'Little Colourful Things in Life'
A colourful fruit stand on the side of a grey road catches my attention. Its colourful appearance brings a thought of a fire burning and I almost feel a sense of heat. Enough attraction to make a tired rider stop and take a longer look at this mirage surrounded by white skies.
I park by the stand. It seems that there is no citrus fruit missing from the display. Lemons, oranges, clementines, mandarins. The whole array of varieties is right here in front of me. Even though there is the valley of Neretva river, a place where they grow on large areas, I believe that some of it must be imported.
The lady working at the stand is kind enough to show all that they have. She is smiling and doesn't mind standing in the cold for long hours. People stop occasionally and buy a bag or two of delicious sun-grown oranges that are full of vitamins and taste really good. I cunningly ask which are imported but she declines and says it's all from Croatia. Even the bags with almonds. Nice to know! Guess I got to buy some before I leave.
A jumbo-sized pomegranate. I really love it. When visiting Istanbul a few years back, I saw many street vendors squeezing the juice out of them and serving it instantly. I immediately noted that as awesome idea. My favourite juice, without any doubt. It would be a great business opportunity to start doing that here if one could easily get a street food vendor licence, what's not the case in this business depraved country.
Dried fig is an ancient delicacy, still very much enjoyed today.
Among all sorts of nuts, there is also home-made olive oil. Don't want to come off braggy but southern Croatian home-made pesticide free olive oil quality outranks anything you can find in your local supermarket. I've travelled a lot and never found a match. But to be completely transparent, I'm not saying that the Greek and Italian home-made olive oils cannot fairly compete... :D
I tell the lady to wave for the blog but she surrenders, instead. Must be my biker helmet. :D
Little things, guys, little things. Like a piece of fruit. This is what life really consists of.
Enjoy your day! :-)
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Fresh fruits! Mmm!
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Ohhhhh. Yes. There is a 'fruit stand' at a highway intersection about 100 miles from me. I always stop and buy what ever is fresh, and it is sooooo good. I'll go quite a ways out of my way to stop. The entire family works the stand that's run out of a pickup. It's wonderful.
There are now two olive growers in the valley. The first one should have some product this fall. I seriously hope they press their own oil. And the grape grower should have raisins this fall for the first time.
Life is all about the little things. They end up making such a big thing.
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ah ... I love shopping from the market.
everything is organic and fresh. and the markets really reflect the cultures of the country. I realized that it was a culture of the market by reading the university outside the city and visiting the village markets in that city one by one. Great to share. You seem to have fun. and take great pictures again! I congratulate you. maybe one day you will have the opportunity to look at my studies .. I think you will like it
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Nice
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I like your b&w realistic stuff! Classic style but very nice. :) Your steemit account is also not verified and therefore I'm not sure if they are yours or who you are. The amount of cameras and lenses you use is massive.
So did you study photography?
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hi guys.greetings yes
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Your post reminds me of traditional markets where the meeting place of buyers and sellers in the implementation is still traditional. Bargaining is commonplace until the deal is resolved. Because the price can be agreed upon, then shopping in traditional markets is guaranteed more fitting in the pocket and certainly no less complete when compared with the modern waste center. Unfortunately, now some people are reluctant to spend in traditional markets for various reasons. With the mushrooming of minimarkets around the settlement, traditional market conditions are increasingly marginalized.
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Totalmete in agreement with you, I believe that being honest and respecting the ideas, talents of others will make this community a great platform based on respect. To be honest, to have dignity, consideration is the virtue that must characterize us by respect to good morals, to moral principles and to the property of others. in this way, avoid appropriating what belongs to us.
As for your photographs, congratulations it is very good to enjoy the things that we are passionate about and combine them with the beautiful colors of the landscapes that we find on the way, in an hour of ...
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Hi @velimir
I'm surprised that in the winter you sell such a large amount of citrus fruit. The photos just glow orange.
Private entrepreneurs will not tell you the truth where they brought their products :) But nevertheless, it looks appetizing.
