Christmas Eve....

All is calm, but not yet bright in this photo. Lights are up all over town; quite pretty after 5 p.m.

May health, peace, and happiness be with you.

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Health, peace, happiness

There's nothing more that you need

In body and mind

Some call them home

At least some call them home in the summer.  These are 'weekend' houseboats along the Sava River.  Not a soul around on this cold, cold day.

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Like ships in the night

Shifting shape in the thick fog

Once before me then gone

SKYWATCH--walker in the cold

 Darn cold the other day....I didn't last long on this walk.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

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Crunching frozen grass

Spurred on by an icy wind

Seeking my home’s warmth

 

Pointing up

Lots of verticals in this photo.

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Cold, frosty fingers

Try to steal my body heat

I wrap my scarf tight

 

ABC WEDNESDAY--"W" is for 'wrapped'

Pretty cool, I think.Whoever had the job of placing this big ribbon on Square Nine Hotel downtown did a good job.

See other W's on Mrs. Nesbitt's  ABC WEDNESDAY.

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Don't try to impress
By putting on airs and bows
Please just be yourself

The last leaf....

This last leaf, still even green, is still hanging on.  I took it the other day, but I am sure recent winds have broken its hold on this branch.

Symbolic, since although of course I did not plan this shot to express that my mother, 89 1/2, passed away yesterday morning.

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Like dry leaves scattered

We end up far from our home,

Return to the earth

 

It's that time of year again....

...when toy stores will do just about anything to lure kids inside. Not sure how effective this is for the kids (it must be...), but it sure worked on me.  This dinosaur, whose head looks like that of a tyrannosaurus, but whose body resembled that of a raptor, was roaring and moving in a very life-like manner.  A little boy and his mother emerged from a nearby underground passage way, and he let out a scream and headed back down.

So much for the visit to the toy store.

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Did they ever think

One day they'd be just fossils

Same is true for us

SKYWATCH--through the branches of winter

The steeple on Belgrade's main church, seen through nearly bare branches on a cold day....

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

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Things we could not see

Are often revealed to us

Imperceptibly

  

Super Hero

Super Hero is the first thing that came to mind when I saw this dog near the military museum in Kalemegdan Park.  On the other hand, he could be an escapee from a federal penitentiary....

 

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 Florescent orange

Shade not found in nature

My eyes wince in pain

ABC WEDNESDAY "V" is for "Voluminous"

This lady (I had believed her to be a man) caught my eye as she wandered up a street downtown in this voluminous coat.  She appeared headless....and handless, too.

See other V's on Mrs. Nesbitt's ABC WEDNESDAY.

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Some work with their heads

While others work with their hands

This poor soul can't work...  

Toppled

These are tops of perhaps a stone wall or column pieces. The Mosque in Belgrade, that I showed you in this post several years ago, has been renovated, but these were always lying in the same place and haven't been moved.

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Once tall, now toppled

No longer what they once were

But now a still life