Hello everyone! At the end of May I had a short vacation and my friend and I went on a 4-day tourist trip to the Volga. By train we arrived in Syzran. We arrived at the Syzran-1 station (not a very big city has 5 railway stations!). This station is a beautiful building of the 19th century. On the square is a model of the first Russian steam locomotive of the Cherepanov brothers. As well as a real Soviet steam locomotive L-5184, produced in the late 1940s. In 2014, it was…
@etoka in June 2022
Hello everyone! Our first excursion on the trip was to Racheysky Bor - a natural monument in the Samara region. There are pines and deciduous trees. After the industrial city - incredibly clean air. As we climbed the path, huge stones of interesting shapes began to appear, which are the highlight of this place. * Всем привет! Первая наша экскурсия в поездке была в Рачейский бор – памятник природы в Самарской области. Там сосны и лиственные деревья. После промышленного города…
Hello everyone! I captured this scene from the intimate life of insects recently during a short trip to the Middle Volga. The natural zone there is forest-steppe. As it turned out, there are many plants and animals in this zone that I do not see in the Moscow region. It's always very interesting. White flowers are Crambe tataria. It don't grow in my region. This white bush was very attractive to various insects that literally dotted it. For the competition, I chose these…
Hello everyone! I will continue the story about the amazing Racheysky forest in the Samara region. As we slowly climbed higher and higher, the landscape became more and more interesting. This place is called the Racheian Alps. Huge stones of various shapes grew in our path. * Всем привет! Продолжу рассказ про удивительный Рачейский бор в Самарской области. По мере того, как мы потихоньку поднимались всё выше, пейзаж становился всё интереснее. Это место называют Рачейские…
Hello everyone! In June 2019, my friend and I went on a cruise on the Oka. One of the cities we visited was Murom. I took this photo in the Holy Trinity Monastery. Here, as a shrine, the relics of Peter and Fevronia are kept. For the Orthodox, this married couple is a symbol of love and fidelity. Not surprisingly, the monastery has a lot of beautiful flowers. In June, the mock orange (Philadelphus) bushes were just strewn with white fragrant flowers. It has such a strong…
Hello everyone! I really love lilies of the valley - small white spring flowers with a delicious aroma. They grow in our forests, but unfortunately they are endangered. I photographed these lilies of the valley in the Rachey forest during a recent trip to the Volga. * Всем привет! Я очень люблю ландыши - маленькие белые весенние цветы с восхитительным ароматом. Они растут в наших лесах, но к сожалению, находятся под угрозой исчезновения. Эти ландыши я сфотографировала в…
Hello everyone! I was on a cruise on the Volga in June 2018. The farthest point of our route was the beautiful city of Plyos. I knew that this city is associated with the name of the famous artist Isaac Levitan. It was there that he worked hard and painted many landscapes. We did not immediately notice a wonderful monument, about which we knew nothing. Levitan himself just stands on a hill and paints a picture, as he did when he lived in Plyos. No pedestals, the artist just…
Hello everyone! I propose to admire another landscape in Racheysky pine forest. * Всем привет! Предлагаю полюбоваться ещё одним пейзажем в Рачейском бору. <td> I propose to admire one of the landscapes.</td></tr>
Hello everyone! We saw such chic yellow tulips against the backdrop of the triumphal arch in the Austrian Schönbrunn in April 2011. * Всем привет! Такие шикарные жёлтые тюльпаны на фоне триумфальной арки мы увидели в австрийском Шёнбрунне в апреле 2011.
Hello everyone! Dachshunds are funny, but at the same time extremely active, dexterous, cheerful and courageous dogs that remain invariably popular. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, having settled in Melikhovo and intending to get purebred dogs, also could not resist their charm. In the spring of 1893, a couple of puppies arrived from St. Petersburg from the dachshunds of Chekhov's acquaintance, the editor of the magazin "Fragments", Leikin. Maria, the writer's sister, gave the…
Happy #Caturday Hello everyone! This cat I photographed during the tour of the Uglich Kremlin. There were quite a lot of people around, but the cat was lazily engaged in hygiene procedures and paid no attention to anyone. * Всем привет! Этого котика я сфотографировала во время экскурсии по Угличскому кремлю. Народу вокруг было довольно много, но котик лениво занимался гигиеническими процедурами и не обращал ни на кого внимания.
Hello everyone! I took this photo on 06/22/2022 during a lunch break walk in my city near Moscow. On this flower, several insects acquaint with nectar at once. Large Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) . From a distance, I thought it was a bumblebee. And it turned out to be a beetle unfamiliar to me, which I had to identify using the Internet. Amazing yellow and black pattern. Interestingly, there is also a small beetle at the top left of the frame, and also with a…