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@etoka in December 2021

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Hello everyone! Rays from behind the clouds. View from my window to the west. The beginning of the sunset over the forest. * Всем привет! Лучи из-за туч. Вид из моего окна на запад. Начало заката над лесом.

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Hello everyone! This curious Yorkshire terrier walked alone on the country road. I bent down to take a picture of him. And he immediately bumped into the lens. It's funny, when I looked at the photo in full size, I noticed my reflection. A peculiar selfie. * Всем привет! Этот любопытный йоркширский терьер гулял один на дачных просеках. Я наклонилась, чтобы сфотографировать его. И он тут же заинтересованно уткнулся в объектив. Забавно, когда рассматривала фотографию в полном…

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Hello everyone! The photo was taken while we walking along the Danube through the Wachau valley in 2011. Rain and thunderstorms tried to cover our boat, but, fortunately, passed by. And soon the sun came out again. The photo shows both the passing rain and the encouraging clearing behind the clouds. * Всем привет! Фотография сделана во время прогулки по Дунаю через долину Вахау в 2011г. Дождь и гроза пытались накрыть наш кораблик, но, к счастью, прошли мимо. А вскоре вновь…

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Hello everyone! I will continue to acquaint you with the creative gardeners of the park in Oranienbaum in 2017. Most of all I liked the flowerbeds on which the most different flowers were planted. Amazed the colors and variety of species. Such flowerbeds looked very elegant, even festive. I wanted to look every flower. * Всем привет! Продолжу знакомить вас с творчеством садовников парка в Ораниенбауме в 2017г. Больше всего мне понравились там клумбы, на которых были высажены…

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Hello everyone! This is my city of Elektrostal in the Moscow region in Russia. September 29 was a wonderful sunny day. When I drove past a street with the maples on my way to work in the morning, I stopped to admire and take some photos. * Всем привет! Это мой город Электросталь в Московской области в России. 29 сентября 2021 был замечательный солнечный день. Когда я утром по дороге на работу проезжала мимо улицы с клёнами, я не выдержала и остановилась, чтобы полюбоваться и…

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Hello everyone! I took this photo during an evening walk in St. Petersburg in August 2017. Parking of boats on the Moika River in St. Petersburg. * Всем привет! Эту фотографию я сделала во время вечерней прогулки в Санкт-Петербурге в августе 2017. Стоянка катеров на реке Мойке.

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Hello everyone! These beautiful zinnias I photographed among the flowers in Oranienbaum in August 2017. I really like zinnias, they are always bright and very beautiful in form. I always admire them with pleasure in gardens and flower beds. Here, in Oranienbaum, all the flowers were simply selective. And these zinnia are also unusually good. These are annual Zinnia elegant (Latin Zínnia élegans). * Всем привет! Эти прекрасные циннии я сфотографировала среди цветов в…

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Hello everyone! New Year's tunnel in Moscow. Moscow is decorated very interesting and varied in last years. To the new year specially. This photo is from 2018. On Tverskoy Boulevard they arranged such a long tunnel of New Year's garlands. It's amazing, but when you pass through it, the mood improves. * Всем привет! Новогодний тоннель в Москве. Москву в последние годы украшают интересно и разнообразно. К новому году тоже очень стараются. Эта фотография 2018 года. На Тверском…

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Hello everyone! September 29 was a wonderful sunny day. Some of the trees were still green. All the brighter against their background stood out the golden leaves of other, already yellowed trees. * Всем привет! 29 сентября был замечательный солнечный день. Часть деревьев были ещё зелёными. Тем ярче на их фоне выделялись золотые листья у других, уже пожелтевших деревьев.

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Hello everyone! A sleepy autumn wasp on bright leaves of wild rose. Well posed, slowly turning. * Всем привет! Сонная осенняя оса на ярких листьях шиповника. Хорошо позировала, медленно поворачиваясь.

