ABC Wednesday "M" is for "multicolored"

Found these multi-colored scenes on the same street, Skadarlija, in what is known as Belgrade's Bohemian quarter.  Okay, Alcatraz is a bit drab and not multi-colored, but then it's Alcatraz...

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

Daily Haiku

Lemon, plum,kiwi

Sweet, tangy, tart, succulent

Can you taste the colors?

 

 

The young violinist Part II

Do you remember this little boy? I photographed him again, then returned to give him the copies I'd made, and then made one more photo that I'm showing you here.

He thanked me, still very serious as in the previous post, but now with a hint of a smile.

Daily Haiku

Mournful violin

Is the voice of this child

Playing in the street

World Health Day

I just found out the other day that today is WORLD HEALTH DAY, which gives me a good opportunity to use this photo I took last week.  She seems in good shape, though I think she's not going to do too well in the pool with those boots and skis.  The boys are in need of some exercise, but all they do is stand there, day after day, season after season.  Snacking on fruit though, so that's a plus.

Daily Haiku

Get out of the house

And give blogging a rest

Or so I should do 

SUNDAY BRIDGES--rainbow colors?

Three bridges, three colors, and a yellow bus.  At first I thought of a rainbow, but then I googled "flags: blue, green, red horizontal stripes" and came up with Gambia's flag.  Somewhere I'm sure there's a flag with these stripes and a yellow-something on it, but I was too lazy to look.

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

Too lazy today for the daily haiku....  :)

 

WEEKEND REFLECTION--the museum cleaner

Caught this woman cleaning the floor of Belgrade's Serbian Academy of Science and Art.

See more reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

Daily Haiku

Mopping back and forth

Across the white marble floor

With wide, circling strokes  

SKYWATCH--The Victor contre-jour

The biggest man about town, the statue of The Victor, in Kalemegdan Park.

See other skies on SKYWATCH.

Daily Haiku

Alert, courageous

Undaunted by rain, snow, sleet

Watching for new threats

  

Laying down the line

Spring is here and it's time to brighten up....be it flowers, or repainting the lines in the street.  This man is painting the "No Parking" lines in front of his garage door. Normally, the city does this, but why wait?

Daily Haiku

Yellow lines warn us

Don't even think of parking

Or be towed away 

ABC WEDNESDAY--- "L" is for "Little brother"

Here you go.  Little Mila, my granddaughter, now has a baby brother, Ivan (EE-vahn), named after my late husband. Do you find any resemblance between this photo of Mila and Baby Ivan?

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

Daily Haiku

All grandkids are cute

But don't tell anyone please--

Mine are the cutest!

(ha, ha)

   

THEME DAY--Triangles

Here you go. Triangles on the Museum of Modern Art in New Belgrade!

See other triangles on THEME DAY APRIL 2014.

Daily Haiku

Oh, geometry

Made up of size, shape, and form

You're all Greek to me  

The Russian florist

Met this charming Russian lady in Kalemegdan Park the other day. I saw her from a distance, photographing these blossoms with her DSLR.  At one point, she put it away and got out her tablet and moved very close to take more photos. I went up to her and asked if she was pleased with the tablet's resolution (most people seem to be).  She just looked at me for a moment, and I thought I'd said something wrong. Then she said, "Ya russkaya," whereupon I replied "Ya amerikanerin", and we both laughed and proceeded to have a bilingual conversation as we walked along. There are enough similarities between Serbian and Russian, so this wasn't hard.  She told me she was visiting her daughter in town, and that she herself was a florist in her town (forgot where....)  And I did understand that she WAS happy with the tablet's resolution!

Daily Haiku

Walking and laughing

Each in so-called "foreign tongue"

Let us share so much

 

SUNDAY BRIDGES--election time....

Recently there were parliamentary elections in Belgrade.  Just before, I caught this young man who was doing some sort of advertisement for one of the parties running.  He doesn't look too happy, and lots aren't now with the results.


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

 

Daily Haiku

Pensive, lost in thought

Contemplating his future

For better or worse