Walking / Stick / Figures – IMRAN®

Walking / Stick / Figures – IMRAN® 

 Dead old vines that once sapped the life out of now‑deader trees twist into walking/stick/figures suspended high above me in the backyard of my Long Island, New York property in late summer. Their contorted shapes look frozen mid‑stride, as if nature paused a strange parade overhead. 

 © 2026 IMRAN® 

 #IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #trees #nature #BlackAndWhite

Pleasantly Petrifying Photography! — IMRAN®

Pleasantly Petrifying Photography! — IMRAN®

My beloved late father gave me my first camera — a Diana — when I was seven, growing up in Pakistan. That’s how I began shooting black‑and‑white 35mm film. Agfa‑Gevaert is a name I still recall, followed later by Ilford and others, with Kodak and then Fujifilm as I ventured into color photography a few years later. Soon color became my only medium. Then came digital, from the very day the Apple QuickTake became available.

I barely find time to post even a fraction of my 100,000 color photos, let alone convert images to monochrome. Some photographers choose black and white as their primary medium. For me, certain themes simply gain mystery and drama when stripped of color. Fallen trees, rock formations, even portraits of old, wrinkled faces take on an ironically ageless quality sans chromatic distraction.

This dead tree on my Long Island, New York property already looks mysterious in color — you’ll see that when I post it later. But in monochrome it takes on a truly, pun intended, petrifying presence. Almost like a movie fable talking head emerging from a tree trunk. 

The detail becomes even more interesting when zoomed in to any area for detail. There are dozens of zoomed crops I can imagine posting out of just this picture to illustrate the point. 

Are you into B/W? 

© 2026 IMRAN®

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“Rain Over Manhattan” - IMRAN®

“Rain Over Manhattan” - IMRAN® 

One, I bought this raincoat the same year I started writing my first novel, “Happy Endings”, in Manhattan, in 1993. It took me 33 years to complete. I rarely used this beautiful deep blue London Fog raincoat in that time. 

Two, “Rain Over Manhattan” is the title of Chapter 2 of that novel. 

Three, it was pouring rain the day I was headed to Manhattan for what became an eighteen-hour workday. Long, but great. And fortunately it didn’t rain when I had to be outdoors. 

 

Four, In a season of surprises, July of 2026 has been my favorite summer month in 31 years of living in my blessed Long Island home, and nearly four decades in New York. It has provided beautifully mild, even cool, weather — thereby minimizing the need for air conditioning at home. 

I am grateful for everything.

© 2026 IMRAN® 

#IMRAN #books #Manhattan #StoryTelling #memories #HappyEndings #gratitude 

Symphony Isles Apollo Beach Holiday Lights Drive Through 2025 In 1-Minute 15X Hyperlapse - IMRAN®

Symphony Isles Apollo Beach Holiday Lights Drive Through 2025 In 1-Minute 15X Hyperlapse - IMRAN®

The Symphony Isles holiday lights drive-through is a popular Apollo Beach, Florida tradition. I'm blessed to be at the last house on the boulevard, so all the traffic turns through the cul-de-sac.

Enjoy the nearly 750 cars and golf-carts that went through there, in just 2-hours, in this one-minute hyperlapse video I recorded at my front door.

The music is my track "Start At The End" from the original motion picture soundtrack album "Happy Endings" coming in 2026. No puns intended.

Did you make it here? Comment if you see yourself or someone you know in the video! Like and click Share too! Happy Holidays.

© 2025 IMRAN®

#IMRAN #MusicVideo #HyperLapse #cars #lifestyle #holidays #driving #traditions #HomeSweetHome #entertainment #wordplay #soundtrack #Florida #ApolloBeach Nikon

Wit, Wisdom, Wordplay - Moscow Mitch Being A Li’l B!tch! - IMRAN™

Wit, Wisdom, Wordplay - Moscow Mitch Being A Li’l B!tch! - IMRAN™

If an evil, traitorous, misogynist, enemy of democracy, like Moscow Mitch McConnell does not want a woman moderator for a debate, maybe he could be given one from the Paris Olympics 'feast' performers - or just a great transgender American moderator. 