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Hello everyone! Mikhailovsky Castle at sunset. August 2017 in St. Petersburg pleased with the weather. Mikhailovsky Castle is painted in a noticeable color, and the setting sun added to it even more brightness. * Всем привет! Михайловский замок на закате. Августовский Питер порадовал в 2017 году отличной погодой. Михайловский замок сам по себе покрашен заметным цветом, а заходящее солнце прибавило ему ещё больше яркости.

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Hello everyone! Common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale). I have long been paying attention to these bright high flowers. In August they appear on many flower gardens and gardens. On one stem reveals a lot of flowers, it turns out very lush and cheerful bushes. This flower comes from North America and now it has become very popular with us. They come in different colors: yellow, orange, maroon. This is a two-colore - orange with yellow tips - I photographed in August 2017,…

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Hello everyone! If you look at this photo, it becomes clear why the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin was called the Blue Church - Gedächtniskirche. The high-rise building was built in the late 19th century. And in the middle of the 20th, it was destroyed during a bomb strike. The ruins of the church were left as a reminder of a terrible war. Nearby built a modern laconic building, where church services are held. The walls of the new part are made of blue glass, which…

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Hello everyone! Photo dated September 29th. A small alley of my favorite maples in Elektrostal. The most beautiful autumn trees. * Всем привет! Фотография от 29 сентября. Небольшая аллея моих любимых клёнов в Электростали. Самые пркрасные осенние деревья.

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Hello everyone! View from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Ponte Vecchio is Florence's most famous bridge. From Ponte Vecchio you can see a wonderful view of the other beautiful bridge - the Ponte Santa Trìnita. The first wooden bridge was built in the XIII century. But after several devastating floods, it rebuilt anew. In the XVI century, this elegant bridge acquired this kind. The Nazis destroyed him in 1944. However, the bridge was recreated after the war in the same form.…

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Hello everyone! Gold balls - so called early and now in the people these bright yellow flowers. The scientific name - Rudbeckia laciniata.</td> At the time of my childhood in the 70s of the last century, gold balls grew literally in every front garden. They seemed an integral part of all the yards. They were unpretentious and successfully expanded even under adverse conditions. And then, already an adult, I noticed that they almost disappeared. Maybe they began to seem too…

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Hello everyone! Winter has come. This is yesterday in the woods near my house. * Всем привет! Зима пришла. Это вчера в лесу рядом с моим домом.

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Hello everyone! Yesterday while walking. A small Christmas tree in the yard, covered with snow, immediately suggested the upcoming New Year's holiday. * Всем привет! Вчера во время прогулки. Небольшая ёлочка во дворе, покрытая снегом, сразу наводила на мысли о приближающемся новогоднем празднике.

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Hello everyone! The photo was taken by me in August 2017. It seems to me that the view of the Griboedov Canal and the Church of the Savior on Blood is one of the most beautiful city species not only in St. Petersburg, but also in the world. This cathedral in the Russian style was built in the early XX century in memory of Tsar Alexander II, mortally wounded in this place. After the revolution, the organizers and perpetrators of the assassination became the heroes, began the…

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Hello everyone! These chic poppies I saw in June 2016 in Karabikha on an ordinary vegetable garden, near which our bus stopped at the parking lot. Now many people enclose their private houses and gardens with very high opaque fences. How well, that in this case it was not so, and everyone could admire these beautiful colors. Honestly, I have never seen such huge beautiful poppies before. They were almost in human growth, very bright and very large. * Всем привет! Эти…

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Hello everyone! I want to share with you a small opening, made in May 2018. Barberry is not very common in our area. And before I somehow never fell on its bloom. And in May I saw a blossoming barberry in our city. He had very small, but interesting, amazing and beautiful flowers. * Всем привет! Хочу поделиться с вами небольшим открытием, сделанным в мае 2018. Барбарис не очень распространённое у нас растение. И раньше я как-то ни разу не попадала на его цветение. А вот…

