K2 & Kennedy Backed By GSD Shadow In Indoor Portrait At Home Upstairs - IMRAN™ K2, the “puppy” on the left, is turning 4 in exactly one month. That exact date is also the 5-year anniversary of my older rescued German Shepherd Kennedy’s coming home here to Apollo Beach, Florida with me. Kennedy was neglected and weak before I got him. But he filled out to be the handsome, strong, and gentle dog that he is. K2 was named after the mountain in my motherland Pakistan, which is the second-tallest behind Mount Everest but growing faster. It will likely surpass Everest in height after around a quarter million years. I may not be around then. LOL. K2’s genetic report had also predicted him growing tall, taller than Kennedy. You can see that’s already happened. But Kennedy is now smaller but still alpha. It is really interesting to see how K2, who is very dominant with other dogs, defers to Kennedy. As both dogs sat for a Saturday evening indoors portrait upstairs, I took this unedited & unfiltered photo. They literally pose until a picture is taken. Kennedy’s shadow was placed behind and exactly between them, like a third shadow-GSD. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #GSD #dogs #GermanShepherdDogs #wordplay #animals #wordplay #humor #portrait #DynamicDuo #history #geography #weekend #indoors NoEditK2 & Kennedy Backed By GSD Shadow In Indoor Portrait At Home Upstairs - IMRAN™ K2, the “puppy” on the left, is turning 4 in exactly one month. That exact date is also the 5-year anniversary of my older rescued German Shepherd Kennedy’s coming home here to Apollo Beach, Florida with me. Kennedy was neglected and weak before I got him. But he filled out to be the handsome, strong, and gentle dog that he is. K2 was named after the mountain in my motherland Pakistan, which is the second-tallest behind Mount Everest but growing faster. It will likely surpass Everest in height after around a quarter million years. I may not be around then. LOL. K2’s genetic report had also predicted him growing tall, taller than Kennedy. You can see that’s already happened. But Kennedy is now smaller but still alpha. It is really interesting to see how K2, who is very dominant with other dogs, defers to Kennedy. As both dogs sat for a Saturday evening indoors portrait upstairs, I took this unedited & unfiltered photo. They literally pose until a picture is taken. Kennedy’s shadow was placed behind and exactly between them, like a third shadow-GSD. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #GSD #dogs #GermanShepherdDogs #wordplay #animals #wordplay #humor #portrait #DynamicDuo #history #geography #weekend #indoors NoEdit

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Living Happy (Every) New (Minute Every Day Every) Year - IMRAN™ Life is complex. It has whites & blacks, reds vs. blues; yellows & browns; golds & tans - in all shapes and sizes. Everything does not need to be identical for every piece to fit together. Everyone doesn’t need to agree on every topic for every person to come together in peace. Every wish doesn’t need to come true for us to not feel blue. Every challenge doesn’t have to fill us with dread or be seeing red. Every new day, every new year, every new mile on the road of life is a new gift, a new adventure, a new opportunity to smile. Every new minute is a choice, to face the world, to reflect, to be grateful, to live happy before the end. Every thought a life’s dream, every action a source of joy. Every smile lighting up the lives of others every “here & now”, and happily ever after, to infinity. This New Year’s Day selfie sums up that philosophy for me. Happy Every New Minute my friends and loved ones. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #USA #America #autobiography #LifeStory #gratitude #history #portrait #selfie #HappyNewYear #NewYearsDay #Florida #ApolloBeach #inspiration #philosophy #happy #happiness #joyful #gratefulLiving Happy (Every) New (Minute Every Day Every) Year - IMRAN™ Life is complex. It has whites & blacks, reds vs. blues; yellows & browns; golds & tans - in all shapes and sizes. Everything does not need to be identical for every piece to fit together. Everyone doesn’t need to agree on every topic for every person to come together in peace. Every wish doesn’t need to come true for us to not feel blue. Every challenge doesn’t have to fill us with dread or be seeing red. Every new day, every new year, every new mile on the road of life is a new gift, a new adventure, a new opportunity to smile. Every new minute is a choice, to face the world, to reflect, to be grateful, to live happy before the end. Every thought a life’s dream, every action a source of joy. Every smile lighting up the lives of others every “here & now”, and happily ever after, to infinity. This New Year’s Day selfie sums up that philosophy for me. Happy Every New Minute my friends and loved ones. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #USA #America #autobiography #LifeStory #gratitude #history #portrait #selfie #HappyNewYear #NewYearsDay #Florida #ApolloBeach #inspiration #philosophy #happy #happiness #joyful #grateful