That should teach this crooked, repulsive, enemy of America a lesson. (Meme & commentary from a few years ago but relevant to the attack on women's rights in USA caused by his stacking the courts with right wing extremists). 

© 2020-2024 IMRAN™

(CAUTION) Sticking My Neck Out - (20 Hours After I Survived In A Cut-Throat World!) - IMRAN™

Caution, scary image of my face - fine, and a cleaned up 20-hours later view of the incision. That is the maybe 8-inches throat slit where the surgery was done through. I am only sharing it as people asked how it went. I did not post the one from soon after waking up because the cut looks fresh as if I got treated like John Wick. 

Honestly, I almost did not make it out alive. But God is kind, and the medical team was great. So, I am still here and you will have to continue to read my stories!

Life is clearly a cut-throat game. I am so grateful for the great medical professionals and technology, the employer provided great medical insurance, and the prayers of each and everyone who cares and loves me. Thank you.

© 2023 IMRAN™

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Voulez-Vous? Fabulous Time Watching Fabulous ABBA The Concert With Fabulous Shannon - IMRAN™ (Part 4)

Voulez-Vous? Fabulous Time Watching Fabulous ABBA The Concert With Fabulous Shannon - IMRAN™ (Part 4)

43 years ago, April 1979, I was preparing to go to the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan for my Electronics Engineering studies there 1980-1984, when ABBA released their album Voulez-Vous. It is French for a risqué-ish (for the era) song meaning "Do You Want?". At that time I was keen on learning German and French was lower on my list of interests, as an I Want To Learn It All. 

It was interesting that I got to hear ABBA The Concert (the ABBA tribute group) perform the song when I have been on a daily French lessons streak of nearly 800 days! Ironically, the beautiful, smart, and fabulous Shannon has also taken up French. We are both using DuoLingo on our Apple iPhones. 

Check out this iPhone camera video I recorded from seats quite far from the stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida when I took Shannon to this concert. I will also post a link to the actual masters of the game, ABBA, the original legend, performing this live with a dancing crowd at the start of the 1980s. You will agree how accurate this group is in honoring ABBA's sound and experience.

So, as I love to have beautiful blue-eyed blondes like Shannon ask me, Voulez-Vous? And, even without having learned French, my lifelong answer has been, Oui! 

{To be continued}

© 2022 IMRAN™

Real ABBA live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU

{Enjoy the story from Part 1 at https://www.facebook.com/MyIMRAN/posts/389250786536506 }. 

#ABBA, #artists, #autobiography, #blonde, #brunette, #celebrity, #clearwater, #concert, #Couple, #dating, #Florida, #IMRAN, #iPhone, #Music, #musicians, #nightout, #romance, #stage, #talent

Man's Best Friend Jr. Goes For ManGoes - IMRAN™

Man's Best Friend Jr. Goes For ManGoes - IMRAN™ 

A quick video through the kitchen sliding door to the pool deck. I was looking at K2, my then 9-weeks old German Shepherd puppy, having a grand time eating a sweet mango. Mango is the king of all fruits, especially if you ever get to eat a genuine Pakistani mango of any of the many incredible varieties there. Kennedy was nearby and had already had his piece. 

© 2020 IMRAN™

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Social Climber K2 Using Kennedy Family Name - IMRAN™

Social Climber K2 Using Kennedy Family Name To Move Up - IMRAN™
A puppy is so cute when climbing stairs as "social climber" K2 seems to be doing riding the (coat)tail(s) of the Kennedy (family) name. LOL. I do not want to flood my page and your newsfeed with too many photos and videos of my dogs, but I am only now starting to get to post the pending clips.
Are you enjoying them?

© 2020 IMRAN™

Cold - Spring - Harbor !

Cold - Spring - Harbor ! -- Stunning but frigid day despite spring at my blessed Long Island home marina made me think of the name of a different place.. Cold Spring Harbor. :-)