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Hello everyone! A panda at the Moscow Zoo, September 2020. I arrived early on purpose so that there were fewer people and the pandas hadn't gone to bed yet. The pandas were given their favorite bamboo for breakfast. They are so cute that you can look at them endlessly and smile. * Всем привет! Панда в Московском зоопарке, сентябрь 2020. Специально приехала пораньше, чтобы народу было поменьше и панды ещё не улеглись спать. Как раз пандам выдали на завтрак их любимый бамбук.…

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Hello everyone! The photo was taken during a walk in the woods near the house on December 4th. At the exit from the forest, I came across such a small snow-covered pine tree. An interesting tree, its branches are twisted in a very strange way. It is incomprehensible, because this pine tree grew on the edge, where no one interfered with it. * Всем привет! Фотография сделана во время прогулки в лесу рядом с домом 4 декабря. На выходе из леса попалась вот такая небольшая…

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Hello everyone! I took this photo in May 2018, when my favorite blue flowers blossomed. Here you can take a closer look Veronica (Veronica chamaedrys) and forget-me-nots (Myosótis). At work we have a small lawn, which in May is painted in delicate blue and sapphirine colors. Basically, these are my favorite forget-me-nots. But there are flowers of other colors. These small flowers can be difficult to photograph. On my photo veronica successfully turned out to be caught in…

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Hello everyone! Unexpected meeting with a fairy tale in the middle of a modern city. I saw this carriage, walking along the evening St. Petersburg in 2017. Of course, this is an ordinary attraction for tourists. But next to it was Church of the Savior on Blood, like a fairy tale tower. And this carriage in the twilight, lit by flashlights carried away in a fairy tale. It seemed that Cinderella had just come out from it. Until midnight there is still time to dance at the…

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Hello everyone! Two windows in my house face west, two - east. Naturally, I often see a beautiful picture at sunset through the western windows. But sometimes there is a very interesting effect when the setting sun colors the clouds all over the sky. And in the east, amazing pink clouds can be seen. I saw such an unusual cloud in shape and color in my eastern window on June 5, 2018. * Всем привет! Два окна у меня дома выходят на запад, два – на восток. Естественно, в…

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Hello everyone! A photograph taken in passing on the way from work. The snow, lit by the setting sun through the fence. * Всем привет! Фотография, сделанная мимоходом по дороге с работы. Снег, освещённый закатным солнцем сквозь решётку забора.

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Hello everyone! In zoos you can meet a lot of the most diverse and unusual birds from around the world. But this bird is not lost anywhere. It is worth a glimpse of this strange face and not to take your eyes off already. I saw this bird in the Berlin Zoo. King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), guest from central and southern America. The bird is large, it has a large aviary. Like all vultures, he eats carrion. And since large and strong, it often takes prey from lucky, but small…

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Hello everyone! Low tide in Mont Saint-Michel. This is an amazing place, which I was lucky enough to visit in May 2006. At low tide, the landscape becomes fantastic. * Всем привет! Отлив в Мон-Сен-Мишель. Это удивительное место, где мне посчастливилось побывать в мае 2006. Во время отлива пейзаж становится инопланетным.

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Hello everyone! Rosehip in Kalyazin. The abundance of lushly flowering rosehip is one of the brightest impressions in the cities on the Volga while cruising in 2018. Especially in small towns, where single-story houses with front gardens, we met a dogrose near almost every house. Both white and pink. But we saw such a large, terry, very fragrant, only in Kalyazin. * Всем привет! Шиповник в Калязине. Обилие пышно цветущих кустов шиповника – одно из ярких впечатлений в городах…

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Hello everyone! I took this photo in 2013 during a trip to Italy. We spent one day in Venice. Following behind each other, the arches of pedestrian bridges are a very characteristic element of the architecture of the narrow canals of Venice. Arches of bridges are usually quite low, the gondoliers have to bend over to stay in their gondola. * Всем привет! Эту фотографию я сделала в 2013 году во время поездки в Италию. Один день мы провели в Венеции. Идущие друг за другом…

