Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia and maybe photos from an in-country trip by a long-term ex-pat.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Lie down!
Monday, November 16, 2020
MONDAY MURALS--Sax on the roof?
I am very poor at recognizing musical instruments, if indeed this is a realistically represented one. I think it may be a saxophone, but please correct me if I am wrong.
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Sunday, November 15, 2020
SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY---longing to travel
Not Belgrade---Warsaw, where I was a year or two ago visiting a good friend.
I know I'm not alone, but I wish I could travel somewhere...
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Saturday, November 14, 2020
WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--the antique shop
I often pass this antique shop and admire what is displayed. I'm not a collector and I don't know much about antiques, but I do l ike that lamp on the right. Had a blue one once just like it. Bought in Prague years ago.
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Friday, November 13, 2020
Thursday, November 12, 2020
LOOKING UP
I've been looking up recently, both literally and figuratively. Doing the former, I glimpsed these heads (the upper ones). The one on the left is looking at the one on the right as if to say, "Hey, she's going to take our photo. It's about time."
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
BLOW IN MY ARMPIT AND I'LL....
Many of you, at least of my generation, may remember Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in, which ran from 1968 to 1973. I think I may have never missed an episode. Non-stop laughter.
Phrases like "Beautiful downtown Burbank," "Sock it to me," and my favorite, "Blow in my ear and I'll follow you anywhere" are still around.
I thought of the latter immediately when I was this bas-relief of Pan blowing into a very androgenous woman's armpit.
What would I do if someone blew into my armpit? Giggle, I guess.
Also, while researching the phrase, I came across Robert Crowe's post from April 2019.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Monday, November 9, 2020
MONDAY MURALS--PARTIZAN SOCCER CLUB LOVES GEORGE ORWELL
Most of us know the name George Orwell from his famous novel 1984. I never realized that was his pen name and he was born Eric Arthur Blair.
The quote above his name on this mural translates as "Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." Not sure what that has to do with Partizan Football Club, but anyway...
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Saturday, November 7, 2020
WEEKEND REFLECTIONS---not for Frida
I'm not sure Frida Kahlo, who is peeking out from behind this wedding dress, would have chosen it.
I imagine her in something far more colorful.
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Friday, November 6, 2020
SKYWATCH "Holy Smoke" er, uh..."steam"
Of course the smoke is not coming from Aleksandar Nevsky Church, but rather from the heating plant in the distance.
Does look like holy smoke (actually it is steam!) though.
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