The first of May was a predominantly sunny day, but a bit of rain did fall around noon. Many people were outside, and many outdoor barbeques were spreading scents of all kinds of fine meat slowly roasting

Yesterday, I drove a couple of kilometers to the village of Liznjan, bought a few things in a small grocery store there, and continued towards the village of Shishan. After passing through that village

It happened last week, on Tuesday. The 6th of May 2025. Not only was this the heaviest rain of this year so far, but quite possibly the most intense rainy day I have ever experienced in my hometown.

Yesterday, I drove to the area called Marlera, a couple of kilometers from the village of Liznjan, and five or six kilometers from where I live, and I did it in the morning, for a change. Recently, I have

It was another evening in Palera, the coastal area near the harbor of Liznjan. (Enlargeable) I was there to get my daily dose of meditation and healing through macrophotography and a bunch of pictures

The rain was short but heavy. It was very intense. Some parts of my hometown were seriously flooded, and properties were damaged. My neiberhood is uphill enough, and the drainage system works fine, so

The 29th of April this year was a warm and sunny day, the weather was very typical for the season. I spent the whole afternoon in Palera, the coastal, agriculture-oriented area about five or six kilometers

The evening is almost a character in each of these evening posts I've been publishing quite often lately. The flora and fauna change, but the evening is always there, providing a thematic backbone that

The title mentions a colorful evening but isn't meant to be taken literally. The evening in general wasn't more colorful than the previous few I enjoyed in Palera, but I did find two insects with an intense,

The weather was highly volatile today. It was rainy, then sunny, and all the variations in between, not only once but quite a few times from dawn till dusk. At about nine o'clock in the morning, I went

I did it again. The place was the same, and so was the time. I drove about five or six kilometers to palera to spend an hour or so in the field covered with tall grass and other herbaceous vegetation,

Last evening, I spent a bit less than an hour in the good company of wild flowers and tiny invertebrates that live in an area covered with tall grass and various herbaceous vegetation. It's a place called

I drove to the city of Pula yesterday. It's the nearest city, only about ten kilometers from where I live.

This is the place I wrote quite a few posts about since I started blogging on Hive. Therefore, I have to ask myself, is what I'm about to show you here today slightly repetitive or even unnecessary? Probably.

About a year ago, on the 5th of April 2024, for reasons I can't recall anymore, I spent some time driving around the rural area near Pazin, a small city situated right in the center of Istria. (Enlargeable)

Yesterday, at the end of a warm, sunny Saturday, I drove a couple of kilometers to the port of Liznjan and then a little less than a kilometer further to the fields and meadows of the area called Palera.

It's a short post about my hometown, photography, and seeing things in general. Hope you'll find it at least mildly amusing.

It happened in 2024. At the end of September, when the last days of summer feel like a gentle overture to the fall that will follow very soon. (Enlargeable)

I had to do some ordinary work in the city and didn't think about photographing or posting today, but ... (Enlargeable) ... but a short visit to the forest park just behind the last suburban homes in the

I visit the local supermarkets quite often. There is always something fresh to buy on a discount. So, I'm taking a walk between the shelves at least two times a week.