I saw a video in which similarly made pomegranate juice. This can become a business in many places, because this is an unusual way. The main advantage of this type of business is that the process of obtaining juice from a pomegranate occurs in front of people and this is confirmation of the naturalness of the juice obtained. When you buy juice in a bottle - you do not know how it was received.
I also read about the benefits of olive oil. You can eat natural and "clean" foods there if you want.
It's good in Croatia - to live on one of the many islands, eat natural products, dive and travel :)
Have a nice day
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I love how you always tell the story and I am very excited about how many times I read the post
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nice
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hi velimir , we dont have any issue if you do not able to respond to our comments ,we can understand , but you make your followers happy with your awesome and engaging articles.
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wow, amazing pictures and I love the way you used them to tell great stories. I am indeed inspired by this post.I am an upcoming photographer and am looking forward to learning and achieve a lot from your post. thanks for this @velimir
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Got to put a go-Pro on your bike or something for recording time-lapses!
Would be cool to see the routes you take and the backcountry and scenery involved.
Thanks for sharing this post, reminds me of when I used to drive thru Lancaster, Pennsylvania everyday for work. Farm stands everywhere, horse and buggies everywhere, long beards and square hats.
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Hey, @velimir fruits such as the ones you've pictured, are actually what our bodies need for a healthy living. I know you appreciate good health, perhaps the reason you had to stop over to see things for yourself.
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I love fruits and almonds! That's a very nice find while on the road. I love to learn how to ride a motorcycle because I know I'll be able to explore more. But I'm scared. I know how to ride a bicycle but I find motorbikes too heavy for me. And the controls confuses me. I hope someday I'll be able to do what you're doing. I feel that you've got so much freedom and more places to see with your motorcycle.
I'm also curious, have you traveled in Southeast Asia with your motorcycle? It's a very common mode of transportation here and saves you money too (and traffic). :)
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I agree @velimir the life is beautiful and made up of small things. We need to take out the time to make these small things happier moment to cherish. I ca👌see the lady waving (surrendering) but the smile on her face speaks a ton 👌
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These are seriously part of motor bikers journey and they might be little things but the way you have emphasised on it is seriously commendable. Right the way u said tired biker Catches the attention of colour. And to be honest on a bright dmsubby long journey fruits are like heaven to bofmdy. Be it anything oranges, watermelon,graoes,bananas etc. Amazing write up
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I wish I can use this one on my post.
Great colorful pictures you have there.
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You're free to quote me with @velimir signature, if you want. :)
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I like ur post very good keep it up...
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This really nice. Nicely crafted.
The fruits looks nice too.
We understand that you don't have all the time for comments but the little time you spare is really appreciated.
Thanks for the lovely photograph and write-up
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nice
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Thanks for sharing your experience with us mate. Upvote
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Nice
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I like your brother
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Nice
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nice fruits...i like the orange most..and nice bike
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the fruits are colourful indeed but the citrus of the fruit determine the inner greatness of its quality .nice post and encouraging photographs @velimir
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Nice
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thanks. @lanagelkhair my regards to your contribution. on steemit
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Hi @Velimir, You have a great eye, No beautiful thing can escape from your eyes. And the way you write a photo sentence in your article is amazing. It seems that the reader is there with you.
I would like to Resteemed ....
Thanks for sharing...
stay safe ...
keep smile... :)
GUD LUK
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Thanks @velimir For your great Photography...
I appreciate your post
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Nice
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I must say i enjoyed going through your work, its absolutely awesome post, i just feel almost salivating just looking at those fruit stand. Its a pleasure to have natural writers like you, that could give us raw materials in their beauties, i do love to follow you as one of my favorite blogger here. Nice post
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its a perfect sharing. Your article reminded me of a book.
"Explorers like us prefer to die unless they pay the bourgeois hotel money." 'The Motorcycle Logs' Ernesto Che Guevara, this book is made up of the diaries of Che's 23-year-old, his first friend on a motorcycle, along with his close friend Alberto Granado.
