Friday, January 13, 2023

SKYWATCH --decorations still up


 A bright sunny day today over Belgrade's pedestrian street. You see a small Christmas/New Year's tree here and some stands that sell food and drink after 5.  There's a huge and very unattractive decorated tree a bit father on. 

Why are the decorations still up?  Two reasons: some are rented and the City wants to get its money's worth and also tonight is Serbian New Year's Eve according to the Julian calendar. Tomorrow it's New Year's Day again.

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6 comments:

William Kendall said...

Stunning architecture.

Stefan Jansson said...

In Stockholm they are dumping the Christmas trees in the water. And that is an annual thing, happening today actually. It is a way to create a good living space for the fishes. So they tie a number of trees together and lower them in the water and a few month from now that will help the fishes when they are mating.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Pretty sky!

rupam sarma said...

Amazing pic

Jocelyn said...

Very stunning.

Light and Voices said...

Serbian New Year....good reason to have the tree decorated still then. Happy New Year! I like the idea of tying trees together and dumping them in the lakes for fish to gather around. Nice image you posted.

SUNSET

  A beautiful urban sunset over New Belgrade. The 'smoke' from the stacks on the left is actually just steam from the heating plant....