WHEN'S THE BUS COMING?

 A couple and another texter wait patiently for a bus. New Year's holiday schedules have been altered a bit. I walked  home.

TOO TIRED TO TOOT

 Part of a group of street musicians taking a break on  Knez Mihailova, Belgrade's pedestrian street.

Too tired to toot.

TEXTING....NOW AND FOREVER

 I know today is Theme Day and we are encouraged to post our best shot from 2022....I find that really hard to do and it is time-consuming, too.  Instead I am posting a recent photo of two texters. I really must  make it a point to count how many texting couples I see in cafes, bars, just sitting, totally disinterested so it seems by the person with them.  I find this very sad, but it's not going to go away.

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS: REFLECTIONS ON THE SQUARE

 

Like elsewhere, Belgrade is getting ready for New Year's Eve.  Someone had the idea to cover the lower part of Prince Mihailo's statue with reflective foil.....somehow it doesn't make a good impression...but a good reflection for me, yes.

See other reflections on WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.

SAVA SUMANOVIC

 Sava Sumanovic (896-1942) was a Serbian painter considered to be one of the most important Serbian painters of the 20th century.  His styles ran from Cubism, Fauvism, and Expressionism. 

I have been to his home and museum in the town of Sid (SHEED), located about an hour and a half from Belgrade. The painting above I recently saw again at a museum exhibit here in Belgrade where I had taken my grandchildren to culture them up more than they already are. :)

Sadly, Sava Sumanovic was executed during the mass genocide of Serbs during WWII in Croatia. He was first tortured, then thrown still alive into a lime pit.

STREET PANDA

 Gotta love those pandas. Seems like this street panda is getting a lot of attention.

THREE IN BLACK

 Title says it all.

INTENTLY

 Went for a cup of coffee with a friend yesterday and was fascinated by this man who was writing with such fervor the entire time we were there, hardly lifting his eyes from the paper. What he was writing, I'll never know....a love letter, an "I'm sorry' letter, a complaint to some company?  Who knows?  He was still at it when we left.

MONDAY MURALS--ZORAN PANIC

 A walk  in a neighborhood where I haven't walked in a long time revealed this mural of Zoran Panic. I had no idea who he was, but a quick Internet search told me he was a producer for RTS (Radio Televizija Serbia) and a 'bheme'.  He apparently liked to fish as well...

See other murals on MONDAY MURALS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 Merry Christmas today to those who celebrate!  Serbian Orthodox Christmas falls on January 7th, but these two are around for New Year's here when locals usually exchange gifts.

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS--the red lamp

 Caught this the other night while roaming the streets.

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS.