DETAILS OF THE PAST

 Another photo from a short day trip. Mementos of a bygone era.

POTTER

 A potter in his workshop in the small town of SREMSKI KARLOVCI.

PEONY LADY

 On the way back from a day trip, this lady sat across from me in the train. Multi-tasking:  holding her peony, reading a book, and checking her phone.

ROADSIDE MONUMENTS

 Belgrade's Ethnlogical Museum is a wonderful, informative place. I have been many times, but not for quite a while, and it has been improved. Featured above is a 'krajputash,' loosely translated as a roadsider. Here is what Wiki says:  (Apologies for the poor alignment.) 

 

Roadsiders are monuments placed by the side of the road, usually dedicated to fallen soldiers buried in distant countries or whose graves are unknown. They especially appeared after the First World War as a way of commemorating the victims of the family, and to remind all the inhabitants of the village and random passers-by about a life that ended prematurely.

There are most of them in western Serbia. As a rule, they have a simple shape, a rectangular section and a height between one meter and one and a half meters. On one side, an image or figure of the deceased is drawn or carved, and appropriate words of praise or thanks are carved on the sides."

NASTURTIUM

 I have a friend visiting from Poland and have little time for photos, although we are taking a short train trip to another town and I hope to thrill you with a decent one tomorrow.

This is a friend's nasturtium, which is in reality a beautiful shade of yellow, but I thought it looked good in black and white, too.

RECYCLED BEAUTY

 I've seen recycled tiles here and there about town filling in spaces where the sidewalk's surface has been damaged. Clever idea!

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....