SUNDAY BRIDGES--that bridge again

A gloomy and grainy photo of the Bridge On Ada, with the tower from the Old Belgrade Fairgrounds (later turned into a concentration camp during WWII) in the foreground.

Weather's a bit clearer now, but last week it looked just like this at times.

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

Daily Haiku

Mists of times gone by

Blend with shadows of the new

Nothing ever changes

  

Weekend Reflection--How many....?

Me reflected in some sort of fancy pot in the window of the Zepter Museum in downtown Belgrade. And there are a lot of other reflections, too.  How many?  I was lazy to count....

See other reflections at James' WEEKEND REFLECTION.


Daily Haiku

What we think we see
Can sometimes be reflections
Of a deeper truth   

SKYWATCH--sunset in Trebinje

My son has been working for a while in Bosnia, commuting back and forth.  That of course isn't fun, but seeing sights such as this make it worthwhile, at least a little.  Trebinje (TRAY-bean-yeh) is a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina that lies about 11 kilometers from the Adriatic Sea, and is quite a tourist spot.

Read more about it here.

See more beautiful skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

We take for granted

That the sun rises and sets

But if it did not?   

Classic beauties

Some people would be afraid to drive such classic beauties on busy city streets, but these two cars sat unharmed in downtown Belgrade.  I'm not a car person, but they were so 'cherry', as we used to say in the sixties....

By the way, the shop visible behind the car in the top photo is the pastry shop where these little delights come from.

Daily Haiku

Sit behind the wheel

For a moment feel the thrill

Of classic beauty 

ABC WEDNESDAY "L" is for "lastiš"

"Lastiš" (LASS-teesh) is a game once played by many young girls here in Serbia, though I must admit I haven't seen any demonstrations in a long, long time. My daughter, now just over thirty, used to love to play. I'm not quite sure of the rules, but it's played with a long stretch of elastic (Lastiš) and somehow vaguely reminds me of jump rope.

This photograph comes to you courtesy of this site and you may find more information there.

 See other L's on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.
 

Daily Haiku

Jump rope, hopscotch, jacks

Hide and seek, tag, and four-square

What games did you play?

THEME DAY--details

Today is City Daily Photo's Theme Day.  Details it is!  These are raindrops on a round window in my apartment.  The rest of my windows sported many more....rain all day, cold, too.

See other details right here.

Daily Haiku

Like a witch's tears

Tiny drops of cold chill me

To my very core

The butterfly lady

I think she's beautiful anyway with all that gorgeous red hair, even without the painted butterfly.  I snapped this young woman at the Belgrade zoo two weeks ago. In addition to seeing the animals, my son's family and I also enjoyed the presence of various youth performers, including dance groups, magicians, and acrobats.

I didn't see anyone doing face painting like this, but maybe they had fluttered away....oh, that's baaaad.

Daily Haiku

Their powdery wings

In colorful camouflage

 Vanish before me

SUNDAY BRIDGES---Tread carefully....

Just outside one of the walls of Kalemegdan lies the military museum....and a lot of cannons.

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

Daily Haiku

Leftover weapons

Shameful silent reminders

Of lost loves and lives

  

WEEKEND REFLECTION--"Row, row, row your boat..."

"Row, row, row your boat...." goes the old round we'd sing as kids.  These rowers on a sign in downtown Belgrade are going to have to paddle very hard to get to water anywhere close.

See other reflections on James'  WEEKEND REFLECTION.

Daily Haiku

Is life but a dream

Are we dreaming or awake

Some day we will know...

  

Steeples of Zemun

Three steeples in the Belgrade community of Zemun.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

Steeples, minarets

Call some of us to prayer

Each in his own way

 

  

A real "wild" flower

Went to the zoo the other day and saw, among other animals, a giraffe.  Do you know that a giraffe's spots are like human fingerprints; no two are alike?  Check out this site for other fun facts about giraffe's...I learned they give birth standing up and the baby falls five feet.....

I liked this giraffe's spots, for some seem to form a flower.

Daily Haiku

Forever in awe

Of Nature's endless wonders

Is it all by chance?