It's Flowers Time

It's flowers time! All is blooming. Blooming and smells. At the same time. White, yellow, lilac, red!
What color do you like? :)

Posted by Artem

White blossom

There is little left of blossom by now but still there can be found some.

Linden

The smell of blooming linden is one of the best summer things. And the one I'm always looking forward to.

Blooming stawberry

This photo was taken a while ago, and we expect to see ripe berries soon. The weather over here is far from summer-like but I like it better than winter, anyway!

Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos

This church is located in a small side street of central city. It was built about 1675 to replace a wooden version of 50+ years old. After revolution of 1917 it was turned to sewing workshop. Restored in 1990s, the building is used for its original purposes now.

Pear-tree in bloom

Wonderful summer-like weather changed to chilly and rainy autumn-like, but trees are in full bloom. Just like this pear-tree next to my office.

P.S. More photos on my extension site.

Blooming white

Summer is over. Last few days were extremely cold: +7C is too much (or rather too little) even for Moscow! The only warming thing I've got is summer memories...

Turning 30

When you're 15 you think of 30 years mark as of something far and unreal, and people of this age seem old and hopeless.
But when you reach it yourself, you get surprised how young you feel and what a nonsense all these 'aniversaries'. I have enrite life ahead and don't feel any older than 20 years back.

And I'd like to thank you all for your attention to my blog and your kind support - it's just one more thing that makes my life brighter.

Pink texture

Green&pink (texture)

More photos on my extension site.

This apple tree is about to bloom.

Bird-cherry in bloom

May is here, so there is a series of blooming photos to come. Today I'll show you a picture of bird-cherry blossom. The weatherlore states that days become significantly colder as bird-cherry trees burst into bloom. There is even a special name for that decade of nasty weather in May after great summer-like days - 'bird-cherry cold spell'. Thankfully, this year is unusual for the weather is still warm and nice.

Linden in bloom

I was so lucky as to catch the blooming linden. I like its honey-scented
blossom and always slow down my pace when passing a tree in bloom. Those blossoms mark Midsummer which means that hottest days are here even though the temperature could be but +20C. Nevertheless, it's a wonderful time.

P.S. More photos on my Extension site.

Yellow spot

Another photo of "Bloom&Blossom" series. Frankly saying, I have no idea what plant it is because this shrubbery is not native to Moscow area. Do you know what is it?

Country in bloom

One more photo of 'bloom&blossom' serias, this time it's from country. And a few words I would like to tell you about living in country area. A significant part of Russians still live in small private houses, which are single-stored and surrounded by little backyard. Most villagers still do not have either water-supply or sewerage in their houses, and indoor bathrooms are extremely rare. Backyards are used for kitchen-gardens and orchards, which provide considerable addition to food allowance but also involve enourmous toil. I'm way too accustomed to the comfort of city life to live in a country-house, but many people wouldn't change their 'estates' and private kitchen-gardens for the questionable 'all-inclusive' apartment in ant-hill of the town.

Julia asked me whether Russian (or, rather, cyrillic) script can be used in this blog. Yes, it can. The question is whether your computer would be able to recognise it. For example, mine doesn't support Spanish script and some other kinds of specific fonts.

Aroma therapy

Do you like lilac? I do, even though my tongue gets utterly confused while trying to say 'I like lilac' (make multiple attempts, at least 10 in a row, and you'll get my point). So even though admitting the fact sounds somewhat like articulation exercise, I do like lilac. Both blossom sight and scent catch me whenever I pass by, make me slow down and absorb that transient beauty. This year lilac blooms unusually early, 2-3 weeks before its usual time. To me lilac marks the beginning of summer; may be this is the reason why I like it so much.
Do you have lilac in your area?

P.S. More photos on my extension site

After rain

We had a bit of raining last night which relieved a little sufferings of megapolis. Well, this photo wasn't taken yesterday but it suited perfectly.
I took a day off today to recover my health and am enjoing laziness of a work-free time. And you take a good care of yourselves so nothing could spoil this wonderful season.

Dominant white

And - here you are! - another blossom photo. I'm afraid this is still not the last one.
We have surprisingly summer-like weather over here: hot (+29C !!!) and sunny. The air, melting over asphalt, is filled with heavy odour of lilac, wild cherry, rowan and sun-warmed soil. City punds and fontains are most popular facilities these days. Beautiful season, indeed.

Another portion of blooming

Well, I continue my 'blossoms photos' if you don't mind :)
I took this picture in one of the old and quiet neighbourhoods, where houses are still not higher than 5-6 stores and trees abound. I loved the colour accent given by those benches, and the place looks rather inviting, doesn't it?

P.S. More photos on my extension site