Have you ever been invited to go to a website of pictures taken before disaster strikes? Have you taken the bait to click and look? If so, that’s not a disaster — that’s just the human trait to focus on disaster and catastrophe.
Some of the photos in today’s post ARE pictures taken before disaster strikes.
In yesterday’s therapy group, we discussed how our expectations — including disasters — often don’t turn into reality. Immediately after that group, I received a call about disaster striking unexpectedly. When we had extricated our cat Harley from the crawlspace where he was hiding during the move two days before …
… somebody knocked loose an HVAC pipe, which caused significant water damage to the kitchen below.
When I talked to people about that disaster striking, the responses included:
- “OMG!”
- “That stinks”
- “Is your heart okay?”
- “We were going to remodel the kitchen anyway.”
Considering that the last response was from the person who bought our old place, I guess we’re all going to survive this latest disaster.
Here are more pictures taken immediately before disaster strikes (warning: some disturbing photos, music, and captions included):
For some musical relief from disasters, here‘s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
I now expect some comments. I wonder how that will turn out.
Non-disastrous thanks to all who helped me share the words, pictures, and music in today’s post and — of course! — to you, no matter what you expected.
I think a few of the pictures anticipated catastrophes
Indeed.
Please don’t take photos of the next thunder and lightening storm! May today be non disastrous 💕
No storms that I can see on the horizon, Val. <3
How was your commute today?
The commute has been non-disastrous!
Thank just what I wanted to hear!! 😊💛
There are a lot of other shoes waiting to fall, Ann. Sorry Harley was so close to that pipe. Yikes!
(Aaron has a lot of his dad in his face, I might add.)
Not what you expected, Mark, but that is not a picture of Aaron’s dad — it’s my old business partner and I in Paris.
Oh, my, I assumed, and you know what that means for me, Ann …
Dam the torpedos. Full speed ahead!
Dammit and thanks for the speed of your comment, Ray!
It looks like that little dark-haired girl from the fairy tale finally did manage to escape the castle and can now see in the eyes of others what an amazing person she is. And in a funny coincidence just this morning I heard Bob Odenkirk say that whenever people tell him he looks great he thinks, “How fat and bald did they expect me to be?” It’s surprising that even compliments can lead to disaster.
Thanks for being such an amazing person, Chris.
The kit hen flood sounds like a real crisis! How stressful. The new owners seem to have taken it very gracefully. What a relief. It must have been a stressful time for them too, but they were kind when they could have been angry. We could all learn from them.
Harley may benefit from therapy. He sounds a little anxious….
I learn from you, Maureen.
Great topic for a blog post, by the way. (I am going to try to avoid taking, or being the subject of, any photos ever again….)
Good luck with that.
🙂
So far, so good
I take a picture of my screen before hitting publish. That is certainly one taken right before disaster strikes.
Arionis strikes again!
Some of these pictures lead me into wondering about the disaster. Just as you suspected ….
Just as I suspected, another wonderful comment from you.
Wow, that Harley! He would’ve come out out. His own when he got hungry enough, right? I hope the water damage to the kitchen was minimal. Were you really going to remodel it? If not, “oy, what a nightmare!” If so, “well, let’s get going with it!” That Ann Fairy Tale made me sad, the video made me scared, and the music calmed me down again. Whew!
I always expect empathy from you, Sunny.
Oh, I realize after reading the comments that Harley was hiding in the old house. Somehow I thought he was hiding in the new house. Jeez! I too am glad the new owners of your old place are being cool.
Another comment from you! Cool.
Oh my a flood. I hope that was it in terms of plaques my friend 🙂
Oh my, I think there’s some auto-correcting there you didn’t expect, Lisa. <3
OOps!!! Plagues my friend, 🙂
Thanks, friend!