Hello everyone! What a pity, the New Year holidays are coming to an end. I will show you a very miniature Christmas tree that I put at my work. It is so small that I have not seen toys for her. Therefore, I made it myself from beads and shells. And pendants from the Sunlight store, which at one time were handed out as gifts, perfectly fit there. This one, in the form of a red gift box - it turned out to be quite the topic. * Всем привет! Какая жалось, заканчиваются…
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Hello everyone! A very small snail, crawling on the wrist of my friend. For snail, this is a huge space with hills. The snail was very tiny. Probably less than 0.5 cm. Photographed in summer 2016. * Всем привет! Очень маленькая улиточка, ползущая по руке моей подруги. Для неё это огромное пространство с холмами. Она совсем малюсенькая была. Наверное, меньше чем 0,5 см. Сфотографировано летом 2016.
Hello everyone! 2021 was a sad year for me, I was left alone. I always celebrated New Year at home. But now it seemed to me sad. And I was very happy when I received an invitation from friends and went to celebrate the New Year at a party. Everyone has contributed to the New Year's table, traditional and gourmet. And here's what happened. Red caviar is always festive, bright, tasty and New Year's. Traditional salads. I cooked herring under a fur coat. I was worried, but it…
Hello everyone! I always envy the ability of cats who can very comfortably settle in the strangest conditions: on a branch, on the edge of the table, in a small box. This polar bear can compete with them for primacy. So sweetly asleep, settling in the shade on the bare stones. The day was warm and sunny, but coolness was more important for the inhabitant of the northern ice expanses. The photo was taken in September 2008 in the Moscow Zoo. * Всем привет! Я всегда завидую…
Hello everyone! On December 15, I walked around the center of Moscow, including going to the GUM Fair in the very heart of the capital, on Red Square. There were presented in separate stalls products of various folk crafts. Including the famous Pyatigorsk bronze. It was there that I saw a charming bulldog in a row with dogs of different breeds. He is small, so it turned out to be not so easy to photograph him. But despite the size, the figurine is very carefully designed. *…
Hello everyone! Such an intimate scene I saw in the Moscow Zoo. Watching animals is one of the big pleasures in life. This couple of walruses gathered a fair amount of spectators, who enthusiastically watched their relations, hugs and somersaults. And walruses did not care whether representatives of a different species looked at them or not. They were only busy with themselves and, it seems, quite happy. * Всем привет! Такую интимную сценку я подсмотрела в Московском…
Hello everyone! Yesterday I showed a bronze bulldog that has expanded my collection. And I bought two more porcelain figurines at a fair in my city of Elektrostal on December 16. There were many different breeds of dogs, including my favorite bulldogs. The saleswoman said that she always sells at local fairs, but usually stands in some corner where no one notices her. It's wonderful that this time she was in the right place at the right time. The artist was clearly inspired…
Hello everyone! If in winter a thaw changes frosty and snowy weather, and then frost again, then such ice decorations may appear on the tree branches. I took this photo in February 2018. * Всем привет! Если зимой оттепель сменяет морозную и снежную погоду, а затем опять мороз, то на ветках деревьев могут появиться вот такие ледяные украшения. Эту фотографию я сделала в феврале 2018 года.
Hello everyone! One of the trees on Lenin Square in Elektrostal is always decorated for the New Year with luminous large balls. In combination with frost, it became doubly magical. * Всем привет! Одно из деревьев на площади Ленина у нас в Электростали всегда украшают к Новому году светящимися большими шарами. В сочетании с инеем это стало вдвойне волшебно.
Hello everyone! This is the Bactrian camel from the Moscow Zoo. The Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) is the largest representative of the suborder of the Tylopoda. Wild camels are now rare. But this is a common domestic animal in Asian countries. But in European cities to see a camel it is usually possible only in a zoo. Like all large animals, they make a strong impression. Many have heard that a camel in exasperation can abundantly and accurately spit on the offender.…
Hello everyone! My first meeting with Venice. Sunny April Day in 2013. Just one day, which remained in the memory as an incredibly bright impression. Turquoise water, blue sky, bright sun and fairytale city . And the transport is also fabulous: elegant boats - gondolas. And gondoliers, representing their city. Here is a portrait of one of them - in a lyrical mood. * Всем привет! Моя первая встреча с Венецией. Солнечный апрельский день в 2013 году. Всего один день, который…
Hello everyone! The traditional decorations at this place in Elektrostal are the “Happy New Year” arch and two Santa Clauses. In fact, in Russia, traditional New Year characters have long been: Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Why they preferred the second grandfather to the Snow Maiden, I don’t know. This is very strange, given the general ideological orientation in the country. * Всем привет! Традиционные украшения на этом месте в Электростали – арка «С Новым годом» и два…
Hello everyone! Cross spiders (Araneus diadematus) are quite common here. They are always interesting to consider more closely. It's amazing how light spots form in a clearly visible cross. However, one must bear in mind that the bite of these spiders can cause trouble. He is not fatal to man, but is poisonous. Therefore, it is undesirable to touch these spiders. That's where the camera comes to the rescue. You can take a picture of a spider, who brazenly wove a cobweb on…
Hello everyone! Another photo taken on a frosty day in the city center. Here, all the attention is on the frost on the trees. * Всем привет! Ещё одна фотография, сделанная в морозный день в центре города. Здесь всё внимание на иней на деревьях.
