ABC WEDNESDAY--"P" is for "photobombed"

I liked this lady's pink lip boots and her two bags she was carrying with some difficulty.  Snap went my shutter as the pigeon whooshed by to photobomb my photo.

See other Ps on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Daily Haiku

Faster than a blink

Photo ruined or enhanced

By this brazen bird  

Army officers

 From a distance I thought these officers were discussing something about their work, but when I enlarged the photo, I see someone is sharing photos of their kids.

Daily Haiku

Patriotism

Is an admirable trait

Love your children too

  

Le monsieur en bleu....

Several times I've shown you a lady in blue like the one if you click here, and nowhere's a man in blue....

Quite the picture of spring.  You might recognize the juice in my last Thursday's post. It's not the same juice; two people were enjoying this drink!

Daily Haiku

Vision of springtime
Bright blue and lemon yellow
Brightening up our streets

SKYWATCH--Syma-trees

These two trees don't form a real symmetry, but thought they were close enough, along with the two benches below.  Chestnut trees, with those conical blossoms. My mother and I used to call them 'ice cream cone' trees, since they reminded us of Dairy Queen's soft-serve ice cream.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

White chestnut blossoms

Remind me of ice cream cones

Fragrant vanilla   

The disembodied hand

Ah, a disembodied hand like the disembodied arm I showed you before.

The juice looks good, doesn't it?

Daily Haiku

"Piano fingers"

My mother used to tell me

But I never learned

  

ABC WEDNESDAY--"O" is for "original"

This has to be one of the more original gift packs I've seen.  These 'sausages' are actually dark chocolate made to look like sausages.

I like sausages...but I like chocolate better.  The price is 860 dinars, which comes out to just a little over $10.00  (US).

Daily Haiku

Melting dark and sweet

With hazelnuts or just plain

Chocolate's my vice

See other O's on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Kids

Balloons, a piece of clover, lead figures....  What interested you as a kid?

Daily Haiku

Caught up in the rush

Oh, for the simplicity

Of childhood days

The moss beside the stairs

Another one of my little Minox Classic 5.1 shots.  Stairs in Kalemegdan Park, looking very vintage, but then again, they are!

Daily Haiku

The old monk was asked,

How did you cross the mountain?

"One step at a time." 

Shadow Shot

Not a colorful post for Easter, but I wish those who celebrate the holiday a Joyous Easter.

This fellow plays almost every day on Knez Mihailova.

See other shadows on Shadow Shot Sunday.

Daily Haiku

Lost in his own world

Strumming tunes on his guitar

Hoping for handout  

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--a slice of the old

A new building on Sremska Street reflects an older one across the way.

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

Daily Haiku

Not gone, just hidden 

Our past lurks inside us

Waits to resurface

SKYWATCH--meditating at the tower

Meditating at Nebojsa's Tower." This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago; these days it's been cold, rainy....brrrr.

Daily Haiku

Soggy, cold, and wet

Trudging through the metropolis

Toward a warmer spring  

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Spring sparrow

I'm a bit late on this one, since the blossoms in this tree are all but gone.  The sparrow is the mascot  of Belgrade, and this little fellow looks quite proud and happy among these flowers. 

A legend linked to this small bird says that during the Ottoman siege of Belgrade in the 15th century a sparrow was found shot in the heart with two arrows. Since then, it has been said that Belgrade is as indestructible as the sparrow. The bird was chosen as the symbol of Belgrade because it is small but capable of soaring to great heights, and thus stands for the Belgrade spirit.


 However, in recent years, Belgrade's sparrow population has dropped dramatically.

Daily Haiku

Tiny bird, brown, white  

Soaring high, fast, dynamic

Is now endangered

 

ABC WEDNESDAY--"N" is for "No more"

A sad sight for me. Plato bookstore has been here just about as long as I have.  It's been closed down now, for accumulated debts, and you can read about it if you click right here. Word is that it will be made into a theater; let's see.  Don't you just love the pillar on the right?  I hope this facade remains.

See other N's on ABC WEDNESDAY.

Daily Haiku

Soon to be no more

  I find myself thinking of

Ozymandias

Tiny Pink

I'm no botanist, so I don't know what these tiny flowers are, but they're pretty.

Daily Haiku

 Out of the darkness

Often emerges beauty

Suffer through hard times

Double-take

I did a double-take not so much because of the open jacket, but because of what I thought were her fat rolls....and then I saw the other hand.