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Hello everyone! Unfortunately, our forest is not cleared on time, although this is not a dense forest, but a place for walking near the city. Many fallen uncleared trees. But for a photo - it's pretty impressive. The two trunks have formed a right angle. * Всем привет! К сожалению, наш лес не очищают вовремя, хотя это не дремучий лес, а место для прогулок рядом с городом. Много поваленных неубранных деревьев. Но для фотокадра – это довольно эффектно. Два ствола образовали…

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Hello everyone! This parrot-shaped nightlight lived for a long time in the house of my grandmother and her sister. I really liked this night light. The faience (or porcelain?) Parrot is made very convincingly and it is interesting to look at it. After the death of my grandmother, the night light remained as a keepsake. * Всем привет! Этот ночник в виде попугая долгое время жил в доме моей бабушки и её сестры. Мне этот ночник очень нравился. Фаянсовый (или фарфоровый?)…

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Hello everyone! I took this photo in May 2018. Tulips have already begun to fade, on this pink tulip relief veins appeared on petals. And drops gathered into transparent beads after the rain. * Всем привет! Я сделала эту фотографию в мае 2018. Тюльпаны уже начали увядать, на этом розовом рельефнее проступили прожилки на лепестках. А после дождя капли собрались прозрачными бусинками.

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Hello everyone! The spiderweb in the grass caught rain drops instead of flies and midges. The spider hid somewhere or abandoned his wet web. It looks very nice when you approach. But, I think, this is a disaster for a spider. Photo taken in September 2017. * Всем привет! Паутина в траве вместо мух и мошек собрала на себя капли дождя. Паук спрятался где-то или забросил свою промокшую сеть. Это очень красиво смотрится при приближении. Но, думаю, что для паука – это катастрофа.…

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Hello everyone! The main Christmas tree in our city (Elektrostal) and the illumination of houses in the center. * Всем привет! Главная новогодняя ёлка у нас в городе (Электросталь) и подсветка домов в центре.

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Hello everyone! A photo of this car was made at an exhibition in Moscow in 2016. This carefully restored American car of 1937 Cord 810 Beverly Sedan. And at the same time, the art object created by the artist Vladimir Sizov. The artist's fantasy is associated with his favorite musical group Led Zeppelin. Why did this car and this group join together? The year of production of the automobile (1937) is the year of the collapse of the world's largest transatlantic airship LZ…

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Hello everyone! I really like these round bright floral balls. They resemble balloons and create a sense of celebration. The first time I was very surprised when I found out that these are flowers of onion - the cultivated allium. This is a picture of a flower bed on one of the boulevards of Yaroslavl in June 2018. * Всем привет! Мне очень нравятся эти ровные яркие цветочные шары. Они напоминают воздушные шарики и создают ощущение праздника. Первый раз я была очень удивлена,…

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Hello everyone! I saw this cute couple at the famous Piazza del Campo in the Italian Siena in April 2013. Tired Dog could not get drunk for a long time. His mistress already became uncomfortable, and she tries to drag him away. But people around it all were smiling only. On this square is a very pleasant quiet atmosphere (but, of course, not on the days when the Palio di Siena is passing and the passions are seething). The people sit at the street tables in numerous cafes or…

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Hello everyone! I began to distinguish flowers of the Aquilegia in nature not so long ago. They are quite interesting. I came across lilac and pink colors. But I did not know that there are different garden varieties of theese flowers. And I met such beautiful flowers on a flower bed in Plyos in June 2018. Having examined them closely, I was surprised to realize that this is also the Aquilegia that I know. * Всем привет! Цветы водосбора (Aquilegia.) я стала не так давно…

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Hello everyone! December 9 - very cold and very beautiful outside. This is the view from the windows of my office at work. Winter beauty! * Всем привет! 9 декабря - очень холодно и очень красиво на улице. Вот такой вид из окон моего кабинета на работе. Зимняя красота!