Hello everyone! I continue to acquaint you with the animals of the Moscow Zoo. Large felines are incredibly interesting. Seeing them, you always have conflicting feelings. In front of you is obviously a clever, dangerous predator. And at the same time it is impossible not to notice that these are also cat. Look at this cheetah. Everyone knows that they are clever hunters, speed record-holders among mammals. But here he serenely sleeps, having kept in the same pose, as many…
Hello everyone! Photo from a walk in the center of Elektrostal on a frosty evening on December 29. These branches of the bush, provocatively sticking up and wrapped in hoarfrost, seemed to me both beautiful and funny. * Всем привет! Фотография с прогулки в центре Электростали в морозный вечер 29 декабря. Эти веточки кустарника, задорно торчащие вверх и укутанные инеем показались мне и красивыми, и забавными.
Hello everyone! This beautiful big snail I met not in the park, not on the lawn. She crawled along the parapet along the street in Munich in May 2012. There were several of them. My friends and I went to the museum, and I do not know where the snail crawled with her friends. For us, such a meeting in the city was unexpected. We stopped to photograph these snails. The snail crawled in the direction it needed and did not pay attention to the lens approaching it. She's…
Hello everyone! My photo from a walk in the center of Elektrostal on December 29th. Hoarfrost decorated the city before the New Year better than professional decorators. * Всем привет! Моя фотография с прогулки в центре Электростали 29 декабря. Иней украсил город перед Новым годом лучше, чем профессиональные декораторы.
Hello everyone! This touching pair of David's deers I photographed in the Moscow Zoo. The deer of David are unusual animals. Once they were in China, but in nature were exterminated, and the herd of animals remained only in a fenced and guarded imperial park. There they were first seen by the French missionary and scholar Jean-Pierre Arman David, who was in China in the diplomatic service. In 1869, he took a few deer to Europe. In England, they took root in the estate of…
Hello everyone! It is one of four lion-fountains, located near the obelisk in the center of Piazza del Popolo in Rome. We visited there in the evening, when the sun had already set. This square - Piazza del Popolo - is not very populous usually and there is no traffic on it. Here you can safely walk, resting from the crowd and admiring the fountains. The photo was taken in May 2013. * Всем привет! Это один из четырех львов-фонтанов, расположенных около обелиска в центре…
Hello everyone! Summer 2017 I spent 1 day in Vyborg. It was remembered by the beautiful park Mon Repos. The city's central part struck me by ruins. This is a rather strange sensation when you walk in the center of a modern city that has been living for many decades in peacetime, moreover, a very attractive city for tourists, and behind every turn there are ruined houses. Some ruins have remained since the wars in the middle of the XX century. The most sad is beautiful…
Hello everyone! Tired of snow and frost, I want spring already. Photo from my archive, taken in April 2018. This is the coltsfoot (Tussilago), in our region - this is the first spring flower. Even the grass does not start to turn green, and the yellow circles of the coltsfoots appears on the thawed patches. And the little bee, very small and very hungry. In summer they do not sit for a long time on the same flower. And And that time a few minutes, which I ssed out with the…
Hello everyone! Such creative soft toys were sold in the souvenir shop of the Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg. In my opinion, they are very funny, bright and, of course, unusual. I photographed them in the summer of 2016 when I was on a tour in this palace. * Всем привет! Вот такие креативные мягкие игрушки продавались в сувенирном магазине Юсуповского дворца в Санкт-Петербурге. По-моему, они очень забавные, яркие и, конечно, необычные. Я сфотографировала их летом 2016,…
Hello everyone! These are two Asian elephants from the Moscow Zoo. The photo was taken in 2008. These elephants have a difficult history of appearance in the Moscow Zoo. It was in 1985. Vietnam as a gift to Cuba sent on board the ship 7 young elephants. They have come a long way. But when the ship approach to Cuba, the gifted found out that the elephants had been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease. This disease has never been met in Cuba. And the Cubans, being afraid…
Hello everyone! Tour to Italy in the spring of 2013. began for us in another country - in San Marino. This is the kind of locomotive that carries tourists in the small country of San Marino. I immediately remembered the dreamy locomotive from Romashkino from the Soviet cartoon. Unfortunately, I did not have time to ride this train. Group tour problem - time is always limited. * Всем привет! Тур в Италию весной 2013г. начался для нас в другой стране - в Сан-Марино. Вот такой…
Hello everyone! This photo was taken in May 2017. I went to the car, and there is the Longhorn beetle in camouflage sitting there. In May, just the overwintering beetles come out of their wood mink into a new life. I had never seen such beetles with a military camouflage pattern. Perhaps, I just did not notice, as they merged with the tree bark or grass. But here, on a monochromatic background, it was very noticeable. * Всем привет! Эта фотография сделана в мае 2017. Подошла…
Hello everyone! Another photo from a walk in the center of Elektrostal, when everything was shrouded in frost. Our unpretentious Christmas tree was also slightly embellished with frost. * Всем привет! Ещё одна фотография с прогулки по центру Электростали, когда всё инеем было окутано. Простенькую нашу ёлку тоже иней слегка приукрасил.
