Playing Hide & Seek with Mushrooms Day 1

Do you like mushrooms? I do. But it's one way to buy them at a local supermarket and it's quite the other to go to the forest to find some. Fall, sunny and warm as it is this year, is quite the season to spend some time outdoors, so we've decided to spend it you already know where.

Photo of the Day: Willow at Sunset

Sunset makes wonders: it inspires artists and poets, well and humble me to take pictures. Willow was my target, a sad tree how I often nickname it. But it wasn't that sad when seen against evening sun, neither on Vincent van Gogh "Willows at Sunset" painting. So this is my willow for today. Enjoy!

Khutir Nadia: Inside the Museums

This post is the continuation of the previous one so as I've already mentioned (have I?) there are two museums in the park which are quite exciting for visiting even though I'm not a museum monger.
The first one is the house where the master of theatrical art Iwan Karpenko-Kary (Tobilevich) lived, it resembled my grandgranny's house, yes people really lived that way in Ukraine. So here it is:

Photo of the Day: Fall is Coming!

Days are getting shorter, nights are getting colder, the Sun isn't that hot but the leaves are getting colorful! This is just the first splash, more coming soon :)

This picture was taken here.

Khutir Nadia: The State Museum-Reserve Karpenko-Kary (Tobilevich)

Three days ago we had a really GREAT pastime in a lovely park-museum not far from Kirovograd. Once you are in this city in spring/summer/fall, don't omit the opportunity to visit Khutir Nadia. There is a number of reasons for that:

Enjoy Ukrainian Music: Flit Band

Tastes differ but rock is the best music! In case of Flit this is actually punk rock.

As far as I decided to reveal everything about Ukraine, I simply can't omit the music aspect. But this is not going to be the Ukrainian folk music, which can be sometimes boring so I'm afraid lest you snore in the middle of a song. Let me better share what is MY favorite Ukrainian music and I would like to start with one of Ukrainian bands - Flit. The song I love (one of many) is Kolyskova (Lullaby).

Kharkiv Shevchenko Park: Nice Place for Visiting

In my previous post I was walking across the Freedom Square and in this one I'll have a rest in the park (was it really a rest?).

First, it's a nice place for walking and sitting. Even under the burning sun flower-beds look refreshing and bright - I don't know how they do that! There are lots of benches, a fountain, a couple of kid playgrounds separately for toddlers and older children and there are some cafes to suit any pocket, so there shouldn't be a problem where to eat in Kharkiv:

His only passion now is the borscht!

Only today I managed to watch Madagascar 3 movie and I like it! And I think Vitaly must be a Ukrainian as far as his favorite food is the borscht, lol. Mine is too!

Kharkiv Throught the Eyes of a Tourist

Welcome to Kharkiv!
Some words about the city: this is the second largest city of Ukraine after Kiev (Kyiv) with the population numbering around 1.5 million. Local people are very proud of that fact that long ago in a distant past it was a capital of Ukraine. Though now it's not but I think some still believe it is, lol. It's my personal impression, I can't claim it's the right one. Oh, Kharkiv was a host city for UEFA EURO 2012 and judging from a number of signboards which remained after the event, local people are proud of that.

Photo of the Day: the Last Summer Splash

After a very looong hiatus, or vacation, or a break, or... you know what I mean,   I've already managed to grab myself together and write this post or better say share a picture of the sunset. Is that the tradition with me to photo the sky and sunset?

Orangy bronze sunset. Location: Oboznivka village, Kirovograd region.

Honestly, I've visited Kharkiv not so long ago and went to the Eastern part of Ukraine so that I have much to tell you but I need a kick (sorry, an inspiration) to pull my thoughts and ideas in a coherent, involving story. Hope it won't take much time. Promise to write you soon.