Sorry, I do not know the source of this awesome picture that I got in email. It is NOT my image but I fully agree with the sentiment.

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(Stupid Flickr video cuts out at 3 minutes. Please see at YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbHseRhjyE )
Montauk (which means The End) in New York is always a fun place to visit, by car, plane or yacht. As the sun began to set at Montauk Lighthouse, on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, I decided to do a quick 360° video recording, as I drove from the Lighthouse parking lot to a scenic outlook spot on the way home.
360 degree cameras like the Nikon KeyMission 360 have a hard time blending the two completely separate images from the two sides of the camera when the sun is setting. Because the exposure and aperture are very different so a noticeable banding can be seen at the seams.
But, with a sped up video and a music track I created just for this video, I think you will love coming along with me for a winter drive in New York at sunset. Enjoy the full 360x360° view!

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Car / Park - IMRAN™
There are some really pretty roadside spots in the Tampa area which look more like a country road drive than a patch of land in Brandon next to Silver Spoon, the Pakistani food place I love eating at. I like to pull into the shady area. After lunch, as I walked my German Shepherd, Kennedy, to explore the trees in the area, I loved how the beautiful trees and shades framed my other German beast, the Benz S65.

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Kennedy Can’t Decide Which Of Three Horses To Go Play With - IMRAN™ (Prequel To Livestream Video)
Can you see how calm but excited he is! When I got Kennedy I was told he loved being near horses. I finally got a chance to take him to a nearby horse-riding place with stables and several horses. Normally Kennedy is “not seen and not heard” sitting quietly in the back seat when I’m driving anywhere. He gets moving ready to get out when we reach the dog park. But as soon as o pulled into this place, he literally started whining and moaning excitedly wanting to get out of the car. I always get out from the driver’s door obviously and then get him from the right rear passenger door wherever we go. He always patiently waits for the door to open. Here he was so excited he didn’t want to risk being left in the car. He was trying to get to the front seats to get out the front door. This video was recorded after we were already there for about 10 minutes but before the later livestream. This horse had seen Kennedy and walked all the way to this side to check him out. After this we headed to the barns with his mouth open in the biggest grin ever. In the first barn he was just smiling ear to ear and trying to get in to the bigger horses’ stables. He usually doesn’t pull on his leash. But I could hardly keep him from dragging me sliding behind him in dirt and horse-$#|[! 😄

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Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My (Red Topless) Car - IMRAN™
Just in case I ever buy a red-convertible, or red Ferrari, (like this www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153140895736155&set... LOL ) you can be sure it is not because of any mid-life crisis. Too late to have one! It would have happened years ago, had I been susceptible to such things.
It will only be because quite clearly I have been into topless, or top down, or convertible, red cars. 🚘🚗 since I was a little boy. And, of course, always ready to ask beautiful girls out. :-)
I guess not much has changed :-) Or, as the Billy Ocean song goes, "Get outta my dreams, get into my car!". Ironically, the song was released just around when I first came to America, now my home for three decades.
This photo was taken before another "Change of Home" experience for me. It was taken by my father in Renala Khurd, where he was posted in his Irrigation Department civil engineering job. It was a year or so before I would leave for Karachi, for better schooling opportunities, a journey that has continued over my lifetime.
Renala is the place my late parents met and became friends with two couples who were to become and later remain among their most precious friends for life. Manizeh auntie & uncle Tariq Hussain, a truly incredible almost Hollywood glamorous couple but truly genuine people; with the three most beautiful inside out daughters anywhere in Pakistan. Sitwat auntie and Mohsin uncle, the Mitchell's family, among the 22 families targeted by Z. A, Bhutto. They are still the most down to earth people despite having being literally among the global super-wealthy 50 years ago.
Their children were our first friends and remain so until this day. To this day, these wonderful people will shed a tear for my beloved parents, despite so much time having passed. That is a testament to how incredibly special these families are, and to what an incredible couple my siblings and I had as parents.
I was truly doubly blessed. As the first surviving child, I had so much love and attention of my beloved parents and extended family, as did my siblings born after me. But it was always about the love, and not about being showered with toys. My siblings and I had the same fortunate experiences of being raised that way. We learned to cherish family and love, and also to appreciate what we had, and to take care of it, including the gifts and toys.
Incredibly, that is why many of the toys my parents had gotten me in my youngest years were still kept safe by my late mother. Even more than fifty years later, many are still in my possession, in the suitcases my Mom had stored them in, and that my dear sister kept stored safely in her Lahore homes, during the more than thirty years I have lived in America.
But this car was just too big to keep stored and was among the things passed on to the children of the great servants we had along the way. But my love for driving, style, attitude, flirting, confidence and joy for life are still in high gear.
So, my beloved princess, are you finally ready to go for a ride of a lifetime? Then hop in, hold tight, and here we come and go!! ❤️

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