SERBIA'S LARGEST MILITARY PARADE

 Photo from last  night showing the Serbian flag on the Genex Tower in New Belgrade where today the country's largest MILITARY PARADE will take  place. I have been  inconvenienced by preparatons for two weeks, along with a vast number of citizens in New Belgrade. Also, the tanks and heavy equipment that will roll along have already damaged the main streets they've rolled into already to line up. Time to redo the asphalt.

WE SPLIT THE CAKE...

 Strong, dark coffee and chocolate cake with a friend. We were good girls and split it.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD

 In a few years the ice creams these boys are enjoying will undoubtedly become cell phones....

DECIDING ON THE MENU

 Dining out all alone. I caught this fellow while taking a long evening walk through an area of New Belgrade

COLOR-COORDINATED

This red pepper and tomato seller had it all thought out when she decided to wear her red sandals...

BLONDIE TEXTING

 Just another familiar sight.

SERBIAN MILITARY POLICE--AT EASE!-

 Cigarette and texting break for this member of the SERBIAN MILITARY POLICE.

SURPRISED WALL

These faces adorned a wall in Zemun, the next town from Belgrade. They look surprised or stunned to me. I wonder what the artist had in mind.
 

FANCY NAILS

 Sneaked this shot of a girl with fancy nails, totally oblivious to me in the bus. I can't help but wonder how she types or texts with those nails.

DANCING IN THE DARK

 Walking back home from viewing the eclipse the other night, I passed these young people in our park.

LUNAR ECLIPSE SEPTEMBER 7TH 2025

 Seen from downstairs in the park.

HAPPILY WAITING FOR THE BUS

 Took a hip shot of this pleasant-looking older man.

HUNGARIAN CHIHUAHUA

Met this little girl and her Japanese owner yesterday while on my dog walk. Didn't catch the dog's name, but she is 5 years old and weighs 5 1/2 pounds. She was born in Hungary and is such a lovely chocolate brown, Couldn't resist taking her photo, which I am of course sending to her owner.
 

NOT QUITE AS BIG

 In 2014 I posted THIS PHOTO of the Genex Towers along with one other. In the meantime, the Brutalist-style  Genex Towers have been sold.  The business part is emptied, but people still live in their apartments in the other tower. Future?  Who knows?  In any case, 

However, an enterprising site  makes small copies of various Brutalist architecture around Belrade, and you can own  have a mini-version of your favorite one, made in cement and very detailed.  HERE'S THE SITE.

UP, UP, AND AWAY

 This is a growing section of New Belgrade once (or perhaps still) referred to as Airport City because a nose-to-the-sky jet airplane once stood there, and because this area is reasonably close to Nikola Tesla Airport.  It is now a HUGE building site...offices, apartments, and only a splash of Nature's green. Sad.

WE HAD A BIG THUNDERSTORM

 Yesterday's thunderstorm brought rain, thankfully. It also set the stage for a glorious sunset.

REBIRTH

On June 2, 2019, I posted THIS PHOTO of a huge landmark tree. For several generations that tree had given shade to pssers-by, to those who sat below it, and to folklore dancers who often performed  beneath it. If you read that post, you will 'understand' (kind of....) why that healthy tree was chopped down, despite protests from citizens. Now, nothing has become of the project intended (yet.....) and a new tree has been planted. It'll be a while before it casts any shade, if it gets to be that big....

GET A GOAT

Advertisements for creams and other products made from salves, balms, shampoos, deodorants, soap, and creams made from goats.  These are ads for just a few, but there are many more products, so if you're into this and can read Serbian, have a look RIGHT HERE.  If you really get hooked, perhaps better to get a goat.

THEME DAY SEPTEMBER 2025--VANISHING POINT

 

An oldie for you for SEPTEMBER THEME DAY. This is a photo was taken in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris in 1972, right after having purchased my first SLR, a Praktica. I walked the gardens' seemingly endless paths, which appear as vanishing points. I loved black and white and still do. If you're curious, CLICK HERE  to see my very first photo with my first SLR.

BACK TO SCHOOL SOON

 School starts here tomorrow and late-night basketball games for these kids will be grinding to a halt.

WINDOWS AND LAUNDRY

 Went for a walk in one of my old neighborhoods and found this scene to feed my laundry fetish.

FORGOT HIS GLASSES?

It's possible he's squinting because he forgot his glasses, but maybe it was because it was so sunny. 90+ degrees (32c) yesterday...and will be today too.

A TOUCH OF MAGRITTE

 I knew this scene from a nearby park looked familiar. I finally realized it is similar to René Magritte's 1954 painting "l'Empire des Lumières. And so, here is his: 

I FORGOT....

