A recent trip up a hill in Zemun yielded this 'Zen' shot. The pieces of bricks and concrete were placed there, and blend in nicely with the three different kinds of tile roofs in the background.
An elderly man takes advantage of the early Sunday morning hours to safely cross from Knez Mihailova street to Kalemegdan Park. Notice the decorated manhole cover that I showed you close-up right here.
The other day I showed you this musician playing another kind of instrument. Here we see a man with his grandson playing away, again not really for free, but in the hopes of earning a few dinars. I always thought learning to play the accordion must be really hard...
This is one of Belgrade's oldest department stores, but newly renovated. "Beogradjanka," as it is known, fell into disrepair during the latter socialist era when privatization came about. Now it's quite posh inside, and has had a facelift, too, including new panes of glass outside. About two weeks ago, one fell while it was being installed on the street that is on the left of this photo, but fortunately, no one was hurt.
This fellow on a floating club restaurant on the Sava river was happily roasting a lamb, most probably for an afternoon dinner/celebration with his friends. Nice size lamb.
Isn't this a great mish-mash of wood and a bit of rusty fence, too? This was taken in southern Serbia last year, when my husband and I visited a small village in search of someone selling honey. We found someone, and I waited in the car while my husband bought the honey. This was what was in front of me.
...about owners and their dogs looking alike. These two have the same color hair and the dog is wearing a plaid harness and color to match 'mommy's' shirt. And no, I do not have the same underbite as Bibi does!
Passed by these stairs downtown the other day, then returned to have a closer look. They 'spoke to me,' but not in color. I think black and white is best here.
This is nearly a one-stop beauty shop where ladies can treat themselves to beautifying from head to foot! Judging by the sandals waiting patiently outside, I imagine that there's someone in there who's having her feet done just now. I've never had artificial fingernails, but am morbidly fascinated by the lengths I see some women wear. I read that artificial fingernails carry a risks of everything from fungal infection to allergies and even burns due to their increased flammability. Better use a potholder...
"Underwear is Everywhere," by Barry Louis Polisar is the title of one of my favorite kids' songs, and I'm pasting the lyrics below. Some people who live in apartments here don't have a terrace, so they hang out their laundry where they can! Here are the lyrics, but they're so much better with music:
On Knez Mihailova, Belgrade's pedestrian street, there are many vendors selling all kinds of wares, from neckties to wind-up toys. Legally you need a permit to do this and I don't know how much it costs, but many sellers don't want to pay. Most have their goods in 'pack and run' types of cases so that when the police approach, they just slam them shut and act innocent. Others, like the vigilant jewelry seller you see in the first photo, pull their stand into a nearby passage.
The fact that he may not have the most comfortable place to take forty winks hasn't deterred this worker from enjoying a little mid-afternoon snooze on his steam roller! I think he may wake up with a cramp in his legs.
Meet Desa Lukic, who makes beautiful pressed flower art. I've known her for several years, and have bought her creations from time to time for presents for friends abroad. In the top photo, she's holding one of three works I bought for wedding presents. I bought one for my mother a number of years ago, and the colors have not faded! Below is a close-up of one of her other creations I bought. 
Never fails. I'm running late, and I get stuck behind these street washers. As you can tell, I took this shot from my car while waiting to go down the street. The water that is used is drinking water. I always thought this was a waste of good water, but the alternative is either not washing down the streets (here they were washing away to somewhere a lot of leaves blown down in a storm the preceding night) or else washing the streets with river water. That water, unfortunately, is often polluted with waste of all kinds....the Danube is more brown than blue here, due to poor enforcement of dumping laws.
A while back I showed you this car and now I found a similar bike, though nowhere near as elaborate. Nevertheless, its owner has personalized it to his liking. I got a laugh out of the little car, which is actually one of those air fresheners that you hang in your car. Not sure how much good it does freshening the air downtown. 
Here we are again at Slavija (SLAH-vee-ya) Circle, not one of Belgrade's more attractive round-abouts, which I'd shown you part of before.
Finally I can use this! I took this photo last winter with the full intention of posting it during a hot spell, which we have been having! I'll bet these folks wish their air conditioner were still this cold!
I've always noticed that when people have a country house here, they often opt to have plaster lions (white, but sometimes gold....) on the tops of the gate posts on either side of the entrance to their garden. While in a nearby country town the other weekend, I came upon these plaster dogs! Though they're most likely Saint Bernards, I thought they looked a bit like Bibi, so I immortalized her here with one. Borrowed my son's hands again, like I did here.
I have passed this fountain many times in Tasmajdan Park, but never when the water was flowing. I couldn't help but think that this pregnant statue might want to be rushing (pun intended) to the hospital...
This fellow reminded me of the Joni Mitchell song "Real Good for Free," as he sat entertaining passers-by on Belgrade's pedestrian street, Knez Mihailova. Actually, I imagine he's hoping someone would give him something, but like the man reflected in the glass, many did just pass him by.
Well, who would ever think you could find such pastoral beauty in the very center of Belgrade? Well, you can! Or sort of... This lady at a bus stop was seated in front of a Milka chocolate ad, which reads (on the photo below) "One little bite and you're there!" For those of you not familiar with Milka chocolate, it is positively addictive....smooth, creamy, and not too sweet. My favorite is the one without anything in it, no nuts, no raisins.... I took this shot from my car. Can you find me in the photo below? (and yes, I erased part of the text in t he top photo to fool you...!)
Here we go with my red fetish again. These shoes looked so snazzy. I was going to crop the image, but the girl's attire only enhances her feet in these pretty shoes.My 93-year-old former colleague and travel buddy loves flowers. In her garden in the soring and summer, flowers burst with color. Results ...
