BlogHide Resteemsdaybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearSome sunny April photosHi friends, today I want to show you some springtime photos taken on a sunny April day. We will start this little walk in New Holland and continue behind the Obvodny Canal, near Staro-Petergofsky…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearA walk near the old manor houseThe bright blue sky is the perfect backdrop for the ornamentation of power lines and the lace of branches. Spring is a time of contrasts. In summer, the landscape will be more colourful, but shades…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearA memory from 2020Suddenly an unusual flashback came to mind, and I decided to look in my archives for photographs. The photos were in the very folder I had put them in two and a half years ago. It was the end of…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearA walk behind Narvskaya ZastavaThe area behind Narvskaya Zastava is predominantly built up with two- and three-storey apartment buildings. Such development is common in the outskirts of the city, which were systematically built…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearA little stroll across Vasilievsky IslandNot even a walk, I was just walking through the courtyards from point A to point B, and I wasn't going to take pictures at all. But here I just had to stop and pull out my smartphone. Just a second…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearYouth PalaceI came across the information in a public forum that they had decided to demolish the Youth Palace. Not that I have any special memories of this building, not at all. I have attended some concerts…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearA sudden oceanI was walking around Vasilievsky Island and suddenly saw something unusual in the landscape in one of the backyards. I had to go in the courtyard and take a closer look. Гуляла по Васильевскому…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearPhotographing Architecture. Two churches from OranienbaumHello friends, today I would like to show you two Orthodox churches from Oranienbaum. I especially like Michael Archangel's cathedral, during my visits to Oranienbaum I admire this white-walled…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearLilacs and tulips in early springWinter started early this year, back in November, but decided to leave late - April days are no less snowy than December days. True, between December and April there were winter thaws in January and…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • last yearSnowy AprilIt was snowing again this morning. A shallow, almost imperceptible one - at least Yandex-weather didn't notice it and informed me that there was no precipitation outside and not expected. Nor did…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoAn evening on the Fontanka River embankmentThe Fontanka's banks are clad in granite from where it separates from the Neva River, almost to the mouth. Only a small stretch downstream remains free from the granite shackles. Here you will not…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoPhotographing Architecture. WindowsHi friends, I think windows are a great theme, very interesting! I didn't choose a single architectural structure this time, but I did it in a different way. I decided to combine in one post photos…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoThe lantern and other street art storiesHi friends, today I want to share with you a small collection of street art. The first image looks like it was made by a professional artist. Maybe it's a reproduction of a famous (to everyone but…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoA snowy evening in Salt LaneThe weather outside the window remains familiar, snowy and rainy. The last days of March feel like an unplanned excursion into late autumn. In the morning, I wonder at the weather forecast: what…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoEvening Walk in the Summer GardenThis morning I got dressed warmly so that no draughts could reach my virally weakened body and went outside for a walk in the fresh spring air. The street greeted with a light spring snow and a grey…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoPhotographing Architecture. Vitebsky railway stationHello friends! The theme for the new stage of the contest is Public transport station buildings. These buildings are among my favourites! So I have got photos of railway, metro and bus stations…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoSome more dacha picturesHi friends, the subject of processing photos in different styles has proven to be very fascinating. Today I want to continue it, but not within the framework of the contest. However, this post is a…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoPhoto contest: post processing #17. Countryside picturesHello friends, I'm getting down to the last minute task for the seventeenth stage of the competition. I was even going to skip it altogether - during my illness even short posts with previously…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoHouse on the Moyka River EmbankmentFrom the side of the embankment this house looks rather ordinary, it can be classified as an ordinary historical structure. The building was built in the middle of the 19th century. This is what the…daybook (68)in hive-185836 • 2 years agoA walk in the Yusupovsky GardenHello friends, I have caught an evil virus somewhere and am now lying in bed with a high fever. I take antipyretics, but in reasonable quantities - so that up to 39 the thermometer did not crawl. It…