Hello everyone! Since 2019, 2 pandas have been living in the Moscow Zoo. I visited there in September 2020, looked at these cute bears for a long time and took a few photos. This is a male Zhui. He eats bamboo for breakfast, which is shipped from China. * Всем привет! В Московском зоопарке с 2019 года живут 2 панды. Я там побывала в сентябре 2020, долго рассматривала этих милых медведей и сделала несколько фотографий.. Это самец Жуи. Он завтракает бамбуком, который…
Hello everyone! This photo was taken in March 2006 in the center of Moscow. Such a Moscow landscape is no longer to be seen. Hotel Russia is a huge and, for my taste, ugly building near the Kremlin, was built in the late 60s of the last century. The saddest thing is that at the same time the ancient Moscow district Zaryadie was destroyed. Miraculously preserved a couple of wonderful churches, which you also see in this photo. The hotel did not stand half a century. In March…
Hello everyone! This African pig with big tusks and outgrowths on the muzzle, for which it is called a warthog, seems at first sight rather ugly. But they are also charming. Look at this melancholy look, at this hairstyle. In my opinion, he is very nice. This is a warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) from the Moscow Zoo, I photographed it there in 2008. On the 2nd photo it is better to see a pretty hairdress. Sorry, a little out of focus. * Всем привет! Эта африканская свинья с…
Hello everyone! Today I will show you a couple of photos of my favorite New Year tree in the center of Elektrostal. This is not a spruce, but something deciduous. It has been decorated for the New Year with luminous large balls for many years. And when at the end of December all the trees were covered with frost, despite the frost, the first thing I went to this tree was to capture the beauty closer. * Всем привет! Покажу сегодня пару фотографий моего любимого новогоднего…
Hello everyone! I recently showed the panda Zhui from the Moscow Zoo. And today I present to you the female Dindin, who also lives in the Moscow Zoo since 2019. Photos taken in September 2020. * Всем привет! Я недавно показывала панду Жуи из Московского зоопарка. А сегодня представляю вам самочку Диндин, которая тоже живет с 2019 года в Московском зоопарке. Фотографии сделаны в сентябре 2020.
Hello everyone! I took these photos in May 2013 in Rome. This is the famous Trevi Fountain. Hundreds of tourists comes daily to admire on the spectacular fountain, adjacent to the wall of the Polly Palace, the biggest fountain of Rome. A dense crowd surrounds the beautiful composition all day long. The fountain was created in the 18th century. He is one of the symbols of Rome. He was glorified and in the cinema. One of the spectacular scenes of the film Sweet Life Fellini…
Hello everyone! The most common ladybirds in our region are red. I did not even know before that they were different. But here somehow the yellow came across. I already showed it. And here is the beauty in black sits on the flower of St. John's wort in July 2015. It is very small, twice less than ordinary ladybirds. And very brilliant. It is visible, as in it the sky and all around are reflected. Ladybirds are so bright that people have distinguished them from time…
Hello everyone! Such a pleasant car, hung with flowers, I saw on one of the small streets of Rome. The photo was taken in May 2013. * Всем привет! Такую милую машинку, обвешанную цветами, я увидела на одной из маленьких улочек Рима. Фотография сделана в мае 2013.