Looks like ripped jeans are back in fashion again.

Daily Haiku

Being pretty now

Is sometimes not quite enough

You have to shock, too  

SUNDAY BRIDGES--arches, curves

I've shown you this bridge before, but somehow today I was struck by the curves of the arch and the tree, and the lines of the wooden and metal railings.

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

Daily Haiku

Made of wood or stone

Spanning rivers or ravines

A bridge leads us across

  

WEEKEND REFLECTION--Madedonska Ulica

These buildings with such reflective windows may not be pretty in themselves, but they sure make for great reflections.

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

Daily Haiku

Things should be this way

In history and in present

New reflects the old  

SKYWATCH--Black and white and an airplane

Not much to say....skies have been blue, but as I type this, I hear that on Friday it will rain.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

Like a fingernail

Across a dusty surface

Airplane streaks the sky  

Happy

April 8th was International Romani Day, a day set aside to focus on the issues facing the Romani people all over the world.  Belgrade has its share of Romani, or gypsies, as they are often called, and many, like these two guys, do a major business in recycling.  I was walking down the street when they shouted to me, "Hey, take our picture!" so I obliged.  They asked me who would see it, and I said "Just me," but I guess that's not quite true....you're seeing it, too.

I think I'll print a copy and carry it with me in case I see their happy faces again.

Daily Haiku

 Shunned for centuries

Outcasts of society

Look at their smiles.... 

ABC Wednesday "M" is for "multicolored"

Found these multi-colored scenes on the same street, Skadarlija, in what is known as Belgrade's Bohemian quarter.  Okay, Alcatraz is a bit drab and not multi-colored, but then it's Alcatraz...

See other Ms on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Daily Haiku

Lemon, plum,kiwi

Sweet, tangy, tart, succulent

Can you taste the colors?

 

 

The young violinist Part II

Do you remember this little boy? I photographed him again, then returned to give him the copies I'd made, and then made one more photo that I'm showing you here.

He thanked me, still very serious as in the previous post, but now with a hint of a smile.

Daily Haiku

Mournful violin

Is the voice of this child

Playing in the street

World Health Day

I just found out the other day that today is WORLD HEALTH DAY, which gives me a good opportunity to use this photo I took last week.  She seems in good shape, though I think she's not going to do too well in the pool with those boots and skis.  The boys are in need of some exercise, but all they do is stand there, day after day, season after season.  Snacking on fruit though, so that's a plus.

Daily Haiku

Get out of the house

And give blogging a rest

Or so I should do 

SUNDAY BRIDGES--rainbow colors?

Three bridges, three colors, and a yellow bus.  At first I thought of a rainbow, but then I googled "flags: blue, green, red horizontal stripes" and came up with Gambia's flag.  Somewhere I'm sure there's a flag with these stripes and a yellow-something on it, but I was too lazy to look.

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

Too lazy today for the daily haiku....  :)

 

WEEKEND REFLECTION--the museum cleaner

Caught this woman cleaning the floor of Belgrade's Serbian Academy of Science and Art.

See more reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

Daily Haiku

Mopping back and forth

Across the white marble floor

With wide, circling strokes  

SKYWATCH--The Victor contre-jour

The biggest man about town, the statue of The Victor, in Kalemegdan Park.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

Alert, courageous

Undaunted by rain, snow, sleet

Watching for new threats

  

Laying down the line

Spring is here and it's time to brighten up....be it flowers, or repainting the lines in the street.  This man is painting the "No Parking" lines in front of his garage door. Normally, the city does this, but why wait?

Daily Haiku

Yellow lines warn us

Don't even think of parking

Or be towed away 

ABC WEDNESDAY--- "L" is for "Little brother"

Here you go.  Little Mila, my granddaughter, now has a baby brother, Ivan (EE-vahn), named after my late husband. Do you find any resemblance between this photo of Mila and Baby Ivan?

See other L's on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

Daily Haiku

All grandkids are cute

But don't tell anyone please--

Mine are the cutest!

(ha, ha)

   

THEME DAY--Triangles

Here you go. Triangles on the Museum of Modern Art in New Belgrade!

See other triangles on THEME DAY APRIL 2014.

Daily Haiku

Oh, geometry

Made up of size, shape, and form

You're all Greek to me