SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY--Manasija monastery

 Visited a friend in Despotovac, a couple of hours south of Belgrade. She took me to the 15th-century MANASIJA MONASTERY, beautifully restored thanks to UNESCO.

This is a sneak phone shot.  See other shadows on SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY.

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--OLD AND NEW

 Like in many cities, Belgrade's downtown is rapidly changing. Buildings going up (and others out) everywhere. A 'reflection' of the times.

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

WHAT ONCE WAS IS NO MORE

 I went to the bus station yesterday to buy a bus ticket to and from a town about three hours from here where a friend lives.  The bus station is adjacent to the former, old, beautiful train station where I arrived in 1977 from Paris.  It has been closed for quite a few years now and replaced by a brand new one in another part of town.....all this to make way for highrises you can see through the grass grown over the rails.  Just to think, the Orient Express once passed through Belgrade.

DOGS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

 There were two of these dogs, totally ignoring the 'Stay off the Flowers' sign, but they were frolicking so fast I could only capture one of them.  I envied them....

KILTS ARE IN

 I've noticed quite a few men wearing kilts recently. Honestly, they're cooler than trousers, especially if you know what they (at least Scottish men) wear underneath. 

MONDAY MURALS---CHEMISTS

 Three Serbian chemists peer down at me from a wall beside a park downtown.

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SLIM PICKINGS

 "Slim pickings," for those of you who may not know, means that there's little success in getting something because there's not a lot of it left. Kind of like when you turn up late at a party....

This cat is very thin, whereas many city cats here are chubby.

Don't confused 'slim pickings' with the beloved movie star SLIM PICKENS, whom I especially loved in Mel Brooks' BLAZING SADDLES.

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO LEARN

 Dad was helping his getting his son interested in photography. 

As the joke goes, "Get your child interested in photography and he'll never have money for drugs and alcohol."

SKYWATCH--SUPER MOON

 A flashback to other night's super moon. It was playing peek-a-boo outside my window; mainly 'peek,' since I never saw it in its entirety.

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BLUE HAIR = BLOND

 

Here in Serbia the word 'plava' (blue) is also used to refer to a blond man or woman. I don't know what color this young woman's hair really is, but she is certainly 'plava' here.

TWO ORANGES AND A DOG

 Don't bother looking for the fruit...just two people in bright orange and a dog. And of course another two people with a dog ahead of them.