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wonderful travel i appreciate your photography thanks for sharing
.... best of luck..
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I'm jealous! Even though we grow many citrus fruits here, most of the produce we buy is imported from Mexico.
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Thats lovely, I havent seen a fruit stand like that in some time. The fruit looks lovely.
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Buenas imagenes @velimir Saludos desde Cuman - Sucre - Venezuela
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Great article thank i would like to see more of the pomegranate love that fruit very jealous thanks again for posting ..
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Nice pictures and the information as well...what a great traveling
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I'm always a fan of any post that promotes some citrus.
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Very interesting post dear @velimir
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love your travel series
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i like this fruit very much. thank for sharing
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LOOK AT THE FRUIT!
Seriously the amount of fruit looks so good!
Great post btw :)
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Nice post bro..thanks for sharing.upvote!
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I like your post
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Nice
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Very nice
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Nice
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very nice colors in fruits and dry fruits as well i like your post
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Yes the fruits are so colourful
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Nice
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When you copy/paste or repeatedly type the same comments you could be mistaken for a bot.
Tips to avoid being flagged
Thank You! ⚜
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The colour of every fruit Gives up the eyes, when we see them in front of our eyes. Good work @velimir
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Amazing nice work keep it up
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Beautiful story painted with beautiful words.... Loved the post, thanku for sharing :)
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I'm going to look good.
I wish you all the happiest things.
Have a nice day :)
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Nice post
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great work with the pics ...loved the post
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your post and photo very interesting, I ask permission to resteem your post
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Must be a delicious fresh fruits.
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Good post makes me inspired to read it in the future hope his idea of ideas is increasing
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Very nice... Have a nice trip 😘
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I like delicious fruits and like to follow your pace
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Nice post dear!!!!!!!!!
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@velimir These fruits are enticing.Their color is very inviting.Any of this day I would want to visit...say Croatia.I think you took these shot at Croatia. Thumbs up to you @velimir for these pictures.
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@velimir Ohhh YEAHHHHH..Fully FRESH FRUITS......I need those right now.... :(
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Jejeje very good ending of this trip :)
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woooww that's reallyy an very nice click i loved it yr....
upload more....
thnx....
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foodies in modes ...
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Awesome photography.
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a very interesting travel story I love to read your travel stories, I wait for your next travel story :)
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Have a nice travel.Thanks for introducing us various type of fruit.This is an authentic photo that you capture.
Thanks
@Resteem & follow has done.
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i like your post dear . thanks for sharing to your post.
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I really love to ride my motorcycle. When I want to just get away and be by myself and clear my head, that's what I do.
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This is neat! (๑✧‿✧๑) Looking through these photos, I kinda wish my Dad would start a blog like this. Long before I was born, he used to travel on his emerald green Honda that he had shipped from overseas.
He talked very little about his adventures until a few years ago, and it wasn't until last month that he showed us some photos! My first thought was, How come you never told us you were so cool? I guess the cool ones never brag too much (๑•‿•๑).
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You wud have only bought a fruit or a bag of almond but that paying of yours wud have meant alot to her....maybe you wud have told her about steemit....she could have been a millionare by the end of 2018 .....😃
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You are living a happy life, thanks for your advice on authours.
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every trip must have its own story
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Very enjoyable read and a very beautiful bike you got there. I should know because my dad rides the same. Did you consider side bags? They come quite handy transporting souveniers ;)
stay safe!
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so colourful and i bet i haven't seen such fruits before
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Buy
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Yeah Yeah! Who does not love fruits?
I know I do a lot. In fact if you want to know, I have a chart of which fruits mean more to me. Sometimes I feel I'm cheating on the others cause I equally love their taste and also what you could make from them.
Over here, it's quite rare to get fresh fruits. Most times they look so but when you get home they're dried up or spoilt inside. It's nice to see such a place and I hope I'll find one here soonest.
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