I hereby name thee, “Puppy Dog Mountain”. 🤠

I don’t know which angel gets to paint the sky each morning but, whichever angel was on duty this morning, I’m pretty sure it was God’s favorite angel. Somewhere south of Juneau, Alaska. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 160mm F8@1/500th GND filter DSB_9420.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

"North of Kake" It was such a great morning -- sailing into Juneau, AK. I have no idea where I was. All I can say is that — at one point in time — Google Maps said I was north of Kake. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 65mm F8@1/25th ISO 800 GND DSB_8984.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

1,312 frames this morning. 188 made it through the 1st edit. I don't have time to make a 2nd edit (usually the final one). It's time to go make more. 🤠 This won't get through the 2nd. 5:39AM after rain showers.

"In a social media post on Friday, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, who is retired from the Army, compared the gathering to a “surprise assembly” in 1935 at which German generals were “required to swear a personal oath” to the Nazis and Adolf Hitler." Knew the history -- not the specific. So, it's not just me.

It is what it is. I’ve got a dozen pictures of the Seattle skyline with boats and ships and planes but the light was right when we passed this sailboat about a mile from the dock. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 170mm F8@1/640th ISO 400 Polarizer DSB_7715.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

I see pictures. #photography

Life is all about perspective.

Pay attention. It’d be just my luck to be on vacation when the knives come out.

Pay attention. "...these bills could dramatically undermine the way that the government protects investors more broadly in the United States. Critics of the bills note that loopholes and lax regulation...contributed directly to...financial crises including the Great Recession and Great Depression."

"From the Glass" A few minutes of color above Seattle. I turned the lights off, drew the curtains around the camera and hoped for the best in avoiding reflections from the hotel window. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 38mm [email protected] seconds ISO 50 DSB_7160.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

See how the blue neon enhances the beauty of the sailing ships headed for home at sunset? You can’t Photoshop life.

"Empty Balconies" Spectacular views of Puget Sound can be had -- for a price. The price you pay may not be the one you thought you were paying. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 75mm F8@1/800 ISO 400 Polarizer DSB_6883.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

Ooo a new scandal. We are not fooled!!! Release the Epstein files!!!! James has a family of lawyers, he'll be alright.

Random travel photography to let you know I didn't die, I'm just on vacation. And as soon as I escape the city, I'll be back to sunrises.

3 hour layover at ATL. I’ve got time to see what’s changed. We’re 5 gates away from our connection. I don’t even get to see half a concourse. Shortest walk I’ve ever had at ATL. Not even a train ride. 🤠

Uber sure likes to put the blame on their drivers…and not their automation. Yes, it took me 12 minutes and 31 seconds to find the cancel button (and 3 phone calls). I think I’ll find a different service next time.

‘Tis the season. ATC “inside baseball” for those in the aviation biz. Separating a bunch of airplanes every day is a tough job. But working emergencies is another level. We celebrate the wins.

In case you forgot. “ In April, Daniel J. Berulis, a career DevSecOps architect at NLRB, filed a protected whistleblower disclosure with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC). Meanwhile, however, the OSC was being severely compromised.”

Well, here you go. This is flat out a police state. Shocks me as someone who swore an oath to the Constitution. bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

And don't think 50 years of this doesn't have something to do with Donald Trump getting elected President. The South has so many ghosts. As a Southerner, I will *never* understand the price racists are willing to pay for racism. It will cost them their money, their children and their very souls.

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

As all Federal Government employees know... You really have to work at it to make anything go "missing". You *know* we have records of every flight in and out of that place. But yes, the cruelty is the point. Fear. MAGA ain't Romans. "Fear not, for I am with thee." How'd that turn out?

suddenly remembering a few months ago when the Trump administration said building an actual sewer system so Black people in Lowndes County, AL didn't have to live in raw sewage anymore was "illegal DEI" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Kimmel is back, but many Americans won’t be able to watch. Two companies — Nexstar and Sinclair — control hundreds of local TV stations and have business deals pending Donald Trump’s approval. They won’t air Kimmel tonight. I’m pressing for answers on potential corruption.

Sitting here watching the weather for tomorrow. Guess I should have found the time to write my idea of revisiting Southern 242. For those that don’t know. It was the “milk run” from HSV to ATL. 🙋‍♂️ Oh well. No, you don’t want to sit next to me on an airplane. 🤠 I’ve read a lot of NTSB reports.

