Do you see a book in this woman's hands? No book. But it could have been one ... now instead of it - a smartphone and a pack of cigarettes.

Inner life of the yards... may be calm, sleepy... or intense.

Old lady in search on chestnuts. Not only children love to find chestnuts, as you can see in the photo above.

Not everyone is happy with the scattered dead leaves. For some this is a lot of extra work.

Imperial Ethnographic Museum. The building looks impressive! We had no business there, just were passing this location... Hard to shoot cityscapes nowadays - everything is spoiled with wires and cars so much!

I especially liked the door. You know, doors are my weak spot, I like to photograph them every time I see something outstanding. And this one is definitely much above the norma, what do you think?..

On this walk I added a new word to my passive vocabulary: "chachechnaya" (in Russian: "Чачечная"). But I didn't go inside, so I can't give you 100% guarantee what exactly they are doing there, why they name it so ... although I have suspicions it may have to do with the word "chacha" (which means a strong Georgian grape vodka). Or maybe not... maybe they called it so for a different reason. Still, a good funny wort to use now!

The townspeople have not yet upgraded themselves to a warm winter clothes. In the photographs I may take tomorrow, everyone probably will be wearing warm coats and fur hats, and wrapped in lengthy whool scarves. Petersburg is a city of wind and humidity, so one need to be well insulated to go for a walk. By the way, this photo above I took blindly, with the camera hanging on my chest - @tattoodjay once asked to alert him when I include such photos in my post. This is portrait that my 16-35mm wide-angle lens is capable of producing 'on the fly' ... of course, if it hits the focus, otherwise the capture goes directly to the trash bin :)