Got Pictures?

[orin stepanek]

I like the way the trees are silhouetted in the early morning light before sunrise!

early morning light 001.jpg (46.51 KiB) Viewed 1798 times

early morning light 002.jpg (40.2 KiB) Viewed 1798 times

[Ann]

Beautiful, Orin!

Ann

[makc]

here's where I spent half of this summer:



I would post a picture of bear, too, but he smashed my camera with his balalajka.

[Beyond]

balalajka

[makc]

balalajka!

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

[Beyond]

Would that be a Greek or Russian bear

[Ann]

Playing the balalajka?

Ann

[☭makc☭]

sigh, so I was away for so long that noone remembers where am I from... and it was USSR.

p.s. more balalajka to hijack the thread:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

(хотя вы всё равно не поймёте слова)

[starstruck]

Three strings and the truth, yay!, go for it . . . I need to get me some of that 'happy juice'

(..it sure seems to work for those guys!)

[orin stepanek]

here's where I spent half of this summer:



I would post a picture of bear, too, but he smashed my camera with his balalajka.

Lovely pictures makc

[Beyond]

Makc, it wouldn't have mattered if you went away for a while or not. I didn't know you were from the Big Bear to begin with. Nice symbols around your name. They kinda add *pa-zazz*.

[Orca]

makc, interesting instrument! I'd never heard of a Balalaika.

I started reading more about them. Get a load of this:

Click to view full size image

I was stuck by the reaction of the audience in the video. I thought the performance was very impressive; however, other than a few individuals, most of the audience seemed rather...unmoved.

[Ann]

I, too, think that your pictures are very beautiful, makc.

When I was a kid, everybody liked the "Kalinka" song. It was the most Russian, or perhaps the most Soviet, song we knew.

I think this is a great video, although slightly marred by those somewhat over the top guys in outrageous hairdos and shoes.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Ann

[makc]

I was stuck by the reaction of the audience in the video. I thought the performance was very impressive; however, other than a few individuals, most of the audience seemed rather...unmoved.

These days I see alot of people around that I can describe by Joe mama quote: "if it aint a pack of cigarettes, I'm not interested".

[orin stepanek]

We must have had 5 inches of snow! Here, I tried to capture my neighbors evergreen!

[orin stepanek]

I took these at 4:47pm yesterday afternoon! Days are getting pretty short.

sunset 001.jpg (34.54 KiB) Viewed 1661 times

sunset 003.jpg (45.25 KiB) Viewed 1661 times

[orin stepanek]

Looked out the front door this morning and the sunlit sky was really nice.

[Orca]

Got a wee bit of snow recently:

Click to view full size image

Snow around here is very unpredictable. It is usually wet slimy stuff that melts away soon after it falls. We've had several dusting/melting sessions over the last few days. So far it's been enough to look pretty but not enough to cause traffic problems.