HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

Today is Madhu's third birthday....and I had no photo for my blog, so...... (Yes, I know she needs a facial trim!--no time for that either right now.)

PLAYGROUND ABSTRACT

 A playground abstract that recalled the artist PIET MONDRIAN.

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY --THE WAITER

 A waiter waiting. Just him and a few shadows and even fewer customers on a hot afternoon.

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BUILDINGS WITHIN A BUILDING

 Old, Sixties-era buildings reflected in a modern building in New Belgrade.

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SKYWATCH--OFF THE ROOF

 Another 'off the roof' shot of my friend's neighborhood. She has a lovely rooftop terrace and is lucky to be able to cool off there during summer heat.

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OLD AND NEGLECTED

 Many urban neighborhoods here used to look much nicer.  Landscaping was better maintained, playground equipment was better taken care of...

These old,  neglected stairs led from a play area to yet another, which has now disappeared behind the bushes.

LITTLE GIRL WITH RED BALLOON

 This little girl, her parents, and her friends celebrated her birthday at a restaurant on a pedestrian street downtown. I think she is dressed like Elsa in Frozen.  She abandoned her friends for quite a while and played with her heart balloon.

STINK-EYE

 This is a very cropped photo from far away and honestly, I don't think this lady was looking directly at me. Both of these women were watching passers-by, especially young female students who were heading toward the university.  Most like many young girls nowadays were not sporting attire that these ladies would approve of....hence the  disapproving stink-eye.

SIX-PACK

 I see this lady very often in the park. She has six dogs. Four you can see here (the litttle fellow to the right isn't hers) and the other two are hidden in front of her.

She must have a good heart. They are/were all street dogs.

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY---the chair and the glass

Just what the caption says. At a cafe where I enjoyed a beer with a friend.

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THE WEEKEND IN BLACK AND WHITE

 An early morning conversation before the heat of the day.

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SKYWATCH--THE SPORTS ARENA

 A view from my son's terrace of the sports arena nearby. 

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DID YOU SEE ME?

 Last day of pup-sitting and soon will be able to roam the downtown city streets again.  Another early-evening shot from my son's terrace.  He's on the 7th floor and I used my 250mm lens, furtively, I thought, until I enlarged the photo.

BOKEH

 Still here dog-sitting and a bit photo-compromised, since haven't really been out with my camera.

But I have been  on my son's terrace where his wife has planters of geraniums.

Fiddling with bokeh effect with Nikon 16-55mm lens on my Z50.

MONDAY MURALS--BEGINNER MURAL!

 This pales in comparison to most murals, but I liked it because it seems like it's by a mural artist in-training. ;)

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DAPPER

 It was hot the other evening and I treated myself to an ice cream....  At the table next to me was this elderly gentleman. His shirt first attracted me to take a furtive phone shot. When I enlarged it at home, I see that he was a very meticulous person:  toenails and fingernails neatly trimmed, a 'surgeon's hands,' leather pouch, comfty sandals, looks like some meds or vitamins, and a black leather wallet.

Who's he texting to?

LEAPIN' LIGHTS!

 Dogsitting and got a bit bored, since my duties don't give me much time for photos. Took this off my son's terrace last night. I knew there would be movement, but was just playing around.

Kind of like the leaping lights!

OBLIVIOUS

 I was working at my second-favorite cafe the other morning and since I always have my faithful camera with me,  I sneaked a photo of the couple at the next table. I am thankful for my very silent shutter and discreet tilting screen....

NEGLECTED AND CARED FOR

 I took this photo because I liked the colors and arrangement. I sent it to an artist friend who sometimes uses my photos for inspiration.  She replied that she wondered what the story was behind these blooming potted plants, and the shabby window and neglected facade. Now I do, too.

FEET MEET

 Looks like a lot of young feet, too. Probably discussing where they're going to go on a hot summer evening.

PAST GLORY

 I don't go down this street often, but every time I do I stop and look at this door and its magnificent decoration above the lintel. (I learned a new word...that's the flat 'shelf' the oval decoration is mounted on.)

Once-upon-a-time this entire building stood proud, but now, like quite a few here, it's fallen into disrepair. 

MONDAY MURALS: Zappa Barge

 Not sure if this barge alongside the main bridge connecting New and Old Belgrade still functions. Not sure either if all those people are murals or posters... I'm hoping there's at least one mural so I can participate in MONDAY MURALS.

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY---in the garage....

 In New Belgrade there are many underground garages under high-rise buildings. They're illuiminated, but still kind of spooky. Quite a few scenes from local and foreign gangster movies have been filmed in them. I took a shortcut to the supermarket through one and found this shadow.

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HANGIN' AROUND

 A couple of street musicians hanging around under the statue of Prince Mihailo on Belgrade's Republic Square.  The plaques read Belgrade, Smederevo, and Kladovo, some of the cities liberated by Prince Mihailo in 1867.  Other cities have plaques on the other sides.

SKYWATCH--awaiting the sunset

 Have to say that the sunset the other night was nothing to write home about...but the photo is good enough to please those who follow SKYWATCH.

THE THIN MAN

 Not The Thin Man film, but just a man who somehow disappeared behind this pole....

CHILLIN' IN THE PARK

 

Yesterday I showed you "CHILLIN' AT THE MARKET and today here is a fellow doing the same in a nearby park. I do not blame him one bit. It's one of the coolest places around, an oasis in the city.

CHILLIN' AT THE MARKET

 Still hot, and I thought this fellow was overdressed, except for his sandals.

THEME DAY--AUGUST--WOOD

 I was caught off-guard (my fault entirely) since I thought this month's theme was Time Travel, but that's next month.  I reverted that post to 'draft'. 

Anyway, here is a photo taken in Discovery Park, Seattle, about two years ago. I think it's a magnolia tree, judging by the leaves. 

Grandkids had fun climbing on it.

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