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GSD (Green Surrounded Dog) Kennedy Sits For Portrait Seaside At Tampa Bay - IMRAN™ © 2024 IMRAN™ #GSD #dog #GermanShepherdDog #winter #TampaBay #Florida #framed #beach #nature #IMRAN #humor #portraitGSD (Green Surrounded Dog) Kennedy Sits For Portrait Seaside At Tampa Bay - IMRAN™ © 2024 IMRAN™ #GSD #dog #GermanShepherdDog #winter #TampaBay #Florida #framed #beach #nature #IMRAN #humor #portrait

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When A Sunset Picture At Home Is Worth 10,000 Words - IMRAN™ You hear me use phrases like mind-blowing, stunning, spectacular, and more about different sunsets I am blessed to witness... and frankly each description is accurate. Sometimes there are sunsets and dusks that wrap the sky in such an incredible explosion of colors and patterns, it is impossible to describe them. In this case, an HDR drone photo with the DJI M3P created in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom from five quick shots is worth 10,000 words or more. Kennedy and K2 are watching the sea and not even bothered by the drone motors whirring behind them nearby. They are also always on the lookout for dolphins that hunt for food at this time of day. Blessed, grateful, beyond... (10,000) words. © 2023 IMRAN™ #aerial, #ApolloBeach, #DJI, #dogs, #drone, #Dusk, #Florida, #GermanShepherdDogs, #IMRAN, #Nature, #Sunset, #portrait, #Pakistani, #TampaBay, #dock, #clouds, #HDR, #lifestyle, #gratitude, #blessed,When A Sunset Picture At Home Is Worth 10,000 Words - IMRAN™ You hear me use phrases like mind-blowing, stunning, spectacular, and more about different sunsets I am blessed to witness... and frankly each description is accurate. Sometimes there are sunsets and dusks that wrap the sky in such an incredible explosion of colors and patterns, it is impossible to describe them. In this case, an HDR drone photo with the DJI M3P created in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom from five quick shots is worth 10,000 words or more. Kennedy and K2 are watching the sea and not even bothered by the drone motors whirring behind them nearby. They are also always on the lookout for dolphins that hunt for food at this time of day. Blessed, grateful, beyond... (10,000) words. © 2023 IMRAN™ #aerial, #ApolloBeach, #DJI, #dogs, #drone, #Dusk, #Florida, #GermanShepherdDogs, #IMRAN, #Nature, #Sunset, #portrait, #Pakistani, #TampaBay, #dock, #clouds, #HDR, #lifestyle, #gratitude, #blessed,

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Nature wants me to die/t?! 😃 I didn’t eat all day, busy with meetings. Come out to grab a bite to eat … and this pops on every phone in this place. 😃 Stay safe everyone.Nature wants me to die/t?! 😃 I didn’t eat all day, busy with meetings. Come out to grab a bite to eat … and this pops on every phone in this place. 😃 Stay safe everyone.

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Love x Art + Tech x Action / No Talent = No Excuse - IMRAN™ I was just six and a half years old when I realized how absolutely lacking in drawing talent I was. I was in Karachi, where I had moved at age six to live with my maternal grandmother in my parents’ Karachi home. My parents were in remote parts of Punjab early in Dad’s career and there were literally no real schools in some of those areas. It was the Class 5 final exam at Christ The King School, in Karachi, when I caught the measles. So, I had to stay home and try to study thanks to my aunt Parveen being dedicated to the mission she had been given by my mom. She is the one who literally MADE me study…. of course much to my annoyance in those early years when I would have preferred to be watching TV. LOL. My mom’s older sister, late Nasreen, had brought me a paint kit. It had paints and brushes, and there was a painting of a photo of a young girl likely shown in the English countryside. I was supposed to draw the image, and then paint it in. Needless to say, if the girl in the picture was a real person and saw my “painting” of her, she, even as the 6-10 years old she was in the picture, would have had no hesitation stabbing me with the sharp paint brushes that had so clearly exposed my lack of talent. And that lack of ability to drawn and paint has not changed. Fortunately, over the years, photography, writing, music, and other creative outlets kept me satisfied. But, ever since digital tools became available, and every few years when I would buy some paints and supplies on an impulse, I have dabbled, literally, in mixed media and digital art a little. This past holiday weekend I was trying to do as many of the things that are on my 300-items list of To-Dos and interests that I never get time for. But I was determined. And so this masterpiece from the very well-unknown IMRAN formerly (and still) known as non-artist was born around late in the night overlooking Tampa Bay in the dark night. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #art #painting #autobiography #LifeStory #artist #painter #NoTalent #hobbies #DigitalArt #MixedMedia #love #writing #proseLove x Art + Tech x Action / No Talent = No Excuse - IMRAN™ I was just six and a half years old when I realized how absolutely lacking in drawing talent I was. I was in Karachi, where I had moved at age six to live with my maternal grandmother in my parents’ Karachi home. My parents were in remote parts of Punjab early in Dad’s career and there were literally no real schools in some of those areas. It was the Class 5 final exam at Christ The King School, in Karachi, when I caught the measles. So, I had to stay home and try to study thanks to my aunt Parveen being dedicated to the mission she had been given by my mom. She is the one who literally MADE me study…. of course much to my annoyance in those early years when I would have preferred to be watching TV. LOL. My mom’s older sister, late Nasreen, had brought me a paint kit. It had paints and brushes, and there was a painting of a photo of a young girl likely shown in the English countryside. I was supposed to draw the image, and then paint it in. Needless to say, if the girl in the picture was a real person and saw my “painting” of her, she, even as the 6-10 years old she was in the picture, would have had no hesitation stabbing me with the sharp paint brushes that had so clearly exposed my lack of talent. And that lack of ability to drawn and paint has not changed. Fortunately, over the years, photography, writing, music, and other creative outlets kept me satisfied. But, ever since digital tools became available, and every few years when I would buy some paints and supplies on an impulse, I have dabbled, literally, in mixed media and digital art a little. This past holiday weekend I was trying to do as many of the things that are on my 300-items list of To-Dos and interests that I never get time for. But I was determined. And so this masterpiece from the very well-unknown IMRAN formerly (and still) known as non-artist was born around late in the night overlooking Tampa Bay in the dark night. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #art #painting #autobiography #LifeStory #artist #painter #NoTalent #hobbies #DigitalArt #MixedMedia #love #writing #prose

