Spring is a great season for photography. The freshest flowers, the buds bursting. I don't think anyone misses photographing a few flowers now. I have done the same and will do it again, I love flowers, and there are now so many, yet something calls me to something else.
I've missed spring, I've missed spring, but now that I'm in the midst of it when I can indulge in all its (visual) goodness, I seem to long for something else. My thoughts turn to the summer that hasn't started yet and to the winter not long gone.
All these thoughts and musings about the seasons were sparked by browsing through the past, i.e. older photos I recently revisited.
My appetite for summer, holidays, and the sea is now boiling inside me when I look at the photos taken on the Aegean island of Thassos.
Summer in Thassos
When I look at this photo I remember my first ferry crossing. The first time I stepped on an island.
I'd like to think the gull on the right noticed that I was shooting and rushed out of the frame to avoid ruining my photo. It didn't ruin it, that's my opinion.
Because they were nice gulls they got food, which they often took with the fingers of the giver.
Limenaria, the second largest town in Thassos, was the host where we stayed each time. A small town, some even call it a village. If I compare it to what a village means in my country, Romania, it is more than a village.
Limenaria is neither a village nor a modern resort. It is a mixture, a modest small town that seems more in the past than today. Old houses, old cars, old people... I think this photo characterizes it best.
Limenaria is just the way I like it. It's a small seaside town with many beaches, tavernas, and tourists in summer. It's a town where time seems to stand still.
I love it. There are no multi-story hotels in sight and no shopping malls. It's just a bay, a small harbor for fishermen's boats and houses that seem to climb on top of each other to see the sea.
Limenaria is often in my memories and dreams because it belongs to the group of what can be called: It happened for the first time!
Winter in Basilescu Park, Bucharest
From hot to cold in just a second, how quickly our thoughts and imagination take us. I tried to delete more photos, mostly because I used to take many identical and I don't have much memory either, and now I'm talking about computer memory. I found summer and winter photos in the same place and understand they want to be together.
Because I talked about: It happened for the first time!, I found some photos of the first snow in Bucharest that came early, unexpectedly. It was still autumn, a few years ago, in the pandemic.
The snow fell when no one was expecting it and the most surprised was my bamboo, which is always ravished by snow.
My wife loves winter and snow. When it starts snowing we take a little walk to the nearby park to admire "nature"! On this occasion, we note that not only bamboo has been taken by surprise by the arrival of winter.
Many went out for a bike ride...
This mom should have a sled by now.
Now it's a mixture of autumn and winter. My winter photographs of this park are all in black and white because there are no other colors. At the beginning of winter, there are still autumn colors, the leaves left in the trees. A little color is needed.
This is where the autumn-winter mix is best seen. It was a battle won by autumn after all. No more winters of yesteryear!
This was another attempt to bring a few, random and not-so-random photos, from the many waiting in my small archive. There are a few of my favorites. Some of these have been used in other posts since they were taken. I hope this is not a problem as long as they are mine, taken and kept by me.
The winter photos are also nice to look at, but I definitely prefer spring.
All seasons are beautiful and our preferences differ for purely personal reasons, as is only natural. I like summer, although it is increasingly hard to bear. It has remained my childhood passion for summer.
Hahaha, I spotted the gull and thought the same that he wanted to fly out from the photo even before I read your sentence that he was rushing from the photo not to ruin it 😂
You were quicker in shooting than he :D
Yes, he seems to do that and I'm glad I was faster than him. I found that out much later when I saw the photos.
It sometimes happens with gulls - they enter the photo and we see it just later :D
This one is my favorite photo, it looks like out of a movie!
Thank you! It's my favorite too, even if it has the imperfections of a smartphone photo.
i'm glad you took the photo even with the smartphone, the device doesnt matter... what matter is the moment!
I agree with you!
The photos are beautiful. And the fact that you feel it like the first time and bring it back from memory, adds a lot of value to what you are showing us.
There is joy in simplicity.
Joy and simplicity. I love that, thank you, @nanixxx!
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Although I like the photo of the boats in the golden hour... my desire to see snow leads me to this one and I think about how extreme it can be there, and slippery.
It looks hard and slippery, especially when combined with cold and wind. What you see here is a very mild winter. In the past, in my youth, winter was dreadful. It lasted more than three months, there were bitterly cold and heavy snows. Like many other things, it seems to be going away before long. I have lived to see such a dramatic climate change.
The seasons are crazy, yes... 😑 thank you my friend.
With pleasure, my friend!
The photography of the boats... I love them!!!! And the one with the people feeding the birds is wonderful... a great moment!😃
Thank you!
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It is a fact that today is a special day for photography because the flowers and plants become more beautiful during these days and when it rains, their beauty increases even more.
Wow i love photos on this post! ☺️
Thank you, you are very kind!
Such a shame I've never been to Basilescu Park while my stay in Bucharest. Really seems like a cool place for walks no matter the season. Hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Basilescu Park is a small park on the city's edges, towards Mogosoaia. If you live far away it's not worth the effort to visit it. It has nothing special except for an abandoned summer theatre which is now being renovated. For me, it is handy as it is less than 50 m away from my house.
Thanks for the wish. It's not so good due to health reasons but now I hope it will resolve.
I hope you had a pleasant weekend!
Oh, I've been to Mogosoaia Palace during my stay in Bucharest but failed terribly to reach this one too. But makes sense now that you mention it. I still miss Bucharest from time to time tho!
It seems natural to me to miss where you lived during school. I miss most of the cities where I have traveled and stayed for a few days at least.
Thank you very much, @ackhoo!