ABC WEDNESDAY-"O" is for "opposites"

We come in all sizes and shapes.

See other O's on ABC WEDNESDAY.

Happy Birthday...to the one on the right!

 Oh, my....time flies.... and it wasn't so long ago, or so it seems, that my daughter, whose birthday it is today, was just as small as her son, Luka, now just over five months old.

I get all weepy thinking how short of a time we are all here and how we should enjoy every moment.

Happy Birthday to you, daughter of mine.  Mama loves you...and yours.

Now you see him, now you don't.

Dositej  Obradović  (DOSS-ee-tay o-BRA-doe-vitch) (1742 –1811) was a Serbian author, philosopher, linguist, traveler, polyglot and the first minister of education of Serbia. Above are two versions of his statue!

SUNDAY BRIDGES--a cow, a man, a bridge....

What could be better for Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES than a cow and a bridge...and a man thrown in as well?

That's the bridge to Pancevo in the background that you've seen a few times before.

And do you remember this post from long ago and far away? Another cow....a woman...and a bridge.

WEEKEND REFLECTION--twice shot

"Shot" this man while he was absorbed in using his cell phone....and inadvertently shot myself, too.

See other reflections at JAMES' WEEKEND REFLECTION.

SKYWATCH--It's not a water tower, Daryl.

My 'blister' (=blogger sister, according to Daryl in New York City) features 'Water Tower Wednesday', which I've never been able to contribute to since there aren't any here, at least the kind on top of buildings that abound in NYC.

So this will have to do. I honestly don't know its purpose...some sort of view tower? And the PUB is not a pub, but rather initials I can't locate the meaning for.

Anyway, on Wednesdays go see Daryl's Water Tower Wednesday. Actually, stop in any day.

Check out more skies at SKYWATCH.

Where do you buy your newspaper, if you still do?

I still buy a paper newspaper rather than read online. A local one, at least; American ones I read online.

But my online versions don't have a smiling person like Mladje, my local newspaper man.  (And yes, I gave him a photo!)

ABC WEDNESDAY--"N" is for "Niš"

Pretty spooky.  These skulls are part of a gruesome tower built by the Turks after the Battle of Cegar Hill (CHEH-gar) near the city of Nis (NEESH) in 1809.

This warning to future Serbian rebels was erected using over 900 skulls of slain Serbs, but only 52 remain.  Check out the whole story on this site.
 

Check out other N's on ABC WEDNESDAY.

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple...I think....

Or maybe bright green, what the heck!  If you'd like to read the entire "When I am an old woman" poem, click right here.

Wanna play ball?

On the same trip to the zoo that brought you this zoo tale, I had the occasion to see this male lion, father of six (I think that's right) white lions, who are fairly grown up now, in contrast to those that appear in this video.
Looks like dad isn't interested in playing ball.   

SUNDAY BRIDGES--The Bridge on the River Drina

Four years ago (Yikes, time flies!) I showed you this statue of Ivo Andric,who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1961.  His best-known novel is undoubtedly The Bridge on the River Drina. My friend Jasmina sent me this photo of the bridge on the River Drina taken by her friend Zora.

Thanks to both of you ladies for this photo!

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.