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Boeing 737-9s Offer Aisle, Windows, And Open (Door) Policy/Seating - IMRAN™ Note to self. Keep your seat belt on tight at all times. So glad there were no fatalities and no one fell out of the Alaska Airlines' The Boeing Company 737-9 when this door blew off the aircraft in-flight. Trust in Boeing will and should surely crash based on the poor quality track record in recent years. If only there had been a warning… Oh, wait… Even more worrisome is the report that this aircraft’s pressurization warning light had gone off on three different flights. Yet it was still kept in service. Now all of this model plane are grounded for inspections. Airlines previously offered passengers a choice of aisle or window seats, or some have open seating policy. Our governments have also had a shameful open-door policy to illegal one-way permanent travelers into the United States. Now Boeing customer airlines can offer us a combination of these choices… “Window, aisle, or wide-open-door policy/seating?” © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #humor #IMHO #commentary #airlines #flight #flying #Boeing #AlaskaAirlines #NTSB #wordplay #immigrationBoeing 737-9s Offer Aisle, Windows, And Open (Door) Policy/Seating - IMRAN™ Note to self. Keep your seat belt on tight at all times. So glad there were no fatalities and no one fell out of the Alaska Airlines' The Boeing Company 737-9 when this door blew off the aircraft in-flight. Trust in Boeing will and should surely crash based on the poor quality track record in recent years. If only there had been a warning… Oh, wait… Even more worrisome is the report that this aircraft’s pressurization warning light had gone off on three different flights. Yet it was still kept in service. Now all of this model plane are grounded for inspections. Airlines previously offered passengers a choice of aisle or window seats, or some have open seating policy. Our governments have also had a shameful open-door policy to illegal one-way permanent travelers into the United States. Now Boeing customer airlines can offer us a combination of these choices… “Window, aisle, or wide-open-door policy/seating?” © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #humor #IMHO #commentary #airlines #flight #flying #Boeing #AlaskaAirlines #NTSB #wordplay #immigration

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Surreal Sunday Seaside, Surfer, Ship, Sunset Serendipity Soul Satisfying Scene Seconds - IMRAN™

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Never Fun To Need Boat Tow, Worse On Windy Choppy Day - IMRAN™

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Turtlenecks Double As Double Chin Concealers, Well, Almost! - IMRAN™ Just a Happy New Year selfie on one of those “frigid” Florida days that I decided to wear a turtleneck. 😃 © 2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #humor #portrait #selfie #gratitude #smiling #blessed #thankful NoEdit NoFilter #iPhone 15 Pro Max, #indoor, #NaturalLightTurtlenecks Double As Double Chin Concealers, Well, Almost! - IMRAN™ Just a Happy New Year selfie on one of those “frigid” Florida days that I decided to wear a turtleneck. 😃 © 2023 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #humor #portrait #selfie #gratitude #smiling #blessed #thankful NoEdit NoFilter #iPhone 15 Pro Max, #indoor, #NaturalLight

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Mystery Of The Sun Spot Triggers 100 SPF (Silly Puns Fun) Alert - IMRAN™

