THEME DAY--FENCES

Back in Belgrade, but this fence is from farther south in Serbia.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween! You may remember my little Serbian traveling companion, Radovan, who's been on trips with me to Greece, India, Qatar, and other local trips. He's accompanied to Seattle too, and since tomorrow we'll be back in Belgrade, he decided to pose with a luminous Halloween friend and pumpkin.

Posts from Belgrade tomorrow!

SUNDAY BRIDGES--the land bridge

Quick: Can you identify where the land bridge linking the two larger continents shown here is located? Right you are: On a bench in a Seattle Ferries waiting room!

Taken while waiting for the ferry to Bainbridge Island and ever-searching for a bridge photo.

See other bridges, most likely real ones, at Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

Weekend Reflection--a dentist's dream

I wonder if dentists smile (a healthy, white smile) when they see displays like this. Not only for all the sugar that harms your teeth in such excess, but the nuts that stick between them, and the caramel that often yanks out fillings.

But these apples are good. This shop will happily cut one up into pieces for you, so you can share the guilt, if not your dentist bill.

See other reflections at James' WEEKEND REFLECTION.

SKYWATCH: The Needle....

The Space Needle through the legs of a sculpture at Seattle's Sculpture Park.

See other skies at SKYWATCH.

Juxtaposition

No special comment; just liked the juxtaposition of the totem pole and the Pioneer Building on Pioneer Square in Seattle.

ABC WEDNESDAY "O" is for "obequitate "

Over a cup of coffee with Chuck, another blogger from Seattle, I mentioned this giraffe I'd photographed while obequitating in the Wedgwood area or Seattle. He told me he'd already posted it, and so he had, right here, with rhododendrons in bloom and a much brighter sky.

Last Monday I told you that you always learn something through blogs, so now you know, if you've clicked on the first link, what to "obequitate" means. I was in desperate need of an "O".

See other "O"s" on ABC WEDNESDAY.

The supervisor

This steam shovel operator may not be the supervisor in charge, but he's definitely supervising the workers around him repairing a downtown street, and waiting for their signal to help.

I am the captain of my soul

Photoblogging is definitely educational. Not only do we learn from our fellow bloggers, but from those of whom we sneak shots. Take this girl's calves, for example. I liked that she had twin tattoos, and clicked away not really being able to see right away what her skin advertised.

"I am the captain of my soul," I learned from the the Internet and indirectly from this Seattle pedestrian, is the last line of the poem "Invictus," by the English poet, William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). "...It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul."

I also learned from the above link that "At the age of 12, Henley fell victim to tuberculosis of the bone...the disease progressed to his foot, and physicians announced that the only way to save his life was to amputate directly below the knee...Stoicism inspired him to write this poem..."

So, now you've learned something, too.

So many hands on me!

Are you confused? My recent photos have been of Seattle, and of course you can see that this one is of Baby Mila at bathtime, here in Belgrade. In cyberspace, I'm still in Seattle, simply because I don't have time to flit around the city now taking photos. The hand in the foreground belongs to my 87-year-old mother, whom I've brought back here with me. Health care is very expensive in the US, and here for a quarter of the price, she has the same care, and is only a phone call away.

In any case, I posted this photo because today is my daughter's birthday, and some say Baby Mila looks a bit like her! The other hands belong to my son and daughter-in-law, and mine, as usual, were holding my camera.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAUGHTER TODAY!! (Be patient for Belgrade photos...I've uploaded Seattle thru Halloween....)

Weekend reflection--Vintage

Taken through the window of a vintage shop in Pioneer Square: red hat, red ring, red hair...and a couple of other reds, including the jacket of one of the men in the reflection.

See other reflections at James' WEEKEND REFLECTION.