Summer 2021

Challenging myself to take picture every day and share some reflection

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Memories

This summer was definitely a good one. I can’t say there were many events or traveling. But it’s not only about those things. I’m grateful for people that surround me and support me. We still live in covid restrictions and sometimes it can be a bit inconvenient. But what I learned this summer that we can find something interesting and inspiring in our daily routine when we do usual things and see the same people. We all must learn to appreciate that.

I’m glad @karinkahoblogs and I did this blog this summer again. I think we should do it every summer! Can’t wait for 2022

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Rain

Today was a quite interesting day. I got so much things to do. Unfortunately I haven’t done everything I planned but I did my best.

I’m going to my vacation in a few days so I needed to but some stuff. My friends and I went to the mall and we spent more than 3 hours there - that was too much for me. But at least we bought almost everything we had to.

This evening we spent celebrating my one of the nest friend’s birthday. It was fun. We were bowling and I even won a few times. And the most important thing that they had such a big news. I’m so excited and happy for them!

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Details

This summer we decided to do our blog every day as we used to. When you take pictures every single day your observation skills are growing a lot. You know, I love nature and everything around it. But I think this summer I became even more nature-lover that before.

I saw so many animals and birds this season abs I can’t even count all of them. Another genre of photography I’d like to improve is macro. Sometimes macro world is so bright and interesting. I’m going to get a macro lens but maybe for summer 2022. It’d be fun

This flower I saw when I was walking in the evening after hard work day. It made me smile

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Horse

I met this horse during my walk after work. Last week was pretty tough but I made it. I worked days and nights. And photography is the only thing that made me a bit stronger. I don’t know how would I survived without it.

I’m still enjoying our last summer days. I do love chill evenings and I’m happy about it.

But on the other hand few more days and I’ll be on my vacation! Can’t wait 🤪

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Tiger

This cat definitely was thinking that it was a tiger 🐅 I met him when I was walking around with my nephew. We went to the lake in soltanivka to watch sunset and we weren’t disappointed. Today’s sunset was so beautiful! I was in a hurry to be in time in the right spot to take some pics of my mom and my nephew

The pictures were just perfect. And then i met this cutie. I think the cat was enjoying sunset too. I took about 5-7 pics and he was posing like he had done it before

One more week and autumn is coming!

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Hedgehog

I really like these small creatures 🦔 they are so cute and adorable. This one I met when we went with some of my friends to shoot a video for promo. The hedgehog was staying still and almost wasn’t moving. There was some water and food in front of him. I think he was in the good hands.

The ‘Hedge’ part of their name comes from where they build their nests hedges, bushes and shrubs. The ‘hog’ part comes from the small snorting/ grunting sound they make which is similar to a pig/warthog.

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Independence Day

I can’t believe it’s 30 years! I think it’s long enough. But Ukraine is still younger that me and it always will lol.

I thank God that we live in country like ours. Sometimes we don’t appreciate simple things we have and everything that surrounds us. People, nature, climate and many many others.

It’s 30 years but we still have something to work and improve. It’d be fun to take a look at Ukraine in 30 years

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Explore

Despite the fact that this weekend turned out to be half working, there is always room for even a little adventure.

I went for a walk in the evening and it was so great to have some fresh air. I will never tired of walking and exploring new places or even the old ones.

Yo be honest I had much work today I couldn’t focus on it. So I decided to do it tonight

Can you see me there? 🌲👀

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Rose hip.

I learned a new word today. It’s a rose hip. I even forgot how it was in Russian lol

We had our final summer photo shoot with @karinkahoblogs . We explored some new places and got many great pictures.

I went through only half them but I liked them. I try to finish them as soon as possible.

It was really fun!

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Silence

Despite that fact that it was Saturday it was party work day for me as we have to finish a project by Wednesday. But I finished a bit earlier so I have an hour for a walk. It went to Soltanivka and and took this sunset picture with a fisherman. I saw him on other side of the lake so I was in a hurry to catch this moment. It’s not the best one but I like it!

August sunsets are the best 🌅 and the most important thing that evenings are pretty cool now!

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Dragonfly

Day 81 / 92. Dragonfly

Sometimes I get lucky. I took this picture just a couple of minutes after I got out with the camera

Firstly I went out and saw this dragonfly. So I came back home and took a camera for this shot. Funny thing that this one flew away for a few seconds and then came back and sat just on the same spot as before! And it was for a few times! I couldn’t believe.

Stay curious

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Bird

Usually I take pictures in the evening after work. But this time it was early in the morning even before breakfast.

You won’t believe but this little bird bumped in the window and then get numb for a while. So I had an opportunity to come a bit closer for this photo 🐦

In few minutes later it flew away like everything was okay

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Surprised

Despite the fact that it is already August, you can still find strawberries 👀

I tried something new today. It was fun to carry that egg and trying to take pictures. But I think I did what I was going too

I had some more pictures with the eggs. Maybe I’ll edit silly faces later. It would be fun!

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Nectarine

I love them a lot - I think this is one of the advantages of summer.

I don’t know why but I eat nectarines more often than peaches. These ones I bought In Silpo and they were so good!

Nectarines originated in China over 2,000 years ago. They were developed from a peach by a natural mutation. In fact, nectarines are identical to peaches with the exception of one gene.

What is your favorite fruit?

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Corn

I don’t now why but when I see a corn a remember my childhood. I used to live corn a lot. I remember when we brought a bag of corn from the fields, boiled it and enjoyed. My favorite is a salty one. I could eat a lot of corn then!

Now I rarely eat corn and I don’t know why. There are different recipes how to cook it. But I still love that one from my early age.

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Chestnuts

Took a picture of them when I was waiting near the coffee shop. I always liked how they look. I don’t know why but we enjoy collecting them in my childhood and we brought home the whole bag of the chestnuts

There are 9 different species of chestnuts.

The four main species are commonly known as European, Chinese, Japanese, and American chestnuts, some species called chinkapin or chinquapin

It has a lifespan of 200 to 800 years, depending on the species

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Sea

Sea is always a good idea even for a one day. For me one day is more than enough. I relax, chill and move on.

We met with our photography team. We don’t do it often but I love these little meetups. We just listened to music, took pictures, had some food, laughed and had fun.

All these summer moments are special

2 more weeks ahead!