SKYWATCH--pale pink and blue over green

Not too much of a sky here, but what there is looks rather pretty.  In Takovo, Serbia.

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It's a dog's life....

It's a dog's life, and it might be a short one, too, for some of Belgrade's stray dog population. Despite spay/neuter encouragement, there's still a large number of homeless dogs. I have to harden my heart.....

ABC WEDNESDAY "A" is for "Across the way"

Playing Peeping Tom.  Neighbors across the way are putting in new windows, and these are the workers on a break.

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Electric guitars and.....

A cell phone photo snapped at Hotel Moskva.  Watch out where you put that tape.

Long

Back in Belgrade!  Snapped this girl who was leaning out to see if the bus was headed her way.

Beautiful long hair, but hard to maintain, I think.  But then, Mother used to say you had to suffer to be beautiful.

Happy Bastille Day.....

Leaving France very soon...never can spend enough time here.


Love the bleu, blanc, et rouge of these chairs. 

Summer sweet

Bottles of flavored syrups at in a delicatessen's window in the Les Halles neighborhood of Paris.

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SKYWATCH FRIDAY--Le Sacre-Coeur

 An early morning sky....at the Sacre-Coeur in Paris, when there wasn't a soul around. Just the way I like it.

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No need to say where....

This smaller red Eiffel Tower was part of an ice cream stand's display. It wasn't for sale. I wish it had been. I suddenly have the desire to buy myself a very large Eiffel Tower....  I'll be here for several more days, so just maybe....!

ABC WEDNESDAY--"Z" is for "zahvalna"

I'm stretching it again for a "Z" word, but in Serbian "zahvalna" means "thankful" and I am to my newly-met but known-in-cyberspace friend, Therese.

For several years now I've been commenting on Therese's blog, originally photos from Chandler, Arizona, but now she's moved back to France and is currently in Tournefeuille, a community near Toulouse. Check out her blog at Tournefeuille A to Z. Our 'something in common' was our love of photography, France, and a connection to Serbia, as her husband is from Belgrade.

Therese and her husband were so kind to welcome me (and how!) into their home during my trip. I was picked up at the station, taken back, fed a scrumptious cassoulet, preceded by an aperitif called pousse-rapiere, which is Armagnac mixed with champagne...  The next day, after croissants and pains au chocolat (called 'chocolatines' in Toulouse!), Therese took me on a walking tour/photo shoot of Toulouse, before taking me to the airport to Paris.

Therese and Dejan, merci infiniment de votre acceuil. I hope that you will both visit Belgrade sometime soon.

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Please honk

While cruising through the country side in the Perigord region of France (known for its goose products and especially for its foie gras), we came to a screeching halt to photograph this gaggle of geese, who came honking over for a photo.

Not sure they'll be there next year....