 Had lunch the other day in an old ethno restaurant. Many of the antique items that were displayed I could recognize. I asked the waiter what these two wooden objects were and he told me....but now I have forgotten. Something to do with weaving, I think...

THROW DOWN YOUR ARMS

 Lying just like this, not arranged by me, was this arsenal of plastic weapons in the park downstairs. A momentary truce most likely, but I imagine the battle will begin again when the small soldiers appear.

PLEASE DON'T DRIVE THROUGH HERE

 Across the street from where I live is a large, green expanse, an urban oasis. For how long, no one knows. To discourage cars from parking there, someone set up these creative 'Zen stones'. I love the one with the Ninja band.

MENORAH

 Yesterday marked 17 years since my husband passed away. I cannot believe that this much time has gone by. I miss him daily. My son and I went to visit his grave in Belgrade's main cemetery. Right next door is the Jewish cemetery. I hadn't  noticed before that the gate was designed with a menorah, but the shadow pointed it out to me. 

MONDRIAN LIVES ON

 This shed wall in the village of Deguric reminded me (okay, it's a stretch...) of PIET MONDRIAN'S PAINTINGS. The colors are faded, but all the same, he's there.

NEVER BORED

 That's the truth. I am never bored when I have my camera. Sometimed photos are just staring you in the face, as was this shadow of chains holding up the bench where I was seated.

CONVERSE 2025

 Sneaked a photo of these sneakers at the bus stop yesterday. When I was a kid, only boys wore these 'basketball' shoes, a far cry from the cushy, modern ones. Here are Converse All Stars with flair...

"I'M ALL EARS."

This sheep gave me a fright when I peeked into the window of what I thought was an abandoned stable near DEGURIC, SERBIA, where I recently spent four days in the area's beautiful countryside.
 

HORNET

 Despite its size and menacing appearance, HORNETS, like most creatures, just want to be left alone. So I just sat on the terrace of a rented cottage and watched it and of course, took a photo. 

OLD HOUSE

 A typical Serbian country cottage near Gradac Gorge where I spent a few days a week ago. Entrance on other side and notice that it sits on stone walls.  Space inside is used as a root cellar..

IN THE VILLAGE

 A rooster and his hen (or one of them....) keep a watchful eye on me as I passed their enclosure in the small village of Deguric near Valjevo, Serbia.

PEELING

 Along with my 'laundry fetish,' I also have a 'peeling paint' fetish and often succumb by photographing same when given the opportunity.

DAMSELFLY

 Well, I learned something  on my recent trip to Valjevo, about 70 kms away. I finally was able to capture what I thought was a dragonfly. It flitted here and there and was nearly impossible to photograph. But I did!  I wanted to place a dragonfly link here, but lo and behold, I found out while reading it that dragonflies and damselflies are often confused. So, this is a damselfly and you can read about him or her RIGHT HERE. I guess there are 'boy' damselflies like there are 'boy' ladybugs....

FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN

Unlike the 2015 romantic erotic novel with another color in its name, here are for sure 50 shades of green. I didn't count them, but I bet they're there.

This is a forest in the Gradac area near Valjevo, Serbia, about 70 kilometers from Belgrade, where I recently spent a few days.

HANGING OUT THE LAUNDRY

This scene is not  an extraordinary shot, but something told me to snap a photo. Then I realized that perhaps it was because you hardly ever see men hanging out laundry. Am I right?

HE AND ALL HIS BELONGINGS

 I honestly con't have a comment for this photo other than this fellow did not come across as a usual street person. I wonder what his story is.

CHIEN HEUREUX

 This French dog seemed to be thrilled sitting at a red light.

LENS BALL NOT SO GREAT

 Terrace window. I have got to do better....

DARK FACADE

 The gate and tower on this facade resemble those in nearby Kalemegdan  Park, but no explanation anywhere on the building why.

LAMP POST AND PIGEON

 Just what the title says, plus some flowers.

A PUFF OUTSIDE THE BAKERY

 A bakery worker takes a break outside a bakery in Zemun, a neighboring municipality of Belgrade. 

PARASOL

 I have been seeing more parasols this summer than I ever have before. I don't use one myself, but ladies, do you resort to a parasol to ward off the sun's rays?

GUARDING THE SHOP

 A good guard dog is any dog that barks a lot. I think the  one on the chair would be good at that; if not, the Frenchie is a back-up.

PIPES, POTS, AND PLANTS

 A visit to the neighboring municipality of Zemun yielded this creative, down in the alley photo. Happy Sunday to you all.

COLORS AT THE MARKET

 The green markets here not only sell produce, but a variety of other items like these fans and shoelaces.