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Hello everyone! The photo was taken in 2006. When the Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the evening with a huge number of light bulbs, this immediately attracts attention. But at the beginning of each hour the twinkles mode turned on, when it all shimmers with lights. That's very beautiful. It is impossible not to stop, and the hand reaches for the camera. * Всем привет! Фотография сделана в 2006 году. Когда Эйфелева башня вечером подсвечивается огромным количеством лампочек,…

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Hello everyone! It's a rhinoceros from the Berlin Zoo. He eated a bite of a bunch of hay, strolled along the aviary and decidedly went to the pool. Unfortunately, photos of his joyful splashing failed. Therefore, only this moment. Photo taken in April 2015. * Всем привет! Это носорог из Берлинского зоопарка. Он как раз перекусил пучком сена, прогулялся по вольеру и решительно направился к бассейну. К сожалению, фотографии его радостного плескания у меня не получились.…

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Hello everyone! In the evening in our yard. It was already dark, but the trees and bushes were so beautiful that day. Each twig is covered with snow. I tried to take photographs in the evening light. * Всем привет! Вечером у нас во дворе. Уже стемнело, но деревья и кусты в этот день были так красивы. Каждая веточка покрыта снегом. Попробовала сделать фотографии при вечернем освещении.

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Hello everyone! On December 15, I went to the center of Moscow to see how the city was decorated for the New Year's holiday. Red Square in front of GUM. * Всем привет! 15 декабря я съездила в центр Москвы, посмтореть как украсили город к новогоднему празднику. Красная площадь перед ГУМом.

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Hello everyone! Linderhof is a small palace in a beautiful well-groomed park among the mountains in Bavaria. On the one hand, we were not lucky with the weather in the may 2012, it was cloudy and rainy. On the other hand, we saw such low clouds creeping through the mountains. I saw it for the first time. In my opinion, it's very beautiful. * Всем привет! Линдерхоф - маленький дворец в красивом ухоженном парке среди гор в Баварии. С одной стороны, в мае 2012 нам не повезло с…

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Hello everyone! Lupines I know for a long time and, to be honest, I did not really like them early. I met only the most common we have purple. But recently people have planted varieties of different colors. I looked at them more attentively, and they liked me. I think they are unpretentious. And they always rise so directly and joyfully that they cheer up. Especially I fell in love with such bright pink lupines. These flowers I photographed in 2015 at my friend's dacha. *…

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Hello everyone! The photo was taken in July 2015. One of those days when the weather changes very quickly. My friend and I were returning from her country house to Moscow. When we drove up, we saw black clouds swirling over the city. But over this area the bad weather passed only by the edge. From the window you could see a clear boundary. * Всем привет! Фотография сделана в июле 2015. Один из тех дней, когда погода очень быстро меняется. Мы с подругой возвращались с дачи в…

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Hello everyone! I photographed this phloxes in July 2018, wonderful pink flowers. And in the frame, a green guest happened to be. A tiny spider climbed onto a tall bush of phlox. It seems that he was sitting in ambush behind the petal, waiting for the prey, climbed up and hit the camera's sight.</td> * Всем привет! Я сфотографировала в июле 2018 на даче флоксы, чудесные розовые цветы. И в кадре случайно оказался зелёный гость. Малюсенький паучок забрался на высокий куст…

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Hello everyone! On the square in Elektrostal we have already a traditional New Year tree for a couple of weeks: a metal cone entwined with artificial branches. In the second photo, a fragment of this tree is closer. And if you enlarge it even more, you can find my "selfie" in the ball. * Всем привет! На площади у нас в Электростали уже пару недель как установили традиционную новогоднюю ёлку: конус, увитый искусственными ветками. На второй фотографии фрагмент этой ёлки…

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Hello everyone! In the Moscow Zoo, you can see not only many interesting animals, but also a beautiful landscape. I took this photo in September 2020 from the shore of a large pond. I liked how the turret above the entrance to the zoo and the Moscow skyscraper on Barrikadnaya resonate.

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Hello everyone! Painted Christmas balls at the GUM Fair on Red Square. Beautiful and expensive. I admired it and didn't buy it. * Всем привет! Расписные новогодние шарики на ГУМ-ярмарке на Красной площади. Красивые и дорогие. Полюбовалась и не купила.

