At 6800 feet. Five minutes after take off. There was… for lack of a better word… An explosion in engine #1 of our dual jet 737. Fireballs and sparks shot out. Creating light within the deep darkness of the 11 o’clock hour. The jet dropped 1000 feet in 20 seconds or so. The harmonics of the #1 jet went completely awry. The jet shook like mad. Everyone starts to scream and panic. The lady in front of me screams. Please Jesus I don’t want to die. The woman next to me grabs my hand and squeezes it like a Vulcan death grip. Thinking this is gonna be our last moments as we fall to earth. Shortly after the pilot kills #1 and we recover. A few more random jolts. Lots of prayers being said. 10-15 long minutes later we land back on the runway. The fire department was dispatched to give us clear us back to terminal jetway. As we pull into the gate a round of applause for the crew. This happened to me last night. Be safe. Tell those you love them. Believe in miracles. Thank god he watched over us. Enjoy your life. We never know what and when our last moments might be. - Withoutink 💚
On my way to San Francisco. Well Mountain View to be precise. Anyway, we have ~541 miles to go (from ATL). Going to visit Google’s Headquarters for a special invite only conference. I’ve been on campus once before, but never in any of the Googleplex buildings. So I am rather excited! Btw I’m an Internet guy so this visit is right up my alley and expertise. Ill try to shoot as many pics as I can. Sad thing is I’m only in California for ~24hrs. Then right back on a plane back to Atlanta… Whirlwind tour… Ill be a zombie by Saturday morning when I’m back home. Hope all is well with you all. I’m sorry I’ve not been a good Instagram participant lately. Hopefully life will return to semi-normal. Best to you all. - Withoutink 💚
I have an old soul. I know it. I feel it. I prefer things made long ago. Well certain things I suppose. I’d much prefer my iPhone over a phone from 60 years ago. I digress. Anyway, we recently bought another house. As such we have been looking for furniture to fill it with. Since its much larger than our other house in South Florida. I could easily go to a furniture store and buy a complete room. Or multiple rooms. But in my opinion that isn’t the best way to do things. Nor is it what I would want in my house. I much rather have very old… Yet solid and well built pieces in my home. I blame it on all those furniture classes I took at design school. Yup I took things like History of Furniture way back when. Anywhoo… I purchased this antique side board on Saturday. It was a bit more than I would have liked to spend. But it was love at first sight. It’s from circa 1870. It’s a French Piece in the French Hunt style. The top is red griotte marble. I simply adore it. While I was cleaning it and waxing it. I could only begin to imagine where it’s been an who may have owned it though it’s many years. It’s a fine piece… Especially being almost 150 years old. I feel so much better when I am surrounded but old pieces such as this. They bring me a certain type of comfort. Anyway have a great week. -Withoutink 💚
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The Moss & The Icicle. Two vastly different things. Each beautiful on their own. Exponential beauty emanates when placed together. Mother Nature always has a plan. The textures vary so greatly. But they each work well in presence of the other. This shot was taken this past Sunday as we hiked some waterfalls in 30 degree weather. It was pretty awesome. Anyway, hope you are all doing well. Sorry for my lack of posts. I just need a bit of a break. Hope you’ll be around when I pop back by. I do appreciate you very much. - Withoutink 💚
This is right after take off from WPB, FL. They fly out over the ocean and circle back to the left. So, that right there is part of the Florida coast. I really liked the tone as well as the clarity of the wing in this shot. I called Florida home for ~15 years. Beaches, sunsets, intracoastal waterway, 9.5 trillion blue hairs buzzing around for the early bird dinners… Oh and crazy looney toon drivers. While I’ve been gone for just a year now. So much has changed there. Buildings, roads, restaurants and all sorts of other changes. I guess the economy is really improving. Which is very nice to see. I also noticed that my stress level did increase while I was there a bit. But I guess thats the much simpler country life injecting itself within me. Anyway, be well. Enjoy this Sunday. - Withoutink 💚
So you know your dog missed you. When you return and he kisses you. Whining delightfully as you return love to him. For he now again has a place by your side. To hold steady. To rock and roll. To dance with you in companionship as you twirl his favorite toy across the air. He delights playfully as you tease him allowing him to win and lose some. Keeping his attention keen on you. For these and other reasons is why he misses me. And he now sits in the drivers seat. He will not budge. For I have left him twice in two weeks. For that he is unwilling to move. Thinking if he leaves the vehicle he will lose me once again. As dogs know not of time. They have only but us. We are their everything. Just as they are to us. A foil of sorts. A perfect relationship between mankind and the animal world. Might I note that when I shot this photo. It reminded me deeply of a side view of Alfred Hitchcock. Best to you today. - Withoutink 💚
Fly away into the sun, where it will wrap you with warmth and sweet solitude. A place to reflect. That is the sky. I believe that the sky is Heavens Canvas. A joining of both Mother Nature and the universe. Painting the empyrean in a multitude of tones and reflections. I’m 35k feet up and the clouds are dancing below me feet. Auroral colors appear and disappear as you look out across the vast depth of what encompasses us. Crepuscular rays emanating through the abounding particles that glisten the atmosphere. I wish I could escape here daily into this sweet ethereal peace. Have a great night. - Withoutink 💚 (at empyrean)
In the darkest and crappiest of days. When there is little to no light around… I believe we can make our own. It is only up to the mind to see it. But only if your heart has enabled you to feel it. Anyway, I’m back at the airport in Atlanta Ga. Heading to South Florida for a few days. Best to you. - Withoutink 💚 (at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL))
I won’t lie. The last day and a half was torture. I don’t care how much you psyche yourself up. When your baby goes in for surgery. It rips the life and soul right from your heart. Tearing every fiber of my already extremely damaged heart into shreds. Dropping me into darkness. Seemingly endless cold washing over me as I sit helpless watching my son gasp for air. Crying uncontrollably. He was screaming before surgery he thought he was going to die. That he was going miss this world so much. Wtf. Why should a 5yo child ever need to say/think that. This pic is of my son in the PICU last night… Right after they sedated him a bit. Ya that’s the now famous Vanilla Bear with him. My heart has been pulverized over the last day or so. I need a break to recover… Anyway, we are currently 35,000 feet in the sky. I’m on my GoGo Internet connection. I think we are all going to collapse when we get home. Anyway, surgery went well. So that’s great. Just didn’t go very smoothly. I appreciate all your thoughts prayers and kindness. Love your innocent children with every breath of your life. Never once skip a beat without them deep within your heart. Best to all of you. Thanks again. Love - Withoutink 💚