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Tampa Bay Beach Walking, Boating, Kayaking, Setting Sun; Just Another Florida Winter Day - IMRAN™

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Tired Or Injured Butterfly On A Driveway - IMRAN™ I photographed this tired or injured butterfly in a neighbor’s beautiful driveway. I noticed it before my dogs or I would have accidentally stepped on it. Zooming in on the iPhone 15 Pro Max screen later, it was amazing how much detail cellphones now capture. I could see the “hairy face”! I’m not sure it will show as well zooming in on the lower-quality smaller file-size versions social-media sites display. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #nature #butterfly #ApolloBeachTired Or Injured Butterfly On A Driveway - IMRAN™ I photographed this tired or injured butterfly in a neighbor’s beautiful driveway. I noticed it before my dogs or I would have accidentally stepped on it. Zooming in on the iPhone 15 Pro Max screen later, it was amazing how much detail cellphones now capture. I could see the “hairy face”! I’m not sure it will show as well zooming in on the lower-quality smaller file-size versions social-media sites display. © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #nature #butterfly #ApolloBeach

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An Absolutely Perfect Pink Radiant Rose Gorgeous Greens Beautiful Bokeh - IMRAN™ An absolutely stunning perfect pink radiant rose with gorgeous greens in this beautiful bokeh absolutely zero edit zero filter iPhone 15 Pro Max photo. It belies the fact that three months ago the landscaper was about pull out the seemingly dead totally dry plant. I said no, and used my secret potent plant rejuvenating fluid on it, until the rose rose from the dead! Maybe it’s time to make some wild claims and start a new religion. 😉 © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #humor #nature #bokeh #rose #ApolloBeach #WhiteHouse #pink #green #3DAn Absolutely Perfect Pink Radiant Rose Gorgeous Greens Beautiful Bokeh - IMRAN™ An absolutely stunning perfect pink radiant rose with gorgeous greens in this beautiful bokeh absolutely zero edit zero filter iPhone 15 Pro Max photo. It belies the fact that three months ago the landscaper was about pull out the seemingly dead totally dry plant. I said no, and used my secret potent plant rejuvenating fluid on it, until the rose rose from the dead! Maybe it’s time to make some wild claims and start a new religion. 😉 © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #Florida #humor #nature #bokeh #rose #ApolloBeach #WhiteHouse #pink #green #3D

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Forget Candlelight Dinner It’s Firelight Lunch Sustainability On Menu Florida Of All Places - IMRAN™

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GSDs & I Watching All Lights Green / Boating / Traffic / All Lanes Go - IMRAN™ Can you see Kennedy, K2, and me in this drone photo? It was the last day of 2023 as I flew the DJI M3P drone overhead to catch the last sunset of the year. My green LED fish-attracting lights look like all green traffic lights for all lanes of boating traffic at my blessed corner of the universe on Tampa Bay, Florida. © 2023 IMRAN™ #ApolloBeach, #aerial, #boats, #boating, #Beach, #Clouds, #DJI, #drone, #Dusk, #Florida, #GermanShepherdDogs, #gratitude, #GSD, #HDR, #Home, #IMRAN, #Nature, #seaside, #Selfie, #Sunday, #Sunset, #TampaBay, #weekend, #WhiteHouse, #NewYearsEveGSDs & I Watching All Lights Green / Boating / Traffic / All Lanes Go - IMRAN™ Can you see Kennedy, K2, and me in this drone photo? It was the last day of 2023 as I flew the DJI M3P drone overhead to catch the last sunset of the year. My green LED fish-attracting lights look like all green traffic lights for all lanes of boating traffic at my blessed corner of the universe on Tampa Bay, Florida. © 2023 IMRAN™ #ApolloBeach, #aerial, #boats, #boating, #Beach, #Clouds, #DJI, #drone, #Dusk, #Florida, #GermanShepherdDogs, #gratitude, #GSD, #HDR, #Home, #IMRAN, #Nature, #seaside, #Selfie, #Sunday, #Sunset, #TampaBay, #weekend, #WhiteHouse, #NewYearsEve

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First Tampa Bay Sunset & Dusk Happy New Year 2024 Tampa Bay - IMRAN™ © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #HappyNewYear #TampaBay #Florida #MondayMagic #nature #Maghreb #ApolloBeach #sunset #dusk #HomeSweetHome #blessed #gratitude #WhiteHouse #beach #seasideFirst Tampa Bay Sunset & Dusk Happy New Year 2024 Tampa Bay - IMRAN™ © 2024 IMRAN™ #IMRAN #HappyNewYear #TampaBay #Florida #MondayMagic #nature #Maghreb #ApolloBeach #sunset #dusk #HomeSweetHome #blessed #gratitude #WhiteHouse #beach #seaside

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