SERBIAN SPECIALTIES

 A visit to the local market led a guest and me to this lady's Serbian specialties stand.  Rakija (Serbian brandy made with many different fruits and nuts_, jam, and a roast pepper spread called ajvar (EYE-vahr).

BRIGHT PINK HAIR

 Bright pink hair with purse and bracelet to match.

SECURITY GUARD

 Security guard at the local market place...

STUDENTS' PARK, EARLY EVENING

 

Entrance/exit to Students' Park near part of the university. It is often dubbed The Dog Park, since lots of dogs off leash.

HAIR

 Three girls, three hair colors.  Have you ever done your hair in an unusual color?

FALL'S A-COMIN'

 

Fall is coming this month. Because of the long, hot, dry summer, trees have already started to shed their leaves.

TIME DAY SEPTEMBER 2022--MY SUPERPOWER--TIME TRAVEL

 Being endowed with several superpowers (wink), it took me some time to narrow them down and choose just one.

I chose TIME TRAVEL and honestly I think we all that power. As a child I watched Mr. Peabody and Sherman  travel backin their Wayback Machine to witness first-hand famous moments in history. Later on, I enjoyed sci-fi films that used this theme, along with the various Back to the Future films. I am also an Outlander fan, waiting impatiently for Season Six... and maybe more. Ray Bradbury, my favorite fantasy author, wrote The Sound of Thunder, alluding to possible catastrophic consequences of meddling in the past.

So I have chosen a safer route. I travel back through time through photo albums, be they the old-fashioned paper/leather albums or digital ones. I often 'return' to visit places I have lived or spent a lot of time in, for example France and India, and of course the US. Through photographs I relieve moments here in Serbia spent with my husband and children.  Sensory details from those photos spring to life: sounds, tastes, smells, the feel of wet grass or smooth silk, and the sight of someone or something I may have forgotten.

The above photo I cherish very much. It shows four generations of women on my mother's side of the family, and mini-me at the age of around 5 months. 

As far as I know, no one has come up with a true time machine like in H.G. Wells' novel, but no matter.  We all have our own through photographs.

See what other City Photo bloggers have shown as their superpower right here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

Today is Madhu's third birthday....and I had no photo for my blog, so...... (Yes, I know she needs a facial trim!--no time for that either right now.)

PLAYGROUND ABSTRACT

 A playground abstract that recalled the artist PIET MONDRIAN.

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY --THE WAITER

 A waiter waiting. Just him and a few shadows and even fewer customers on a hot afternoon.

See other shadows on SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY.

BUILDINGS WITHIN A BUILDING

 Old, Sixties-era buildings reflected in a modern building in New Belgrade.

See other reflections on WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.