May's Topic: "Outside"

Spring has sprung! Some of us were apparently so busy we forgot to post a photo for April...

Go outside and take a photo. Or stay inside, and take a photo of "outside". Or take a photo inside of the outside of something... or something.

Laurie’s Future

This is my 1967 Impala Super Sport that I am hoping to get into the body shop this summer.

Fred's "Future"

This may look like a model of an old car, but it actually represents the future of a massive project that you'll find out more about in the months (and years?) ahead.

Robert's "Future"

I thought a wedding was a perfect place to capture the "Future" theme, and I just happened to be at a wedding over the weekend, where I snagged this image as the dance floor thinned out. The chandelier provided just enough light on the bride and groom to pull them away from the background, though the lighting still proved challenging without a flash. The couple has been dating for over 8 years, and finally decided to tie the knot, so their future as a married couple looks bright!

Michael's Future

If I told you that this picture was taken in the future, I would admittedly be late for this submission.  I do however believe that all of my lost socks go there, leaving the other half of the pair in this dimension.  Thank you H.G. Wells.

Cory's Future

In 1962, the Seattle World's Fair happened not far from where I currently live.  Actually named the Century 21 Exposition, it was a six month showcase of the future that we now live in.  Preparations for the expo involved building several new buildings, some of which still exist, as well as a monorail and the iconic tower you see here: the Space Needle.

The Space Needle is 605 feet tall at the top of the spire, and includes a restaurant at the top that slowly rotates in a complete circle. As you can see in this photo, it doesn't look all that great right now - ever since last fall, its been under an intense renovation that will replace the entire observation deck and restaurant floors with glass.  When that's done, I suppose it will be ready for the next phase of its future.

And I can't write something about the world's fair without including a bonus photo: there's a wall in the basement of the house that we are renting that is covered in old hand-written phone numbers.  If you need to call up the World's Fair or the Space Needle Restaurant, just dial away!  But you might need some operator assistance with those numbers.

Micky's underestimate. ( It was super cold.)

Ryan's "Underestimate"

I underestimate things all the time... how difficult it is to nail focus on near macro images when you're too lazy to set up a tripod, how many rings it takes to get married....

Fred's "Underestimate"

Kitten food level seems about right?

Cory's Underestimate

The Fremont Bridge, built in 1917, is a bascule bridge that crosses the Fremont Cut in Seattle.  Long before Europeans started moving into the area, Lake Union and the Puget Sound were connected by a small stream that ran from the lake into the sound.  As the population increased, a canal was eventually cut to connect the bodies of water, which eventually made it possible to all of the way from the sound to Lake Washington by water.

Today, this bridge crosses the canal and connects Seattle's Queen Anne and Ballard neighborhoods.  The canal sees a lot use from both small and large boats, and since water traffic has right of way, it opens and closes very frequently throughout the day.  All a boat has to do is whistle to get the bridge operator to open it!  According to a few sources, it is the most frequently opened bridge in the US.

When opening a drawbridge for a boat to pass under it, you certainly don't want to underestimate the height of the boat's mast. 

Underestimate - Robert

It's always interesting trying to see things through a baby's eyes. In this case, it looks like she was contemplating whether she had climbed too high (she underestimated the height?). For me, it was a little terrifying to let her continue to crawl up the stairs, as the railings were not "to code," and she could have easily fit through them. Fortunately, she's starting to get a little more cautious, but I'm learning, as a new parent, that I don't want to underestimate what she's capable of doing without any kind of warning.

CharDale's Underestimate

I got this shirt at last year's Big Omaha event. I totally underestimated the quality of this shirt. It's been worn and washed at least a dozen times. The pic was taken after 8 hours of use. And believe it or not, it had virtually no lint when I snapped the photo. It's practically unedited. 🤔How can this be possible on black fabric? Amazing!

CharDale's Forgotten

Everyone wants to drink vintage beers and aged whiskey. The classic bottle of Clearly Canadian always gets forgotten. With Clearly Canadian, you're instantly placed back in the 90's, where so many good drinks were swallowed.
Don't just enjoy this photo, go get yourself one because they've been resurrected from the dead!

Quentin's Forgotten floors

I've spent much of the past month trying to save these 1-1/2 inch maple floors.

Ryan's "Forgotten"

In 1968 a couple guys started digging a hole in a cornfield along the Missouri River... and found an old steamboat.

The Bertrand sank after preemptively reenacting the Titanic story with a dead tree on April 1, 1865 about 30 miles up river from Omaha. It was hauling merchandise to the gold fields in Montana, including a large shipment of mercury. I believe the people that found it were searching for that mercury.

It seems that most of the mercury was recovered soon after the sinking. Enough other cargo, including these cannon balls, lay forgotten underground after the river shifted to fill a museum at the DeSoto Bend Nature Preserve.

The story is more interesting than the photo.

There are a few more photos here.