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Hello everyone! During my visit to the Moscow Zoo in September 2020, I took a lot of photos. This time I will show the birds on a large pond in the old area. The attention was attracted by very elegant Ruddy shelduck (lat.Tadorna ferruginea). The water in the pond was very calm and the floating birds were reflected as in a mirror. A whole colony of resting Ruddy shelduck has accumulated on the shore. * Всем привет! Во время визита в Московский зоопарк в сентябре 2020 года, я…

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Hello everyone! One more photo from Linderhof. I showed a view of the surrounding mountains. And here is the palace itself. In front of him is a cascade of beautiful fountains. And if you go upstairs, then opens such a wonderful view of the fountains and the palace. And behind them mountains covered with clouds. The small but very magnificent palace of the Bavarian King Ludwig II was built in the late 19th century. The palace is beautifully inscribed in the landscape and…

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Hello everyone! Once, my friend and I strolled along the path beside the forest. We were looking for mushrooms along the way. But there were very few of its that week. When we saw the rough-stemmed bolete of the undercover in the grass, we leaned towards it. And only then we notice another pretender to the booty. A huge black beetle dined with this mushroom and was not going to share. Now the instinct of photo-hunters has awakened in us. Two lenses leaned over the insect.…

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Hello everyone! My friend can not spend much time on flowers at her dacha. Therefore, by trial and error, she formed a flower garden there, which would be beautiful, but did not require daily care. One of those flowers that thankfully responded to her conditions, were phloxes. She sometimes buys a new variety in the nearest market, from those grown In the neighboring gardens. Gradually, several flower beds with different colors of phlox were obtained. Usually some finished…

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Hello everyone! Looking up while walking in a snowy forest near my house. The main thing is that at this time the wind does not blow the snow off the pines. :) * Всем привет! Взгляд вверх во время прогулки в заснеженном лесу недалеко от моего дома. Главное, чтобы в это время ветер не сдул снег с сосен. :)

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Hello everyone! If you leave the Vienna Zoo in the April evening in the direction of the metro station Hietzing, you can see how the rays of the setting sun beautifully illuminate the Hietzinger Hauptstrasse. Reflection of the sun on wires, on tram rails. The lanterns have already been switched on, but the last rays are still slipping along the walls of the houses. Photo taken in April 2011. * Всем привет! Если апрельским погожим вечером выйти из Венского зоопарка в сторону…

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Hello everyone! In winter, it's nice to remember summer. I love summer strawberry, straight from the garden, heated by the sun. And beautiful and tasty. * Всем привет! Зимой приятно вспомнить лето. Люблю дачную клубнику, прямо с грядки, нагретую солнцем. И красиво, и вкусно.

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Hello everyone! An wonderful winter day on the outskirts of my city. Frost and sun! The trees are decorated with hoarfrost. The blue sky. There is a lot of snow, but for the time being you can go easy walk thru it not only on skis. This photo I made during a lunch walk on the frozen pond in January 2018. There is a lot of snow this year, but the trees look different, in this photo there is a thin layer of frost from all sides covering each branch. * Всем привет! Образцовый…

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Hello everyone! A very simple thing - garden solar lights. They are charged in the sun and turn on when it gets dark. But I still perceive them as a small miracle. Now the sun has set and gradually the lights in the garden light up one by one. And if they also change color, it's so amazing! Just a flashlight after just rain. * Всем привет! Очень простая штука – дачные фонарики. Заряжаются на солнце и включаются, когда темнеет. Но я до сих пор воспринимаю их как маленькое…

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Hello everyone! Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it today! On December 15, I came to the center of Moscow for a walk and see how the capital was decorated before the new year. Today I want to show Nikolskaya Street, which starts from Red Square. * Всем привет! Поздравляю с Рождеством всех, кто празднует его сегодня! 15 декабря я приехала в центр Москвы погулять и посмотреть, как украсили столицу перед новым годом. Сегодня я хочу показать Никольскую улицу, которая…

