Greetings, Hiveans! A pleasure to see one of my favourite contests — Alphabet Hunt — is back to life, now run in Bangladesh community (check the rules and bravely join in).
I tried to fit myself into 6 words but failed, cause actually I wanted to create my entry using a very simple limit: what stuff did I see around this summer. I spent summer at the village and this brought on a table specific stuff — I ended up with a selection of eight words:
Blanket / Baking / Books / Bike / Bottle / Bulb / Bench / Barrel.
We had blackbirds eating our berries, and harvested a lot of blueberry, various beetles visited us; captured benches for the Hive photo challenge; for two months I was paving our walkway with heavy boulders, making it more rain-resistant — but in the end, a limit is a limit, so other things will not be included in my blog.
Blanket.
On cool evenings, the throw blanket was indispensable for each of us. My wife, my daughter, and I — we all like sitting in a hammock, holding a beverage in one hand and a book or smartphone in another... Our kitty liked the blankets too. He developed this funny habit of digging under a blanket — we did not put him there, he did it himself! A really funny habit, 
Books.
After garden jobs — or during rainy days instead of working in the garden — I love to sit in a hammock with a book. This summer, I read books and magazines on historical topics.
Bikes.
Well, a lengthy comment would be superfluous here: bicycle is an indispensable gadget to enjoy summer vibes at any village. Goes together well with Bottle, Beer and Beverages.
Bulb.
We obtained a few solar-powered, self-charging light bulbs — as they don't need electricity and portable, you may arrange them at any branch. In the evenings, we enjoy watching their glow along the main alley or on the terrace.
Bottle.
This drink came in a beautiful glass bottle with an embossed pattern — we kept it as a photo prop. Other bottles went to the dump (some of our evenings we rounded off with liquor fortified wines).
Baking.
In August, one of our apple trees began dropping apples, a lot of them -- so we had to venture in processing apple charlottes. Not every day, but quite often, our evenings looked like this: a long, manual whisking of the batter (we had left our electric mixer back in the city) -- then baking a huge fragrant apple charlotte -- and enjoying it with late evening coffee. Baking became an integral part of this summer season.
В августе одна из двух яблонь принесла много яблок (урожайный год на яблоки выдался!), пришлось урабатывать. Каждый второй вечер начинался с продолжительного ручного взбивания теста (наш электро-миксер остался в городе), а заканчивались поеданием мягкой и душистой яблочной шарлотки. Выпечка стала неотделимой частью этого дачного сезона.
Barrel.
A dump is not just a place to dispose our trash; it serves as a source of useful items on a regular basis, like second-hand books or tools. This summer, I salvaged from a dump this huge plastic barrel to store irrigation water. A useful find and a real Bargain.
Metal fuel barrels, like you see on the right, often end up as a picturesque safe-burners for branches and grass. Now that was all I wanted to present you. See you this time.
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | August 2026 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Canon 70-200mm | raw-conv |
| f/2.8 | t 1/125 | ISO 125 | -- |
All images taken by me, copyright (c) 
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