Hello everyone! Garlands were hung on some trees to decorate for the New Year in the center of Elektrostal. It usually look good, but against the background of a natural decorator - frost - the light bulbs are lost. * Всем привет! Для украшения к новому году в центре Электростали на некоторых деревьях развесили гирлянды. Они обычно неплохо смотрятся, но на фоне природного декоратора – инея – лампочки потерялись.
Hello everyone! A beautiful animal from the Moscow Zoo is a rocky mountain goat. In the aviary for them was built a rock on which they walk, feeling at home. This animal in a snow-white fur coat looks very impressive. Look how proudly she looks from the heights to the audience. The photo was taken in September 2008. Plate in the zoo: "Rocky mountain goat are fearless animals. There was not a case when a herd of mountain goats was caught unawares, rushed in all directions.…
Hello everyone! Photo from my archive. Inflatable attractions for children are installed in our city of Elektrostal during the holidays. I liked how these bright multi-colored figures look against the blue sky. It was City Day in September 2017. * Всем привет! Фотография из моего архива. Надувные аттракционы для детей устанавливают у нас в городе Электростали во время праздников. Мне понравился, как смотрятся эти яркие разноцветные фигуры на фоне голубого неба. Это был День…
Hello everyone! In September 2020 I went to the Moscow Zoo specifically to see giant pandas. I have already shown you photos of these wonderful animals. Leaving the zoo, I bought a reflective keychain as a keepsake. It now hangs on my bag. * Всем привет! В сентябре 2020г. я ездила в Московский зоопарк специально, чтобы посмотреть на больших панд. Я уже показала вам фотографии этих замечательных животных. Уходя из зоопарка, я купила на память светоотражающий брелок. Он теперь…
Hello everyone! In summer flowers and butterflies adorn the world. Even the simplest ones. Look at the garden whites butterfly, sitting on a blossoming burdock. They really beautiful, is not it? And complement each other in color. From a distance I saw the color combination. And having photographed and having looked this pic in increase, has noted streaks on wings of the butterfly and a beautiful fluffy brush of a flower. I'm a small specialist in butterflies. I remember…
Hello everyone! Swiss guardsman in official dress uniform. The photo was taken at the Vatican in May 2013. The Swiss Guards are the Vatican's army since 1506. A bright and rather strange for the soldiers form was created by the tailor Jules Repond, commissioned by Benedict XV in 1914. * Всем привет! Швейцарский гвардеец в парадной форме. Фотография сделана в Ватикане в мае 2013 года. Швейцарские гвардейцы являются армией Ватикана с 1506 года. Яркую и довольно странную для…
Hello everyone! Honestly, I do not like and I'm afraid of wasps. And I do not remember very well how it happened that my friend and I took care of saving this insect. It was at the dacha in the hot smoke summer of 2010. In this photo, the saved wasp comes to its senses after a shock. But what was before that. We found the wasp, who tried swimming in the barrel for watering but and already surrendered. I do not know how she got there. Maybe she had the sunstroke. A wasp can…
Hello everyone! When you look at such exotic and beautiful transport as Venetian gondolas, you never will think that the transport problems of any city can be actual for them. And this is so. As you can see in the photo, gondolas can also be in a traffic jam. The photo was taken in April 2013. * Всем привет! Когда смотришь на такой экзотический и красивый транспорт как венецианские гондолы, никогда не подумаешь, что для них могут быть актуальны проблемы транспорта любого…
Hello everyone! What to do if you want to participate in a marathon, and not strong enough for this? You can put on rollers and ride along the track with the participants of the race. This funny shot was made during the Moscow Marathon in September 2016. Look at how this roller happy his idea. * Всем привет! Что делать, если хочется поучаствовать в марафоне, а пробежать нет сил? Можно надеть ролики и прокатиться по трассе вместе с участниками забега. Этот забавный кадр…
Hello everyone! I rested at the dacha of my friend in August 2017. It has several valeriana plants on the site. I noticed how beautiful these umbrellas look in the evening light. Large, openwork, with already outlined fluff. In the golden rays of the setting sun it looks like a work of art. Evening contemplation of such beauty was calming, no worse than a medicinal extract from valeriana. * Всем привет! Я отдыхала на даче у подруги в августе 2017. У неё на участке растёт…
Hello everyone! Tagliata from beef. This dish I tried in August 2017 in one of the St. Petersburg restaurants, focused on Italian cuisine. Such a degree of roasting, when the meat is so red inside, I tried for the first time. The meat turned out to be very soft, juicy and tasty. In combination with red wine - it was perfect! * Всем привет! Тальята из говядины. Это блюдо я попробовала в августе 2017 в одном из питерских ресторанов, ориентированных на итальянскую кухню.…