Pics and other stuff

The pink phalaenopsis was opening more and more flowers for about two months now, and I got tired of photographing it somewhat. Now the...

Kirill 's back from Fuerteventura, and this time he decided (to pass some time on a rainy day) to adorn himself with multiple braids. ...

Once a method for doing something is perfected (or something close to perfected), it should theoretically get boring, right? Learning curv...

funny name, almost air force but not quite. The format of the main waterfall is not suitable for the orientation of most computer screen...

Now, she had a dream about the king of Sweden, He gave her things that she was needin', He gave her a home built of gold and steel,...

It was frosty today in the morning, second time in a row. I had to spend some happy time with ice scraper before we could start for schoo...

pomegranate on black mirror it's difficult to guess what the inside of it will be like once you opened it, but this one proved to b...

Bought those today in Chinese supermarket on Mill road. Lady behind the counter told me that they are thought to be good for lungs. That...

Cumbria again. St. John's-in-the-Vale view, from lay-by on A66 Cumbria pics on shutterstock

no other reason. Continuing down the nostalgic route - close to my house in Moscow, there used to be "birds' market" - big...

when you go along A66 to the west, not long before you come to Keswick, the road goes up and then along one side of a pretty valley for a ...

I was choosing the most undamaged and photogenic romanesco broccoli at our market, accompanied by the usual trader shouts ("strAAAAWW...

We went for a circular walk that goes along Derwent water, into the woods to Lodore falls, up more or less along the Watendlath Beck (smal...

on our way back from the lakes yesterday we took not the most direct of routes but went for scenic instead, going along the smaller roads...

we are back from Cumbria. Stayed in a cottage close to lake district. Weather weren't that great, but we did have two ok days, so not ...

Interesting name - the "zelkova" bit, "serrata" is pretty straightforward. I was half-expecting to find that it was na...

She's wearing a monkey-head knitted hat and no arms. In the article below it is explained that one hand went missing last week. When...

at least I am pretty sure they are. They don't give change in the parking meter on Mill road in Cambridge, and we didn't have the ...

Timur spend whole day doing activities with cubs and scouts. He came home looking like this. I am sure this war paint rendered him perfect...

continued experimenting with lights . I always wanted to do some pics with strong-contrast side light and now I have the wherewithal. Two ...