NO LONGER WANTED

 A bit sad. Upon closer inspection these flowers at an outdoor market didn't look so bad. 

REFLECTION

 A red neon sign with the restaurant's name shows its reflection on this table.

SUNSET

Went for a walk two nights ago and was rewarded by this stunning sky.

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CHIC IN THE BUS

Fashionable, though I'll never accept the major rips.

HAPPY (EVER AFTER?) IN THE MARKET PLACE

They sure LOOK happy!  No apologies to the BEATLES' SONG, Ob-la-di-ob-la-da since I'm pretty sure they'd approve of this photo.

CHSIRTIAN DROI

Ran across this fellow today while out shooting photos. I have a suspicion that this jacket is not a genuine Christian Dior.

What do you think? They got the address right though.

LEMON 'PICKLE'

Fall is definitely here and it's time for making preserves. I love 'pickle,' otherwise known in the West as chutney. Chutney in India is something quite different. This is a photo of the ingredients for my favorite 'pickle,' lemon pickle.  I have prepated about 10 jars (not all fruit is shown here for the photo!)
 

COMFORTING

 Of course this is a sneak shot of a couple in the bus the other evening. I wonder what the story is.

ETERNAL ASTERIX

 On the way to a restaurant the other day, I passed by these beautiful murals!  At first I was only going to use Asterix, but just couldn't leave out Obelix and Panoramix (Getafix in English).

WHEN HUNGER STRIKES

 Popcorn's good, any time, anywhere.

BELOW THE BRIDGE

 I took this while walking across the main bridge, commonly called Branko's Bridge, that links old Belgrade to New Belgrade across the Sava River. The sign reads 'Only love'.

OCTOBER THEME DAY--GLASS

Theme for October is Glass, and there's a lot of that on this building, plus a couple of reflections thrown in for good measure.

Check out how other City Daily Photo bloggers have interpreted this THEME DAY.

PUNK BOULDERS

 These two 'boulders' are actually pieces of a long-demolished structure. I imagine the 'hair' was used to insert or stablize them. They are connected like conjoined twins by a three-meter section of concrete.

LIGHT THE NIGHT

There are several modern buildings near me that I like, especially at night. This building, apparently housing offices of the Ball Coporation, is one of them. 

THE BOYS IN THE BUS

 I just love it when this happens. Coming back from town last night in the bus, these two boys spotted my camera and asked for a photo. I just had to oblige, of course, and will send them a copy.

READING THE NEWSPAPERS

 He was reading the obituaries; she, the travel section.

FORM-FITTING

 Ah, to think that once-upon-a-time I could wear a dress like this. Actually, I still can, but I wouldn't look like this girl, haha.

OLD, BUT AIR CONDITIONED

 A glimpse down a passageway just off Belgrade's main pedestrian street. They've got AC.

KILLING TIME

 An elderly couple passes the time in the park. I guess I was, too, but sneaking shots.

DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL

 Cute, spunky little girl and proud papa.

AT THE PUB

Serbia does have its local beers, but of course foreign ones always seem better, and I guess sometimes are, depending on your taste. There is one hidden Serbian brand sign just below the Stella Artois and above the Budweiser, WEIFERT BEER, once produced in Pancevo, about 15 kilometers from Belgrade, is now produced in Zajecar, about 243 kiolmeters away.
 

WAITING AT THE BUS STOP

Took the bus home the other day after my dentist appointment...all went well, thank you.

I need to check just how many bus stop shots I've taken over the years.

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.