Well that was fun. I use Uber once every 6 months. Trying to reserve one for tomorrow. It sends it NOW. Okay, I'll just hit cancel. WHERE'S THE CANCEL BUTTON???? BTW, if you're nice and call the driver to say you're working on cancelling it? They cancel. And Uber assigns another driver. Repeat.

"It was created following the passage of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act to advise on strategies to improve the recruitment of women..." BTW, when Hegseth talks about women? He sounds like every racist redneck I've ever met saying, "I'm not a racist", when, in fact, they are.

Older. But not any wiser. (Or smarter.) #Tylenol #Pregnancy #Bleach #COVID

A screen shot from a email news update I get. Judging from the picture alone, I'd say the media is fed up with Trump's crap. As a photographer, I know millions of bad pictures of public figures never see the light of day. But they are out there. And sometimes, they are the truth.

"Miss the Moon" The colors were nice, early Sunday morning. And I didn’t want you to miss the Moon. I knew I would need something to post on a bad-sunrise day. Here you go. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 100mm F8@4 seconds ISO 1,600 GND filter DSB_5164.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

Saving for later. You can watch it whenever.

I wonder if it's the same facility I posted the video on yesterday? Regardless, The People always win in the end. Gaddafi, Ceaușescu, Yanukovych, whoever. If The People stand up, no Government on earth can withstand them.

Sunday at 5. You’ve been warned.

It's been a while since I've listened to the conservative side of a story. It comes to my mind that, the Republican Party spent 45 years in the minority after 1949. Newt Gingrich won the House in 1994 by spreading lies and hate. I hope it doesn't take another World War before America awakens.

Here's the @nytimes.com version @vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social. It's kind of bad I heard about the slow-down in Europe but not the one in America. :) Thanks.

"Ignore Me" A couple of attractive, young people showed up to watch the sunrise -- and the good sense to completely ignore me. If only I could get this lucky every morning. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 116mm F8@1/80th ISO 400 GND filter DSB_6004.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

The biggest 3 private employers in the U.S.? #1 Walmart #2 Amazon #3 UPS These guys run through the economic consequences but they also touch on the political consequences. (Imagine your bond to union guy swinging a pick-axe next to you in a mine vs. a Walmart greeter.) Oh yeah, nerd alert.

That's some level of detail. "The cash payment, which was made inside a bag from the food chain Cava, grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Mr. Homan,..." You are known by the company you keep. See the post below this one with the 18-minute video.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Eyes wide open. 18 minutes of America today. Notice the crowd never thinned out. Notice the masked guy on the left trying to put this woman in a choke hold. He lost his cool. And *everybody* knew it. So far, 1968 was the worst year, for America, in my life. I believe this will get worse.

"Sunrise -- September 20, 2025" From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park, Huntsville, Alabama. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 105mm F8@1/60th ISO 400 DSB_5393.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography #sunrise

A compelling thread. What we are seeing now is nothing new. The only thing new would be...if we learned from our past and resolutely choose progress. And if we have the courage to choose.

"Rush Over the Calm" The early-morning clouds rush over the calm valley about 40 minutes before sunrise. From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 100mm F8@10 seconds ISO 400 GND filter DSB_4985.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography #dawn

"Like the Stars" Another quiet, cloudless morning on the mountain. A few clouds appeared around sunrise but this is what I had when the light first came up. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 95mm F8@8 seconds ISO 400 GND filter DSB_4399.JPG ©Don Brown 2025 #photography

How many industries does private equity have to destroy before you get The Flick? We (America) have succumbed to greed. It has given us Trump. We should be regulating it.

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

External-hard drive lotto. September (2023). It’s Fall migration time so the birders come out in force — no matter what year. From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, AL. Nikon D7500 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR 200mm F8@1/320th ISO 400 DOL_9565.JPG ©Don Brown 2024 #photography

I thought I heard Patel (you ain't from 'round here are you, boy?) call Shiff a coward. *Senator* Schiff -- who has stood up to these bullies (aka cowards) every step of the way. (I can mock rednecks. I are one.) This won't end well for Krash. One day he'll realize he's working for racists.

Pay attention to legislation coming out of Australia. They don't seem like their politics are any more stable than anyone else's....but they seem to be passing better legislation. "From 10 December, Australia will become the first country in the world to ban under 16s from social media."