ICE CREAM TIME

 

Weather's warming up; time for ice cream.

URBAN PHEASANTS!

 A phone shot and if you enlarge it, it will probably be blurred.

This large field is surrounded by apartment buildings. There's even a small wooded area where a family of gypsies live, along with their two goats and chickens.

I've seen these pheasants (female is there; just hard to see) before. They are often in the wooded area, but ventured out today.

A small touch of nature.

AGE IS ONLY A NUMBER!

 My friend turned 80 yesterday!  As you can see, she's in great shape and certainly blew out these '80' candles in one puff!  She's sporting some confetti someone blasted her with. There were about 50 people there and we all had a great time. Inspirational all around, and now I'm planning my own 80th when the time comes....

"MY LOVE IS LIKE A...

 ...red red rose."

This beauty caught my eye this morning, still bearing drops of yesterday's rain.

URBAN BIKER

 Gettiing warmer here and bikers are out at night....

MLINCI (MLEEN-tsee)

 Yes, these are noodles, with the exception of the pack on the left. That contains what are called 'mlinci' (MLEEN-tsee) here. To describe them as a cross  between a pasta and matzoh cracker would be pretty accurate. They're usually made with a cream sauce and baked. Not so much to my liking, but each to his own. I'm more inclined to pig out on the other noodle standing at attention beside the mlinci.

ĆEVAPČIĆI- (cheh-VAHP-chee-chee!)

 Everyone who has been to my region of the world, with the exception of vegetarians of course, loves ĆEVAPČIĆI, a tasty homemade grilled sausage. This tasty Serbian-style version uses ground pork, beef, and lamb. I got hungry yesterday while downtown and treated myself to them along with a Coke...because 'things go better with Coca Cola..." 😜

A LOCAL GIRL..

 Another photo from my photo safari to Ivanovo. This girl is wearing typical attire of this village in the Vojvodina district of Serbia. Ivanovo boasts a mix of ethnicities that you can read about RIGHT HERE.

POSING IN IVANOVO

 A local photo club organizes a photo safari once a year in a little village about 40 kms from here. Very low key, fun, back to nature. Some local people, usually young ones, don ethnic dress and will pose for photographers if asked. I didn't ask, but sneaked a shot when a girl was posing beside this bread oven.

THEME DAY--MAY --SMALL!

 Last July I moved into a new apartment smaller than the one I had. I downsized  in a major way and got rid of a lot of items that did not 'bring me joy'.  Each one of the above does bring me joy in their own way, and so do other larger items I've kept, but since the theme today is 'small,' there you go.

See what other City Daily Photo bloggers have done with this theme on THEME DAY.

RESIST THE URGE...

 Fairly certain it was kids who messed up this chess table, one of two large ones, in the public area near me. I often see such disfiguring of public property and it's saddening. Public property means it is free to all, so in a way it belongs to all of us, so why mess it up? End of rant....