2700 on a worn out van with 200k on it and no working AC, manual windows and locks, rust.. for only a couple hundred dollars more I found her this 99 Volvo XC 70 with only 139k, 5 cylinder turbo (yay!) It only need tires and to fix some loose trim inside, otherwise it's loaded and has all the options. I'm jealous though I still prefer the Mark VIII for my own needs. But I seriously considered one of these when I was shopping
I had finally found a Kansas City Terminal train and it only took three weeks to do it! I was beeboppin' around looking and finding all these new places that I bookmarked in my mind for when I visit again to finish up my engineer training and I passed Adams St interlocking and there was a transfer waiting for a sig at Adams St. UP wasn't letting them move anytime soon and so I never got to see them in the light. I'll settle for the shaded shot.
Kansas City, KS
7/9/2013
Cherry blossoms are only just beginning to bloom, a month late this year.
False Creek, Vancouver, BC
....and feeling comfortable^^!
I'm more than satisfied with what Anastasia Beloved made out of my boy<3!!!
It has been a long way for Kimey to find the place in my heart he really deserves...now he made it! LOVE♥♥!!!!!!!
Finally I found the 1995 Bubble Angel Barbie Doll on Ebay for 15 € ;) I just love her;) I hope you like it;)
I bring this picture/uploaded it to show a test to see if flickr would let me upload and FINALLY it would!!!!
This is Ribbon, she is from Kirby 64, Cristal Shards.