Hmmm....irony of ironies. The sign on this smoke shop window reads "No smoking" and reminds potential offenders of the newly-adopted law about not smoking in public places....even in a smoke shop.
"Bleak" is the word that comes to mind here.... This is a view down one of Belgrade's main boulevards with the Saint Sava cathedral in the distance.
These dusty bottles in this crate reminded me of those 'which one doesn't belong' games I used to play as a kid.
I had naively expected that this trip to Northern India would be a warm one, like the one I made last year to Southern India. Wrong I was. It's been pretty cool for the most part, and on occasion, rainy, though the locals say that is unusual for this season. In Jodphur it did indeed rain a bit, just enough to make everything mucky and to require skill in maneuvering one's way through the streets. This woman seemed to take it all in stride. Her flip-flops were hardly soiled, and don't you just love those silver anklets?
Section of the magnificently detailed detailed Qatub Tower and adjacent building in Delhi.
Jumping around a bit in my trip. This beautiful face of Buddha is from a statue made by artisans at the Norbulingka Institute in Dharamsala, India. The institute is for the preservation of Tibetan culture.
Greetings from Mandawa, India, where I was last night for a bang-up Rajasthani New Year's celebration at the hotel we stayed at. Lots of fun, good food, and dancing, followed by fireworks.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my photoblogger friends. May the New Year bring you much health and happiness and opportunities to make more wonderful photos.
If you remember this classic post of mine, you'll know that Belgrade is a fairly safe place, and the only shootings you're likely to run into are the kind you see above. I believe these 'lovers' were advertising leather...earlier the photographers were very interested in their shoes, and now it seems they're focusing on their jackets...I guess.
Okay, I know those scissors aren't an X, but they sort of look like one, and I don't have another X....Tiles and a rug make beautiful patterns on the floor of a church in Zemun, a neighboring Belgrade community.
