Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia and maybe photos from an in-country trip by a long-term ex-pat.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
I see ya.
This little guy was silently watching me pass under 'his' window. I imagine he was admiring my dog's new harness and color I'd just bought up the street.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Grumpy cat
I have to thank my friend Mary Jane for snapping this photo of a very grumpy cat. She passed him while going to the bakery and just couldn't resist.
Monday, September 21, 2020
MONDAY MURALS Pop Art
There's a high school downtown that has several outstanding murals. They keep changing, though, and I hadn't been back for a while.
This one is to or was done by the graduating class of 1999....quite a while ago. I don't know why it hadn't appeared earlier, but such is the case with a couple more I'll be showing you.
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY: "I'm looking over a four-leaf clover...'
...that I overlooked before," as the song goes. As a kid I used to lie in the grass at my grandmother's and look for four-leaf clovers, with varying success.
A fellow dog walker gave this one that she found to me. Didn't ask her if she had to lie in the grass, and I'm not sure the good luck it supposedly brings was already used up on her, since she found it. We will see.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020
THE WEEKEND IN BLACK AND WHITE--at the car wash
I've always said I am never bored with my camera, and here is a case in point. Drove my very dirty car through the car wash and there you go.
I paid 600 dinars (about $6.00) for 'shampoo, wash, and blow dry'. My lucky car can do that; I'm not brave enough to go to the hairdresser yet.
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Friday, September 18, 2020
SKYWATCH--a sunset pig?
A long time ago I posted this photo I took from my window of the pig on top of this building. I have since learned that the entire building is protected by the city, and it used to belong to a butcher...
I posted that on Facebook, and a young woman who lives just across from the pig and up the street for me took this photo of piggy at sunset.
And just what is a sunset pig? Joni Mitchell sang these words, so have a look at this link
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Thursday, September 17, 2020
The Blues Brothers...plus three?
I have to admit I have never watched The Blues Brothers, but I do know what they look like. I snapped this shot with my phone from across the street.
Who knows who they really were?
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
All because of a dog...


Tuesday, September 15, 2020
If you're wondering where your order is...
If you're wondering where your order is, look no farther. Nowadays many people are avoiding restaurants and getting tired of cooking at home, so what better way to treat yourself than ordering out? But you need to be patient.
This particular food service is actually very well-respected. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night deters their speedy delivery...but everyone deserves a break, and let's hope his box is empty...
Monday, September 14, 2020
MONDAY MURALS --Peek-a-boo!
Had I been willing to stand in the middle of the street for a better shot, it would have looked like this fellow was really peering over the fence. Didn't want to get hit by a car...but, this house is just opposite Belgrade's New Cemetery. Ha.
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Thursday, September 10, 2020
Partisan Reading to His Children
I have googled and googled and thoroughly examined this sculpture in Kalemegdan Park, searching fo the name of the sculptor. The closest I found was a photographer online who wrote the name of the statue, but no sculptor. I imagine he didn't know either, but I wrote to him, and am awaiting an answer.
UPDATE! I have now learned from the photographer I asked that the sculptor was Jelena Jovanovic, and it was created in 1950.
FYI, Partisans were, as Wiki says: "The Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the Communist-led resistance to the Axis powers in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Their leader was Josip Broz Tito."
DANCING IN THE DARK
Walking back home from viewing the eclipse the other night, I passed these young people in our park.