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Hello everyone! Hypnotic eyes. A funny scene in the country market. This rather well-fed local dog just hypnotizes the seller of sausages. Very polite, does not bark, does not put his nose anywhere. Just sitting and watching. He hopes. Oops, something did not work ... I took the photo in July 2015. * Всем привет! Гипнотический взгляд. Забавная сценка на дачном рынке. Этот довольно упитанный местный пёс просто гипнотизирует продавца колбас. Очень вежливый, не лает, не лезет…

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Hello everyone! Mont Saint-Michel is one of the most impressive places on earth. Once, preparing for a trip to France, I saw photographs with a lock on a cliff in the middle of the sea and was struck by this miracle. In May 2006, we went for one day to Mont-Saint-Michel. The reality did not disappoint. The abbey, which was built on a rock in the 11th century, looks like a fairy-tale castle. And the sea air, the ebb, which opens the seabed for kilometers, the medieval city…

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Hello everyone! This scene I spied on Nikolskaya Street in Moscow on December 15. Winter is very snowy this year. The streets in the center are cleared, but they do not have time to take out all the snowdrifts. And the children are happy with the snowdrifts. Although the snow does not look very clear anymore, the children enjoy playing in the snow. And also you can see an angel accompanying someone on a walk in the direction of Red Square. * Всем привет! Сценка,…

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Hello everyone! I photographed this pair of black swans on a pond in the Nikolo-Ugreshsky monastery. There were quite a few waterfowl hibernating there. Of course, this beautiful couple stood out among the ducks. Visitors to the monastery feed birds. Having eaten a bite, the swans rushed off. It seems that the pursuer wants to discuss something urgently. * Всем привет! Я сфотографировала эту пару чёрных лебедей на пруду в Николо-Угрешском монастыре. Там зимовало довольно…

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Hello everyone! Sunsets are beautiful in the sky or reflected in the water. But simply the light of the setting sun decorates everything around. A sun reflection in the snow under the tree seems to me very beautiful too.

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Hello everyone! If you leave the fortress of Nuremberg through Tiergärtnertor, then from there you can see one of the most picturesque squares of the city - Tiergärtnerplatz. Half-timbered houses, a cobblestone pavement, the fortress, the house of Durer, an eerie sculpture based on the cute drawing of the famous artist are all here. There are also various cafes where you can sit after a walk and try traditional Nuremberg sausages and smoked beer. My friends and I did so in…

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Hello everyone! Winter this year is very snowy and frosty. Right, real winter, as it happened in my childhood in the last century, as if there was no global warming. There is a forest across the street from my house, into which I went for a walk on Sunday, December 19th. For some time now they began to clear the path in the forest with a tractor, so that, despite the snowfalls, one could safely walk. Bright pine trunks in a white specks from the adhering snow, very…

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Hello everyone! Photos were taken during a walk in the woods on December 19. Young trees bent in an arc under the weight of the snow. It turned out to be a kind of arches. * Всем привет! Фотографии сделаны во время прогулки по лесу 19 декабря. Молодые деревца склонились дугой под тяжестью снега. Получились своеобразные арки.

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Hello everyone! A yellow ladybird set down on the flower in the tones suitable for beetle's clothes. Out of all the flowers in the garden, she chose a yellow-orange flower of a marigold (tagetes). This photo from my archive was taken in the summer of 2015. * Всем привет! Жёлтая божья коровка расположилась на цветке в подходящих для её одёжки тонах. Из всех цветов на даче она выбрала жёлто-оранжевый цветок бархатца. Эта фотография из моего архива сделана летом 2015.

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Hello everyone! Here is my big home tree with a garland. Unfortunately, I noticed that one line of bulbs was off in the garland. But she was already put on the tree, and all the toys were hung. Probably, by the next new year it will be necessary to buy another. Most of the bulbs are still glowing. A one shot in the dark. And in the light. I put calendars for the next year and postcards sent from friends around. We have been exchanging postcards for the New Year for several…