Monday Photo Shoot Results: Destruction and Departures

First off: Carly has posted the first of her entries as the Monday Photo Shoot impresario. Her Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #1 can be found here. Hooray! Party over at Carly's! Let's all go!

On with the results from last week! I asked for shots of departures or destruction or both. My dog Pepper helpfully provided a photo op for this results entry on Saturday night, when she accidentally shut herself into the bedroom and then proceeded to attack the door. Thump! Thump! Thump! What is that sound?!

New damage as Pepper attacks the bedroom door again!

Meanwhile, our human participants came up with the following:

Carly shows us a departing steam locomotive, with a traditionally-dressed engineer hanging off the side.

Vicki encapsulates both departure and destruction with a cicada husk, and warns us, lest we freak out at the sight!

Jama brings us the Changi Airport Terminal 3 Departure Lounge, with the word Departure prominent. Also, a departing jet!

Kiva shows us the time-assisted self-destruction of a "jerk line freight wagon" from the 1800s, and explains just what that is.

Martha shows us the destruction where someone knocked a hole in a wall, and then departed for parts unknown!

Great, stuff, everyone, and thanks for all the nice words that accompanied them. I'll see you all over at Carly's, as she takes over with the Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot. And don't forget, I'm still posting the Weekend Assignment, for those of you who like writing prompts. And I'll still be around, along with Carly and Steven, for the Round Robin Photo Challenges, every other Saturday!

The Star Tours departures board.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've a flight to Mos Eisley departing shortly. Or not.

Karen

Monday Photo Shoot #35: Two D Words and an Announcement

Okay, first off: last week's Monday Photo Shoot #34, in which I asked you to show us just any old junk, was responded to only by our faithful friend Jama in Singapore, who managed to make even her junk pretty!

Second: I have an announcement! Starting next week, September 1st, the Monday Photo Shoot will be taken over by our good friend Carly, over at Ellipsis. This meme, started by John Scalzi on By The Way on March 7, 2005, remains close to my heart; but I've been getting a little burned out in it recently. Carly will bring fresh ideas and a new and better attitude to the Monday Photo Shoot, and I hope that many of you will support her efforts by participating, even if you haven't done so in a while.

So, since this is the last time I'll be assigning the topic, I really should make it a good one. Trouble is, I've had two competing ideas in my head all day. They both start with a D, so let's use that as an excuse to combine the topics in one MPS:

New Monday Photo Shoot #35: Departure, or Destruction! Photograph either a departure of some sort - people walking away, a train pulling out of the station, a graduation, whatever - or evidence of destruction. If your photos combine the two somehow, that's even better!

Goodbye, Tuffy

Dogs have their priorities.

The source of the departure concept is obvious, even though I'm not going anywhere. I'll still be playing along, just not organizing.

As for the destruction, here's my inspiration:

Pepper checks her work.

Pretty impressive damage to that door!

Pepper declined to leave the air conditioned bedroom when I set off for church. When John checked on her, she had tried to claw her way through the door in her attempt to depart from the room!

Your turn! Here's your last chance to play along with a Monday Photo Shoot topic that comes from me personally. Please don't be a no-show! Put the photo or photos in your blog or journal with a link back here, and don't forget to leave a link to your entry in the comments below. I'll be back in a week to highlight your entries - and Carly will start off a new era with her New New Monday Photo Shoot the same evening! Have fun!

Karen