Autumn 2010

#361 - Paving art 2

Conitnuing on the subject of cobblestones ...

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I suspect the paving on Bálint Kiss street are of the new(er) kind. Perhaps it's been refurbished along side with some other buildings works on-going on this street; but who cares! I simply love the oldie charm that this material exudes.

By the way, the street is yet to be fully accessible for traffic.

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Okay, that's it! no more cobblestones, of course until I find the 3rd pavement..

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Some history of this street:-

In Bálint Kiss Street (formerly Templom Street), which starts from behind the church, has several protected buildings (no. 1-12). The classicist Calvinist Parsonage built in 1836 (no. 2) gave shelter to Mihály Vörösmarty (a great Hungarian poet) during the years of the absolutism. Bálint Kiss (1772-1853), a Calvinist parson, whose name the street bears, was a polyhistor and a naturalist of his age. {source}

#360 - Paving art

more swirlly when viewed larger
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Cobblestones found at Szöllősy Géza Square, don't you just love them?

#339 - One for the album

Finally I got my first rainbow shot for the archive! Another item off my wish list :) Next is to see the completion of that construction site (bottom left), it's been 3+ years with slow progress ; so, a change of view would be nice.
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#337 - Human nature

Yesterday 07/05/07
These days I no longer care about the curious stare(s) I get when I squat or kneel when snapping my subjects..well, they just remain stares. This time from far away 2 kids saw my strange behaviour, they pulled their dad to where we were because the toddlers thought I was walking my tiny pet due to my squating position. They wanted to see what kind of pet I have :D . We told the father that I was just photographing the sky which he replied - "oh, interesting.." with a not-so-impressed face ..hahahaha .. such a day reminds me of the joy of doing DP!

FYI, the vibrant yellow new built on the far right is what most modern apartments look like .. what kind of trend is happening in your city/town?

#336 - Flowers' "job"

The photo documents a random street scene and reminded me of Abe's (Brookville DP) post on Life and death.

In the foreground is a long row of live flowers decorating the front office of a bank. They are free to grow and wilt according to nature's clock. They may possibily make some random passer- bys smile.

In contrast, the hive of activity you see in the background are road side flowers sellers doing breezy business on Mother's day (yesterday). These flowers may be restricted into vases in the end but they still give a smile to receipients..

whichever side you support, I wish you a great week ahead :)

Conversation with stranger

One can fetch drinking water again from this fountain; although I haven't tried it myself...just haven't been daring enough :p

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After the photo session, I moved on to do some window shopping. A stranger, an elderly man, stopped my partner and suggested that we should really be shopping for wedding gown, because we look "good" together... ??? how can he tell we're not married?... of course my partner thanked him while feeling abit akward of the situation. People here are really vocal of their opinions, at least good opinions..heheheh

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How's your Sunday? Me, I'm stuffed with delicious lunch of rakott krumpli (potatoes& eggs casserole)!

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Gnome sweet gnome

"A gnome is a cute, legendary creature characterized by its very small size and subterranean lifestyle"

This garden gnome or manó mano as we call it (or as zsolt pointed out törpe too :), appeared to have been super-sized; standing at approx. 2 ft. tall! still cute nonetheless. Do you have one hidden in your garden?

Happy Sunday to all and Happy Easter !

Mid winter day

I don't remember the grass this lush same time last year. Well, to begin today with cloudless sky and mild sun shine is pretty awesome..can't fault such weather, except it's a worrying sign of global warming ..

Seeing blue

I'm never tired of reflection shots. Here's one before the the year ends;)
Notice how blue the water is on the other side of the bridge? strange , huh?

Just another day

I woke up on the wrong side of the bed (not a good sign for scorpios!) ..thought I get some fresh air out at a residential area. Boy, was I surprised to see the scene above. Goats, sheeps, chicken roaming freely. What a wonderful scene! You have to see for yourself.. Then, this particular white goat seems smiling at me, that immediately cheered me up! You have a good day, too!

Country road, take me home

I read Jing's post, we come, with interest. She wrote how country folks in China don't often get the chance to travel to the city. Well, now that I AM a small town folk myself, visitation to the city has become something to look forward to (eat McD, too!)

In this photo, I was on my way home from a city south of szentes. Feeling tired from the journey (not for leisure but to do paperworks), I slept most of the way when I opened my eyes, I saw them sheeps again. That changed my mood instantly, home is just 10 mins. away..I'm happy.

Country road.... take me home.... to a place i belong.. .

wellness well

Thermal well disguised as an oriental pagoda, cool, huh?! These days, there's no denying oriental theme is fashionable, but this park was opened in the 30's, the designer of this garden was way ahead!
Too bad I couldn't find much info. , aside from it is located inside the hospital (i zoomed from the fence) . The well is the first of its kind in the town. I'll write more on the goodness of thermal water when I visit a themal pool. Stay tune!

random thought, again

The above shows yesterday's morning, then see the night of first snow here..becareful with what you ask for!

Anyway, this photo was taken on the outskirt of szentes. The incredible thing is that I realised there's a tiny lake with loads of birds inhabiting the place. From what i can see afar, they were flying in pac, in sychronise patent. It was like an episode of National geographic ..okay, exaggerating. Feeling uninspired lately, that image of birds really made my day! Hopefully I'll get to go there to shoot more nature shots for my collection.

By the way, would you live in middle of nowhere if given a chance?

Signs of Good day ahead

Burrrrp! the sound not coming from my mouth but stimulated by the sight of 2 delightful plates of Chow Kuey Teow** (see HK version and KL version) courtesy of 2 of our wondeful DP bloggers celebrity/talented photographer/writer Edwin and Lisi. You guys made my day! Thanks *hugs*

** fried rice noodles

first time seeing speed boat on our river and that's by accident i caught it on camera, obviously i was concerntrating on the sunset (in a moving bus)

out on the field

Got on a bus at 9.26am not knowing where i should stop exactly. Just had in my mind that I want to shoot sunflowers, something which has been on my wish list for long time. Voila..found acres upon acres of sunflowers! a common sight this time of the year at the farming area and gosh! an average flower is about 10"(25cm) in dia.! They're used for producing sunflower seeds snack and oil, I suppose. Anyway, might return there again 'cos not 100% satisfied with the shots i've got -_-.... \/ peace!

Cow mania

You've seen Lisbon, Paris, Buenos Aires, Manila and Edinburgh showed us their CowParades . Well, here is my pre-cow parade photo ;)

Whenever I see cows/sheeps, I get very excited! (it's not common from where I lived and now live). Found this cow opposite Tesco during his feeding time. What happened was the onwner thought I'm a tourist (since I "no speak" Hungarian), he quickly fetch 3 more cows for me to photograph. He and his wife waited til I'm done before sending them back again to the barn...village folks are so kind :) . Tell me, do you get excited when you see cow(s)? :D

Lowland

*sunflowers/corns field will occupy some parts here soon, stay tune :)

Did you know that our town is only 84m (approx.) above sea level?

Well, we are located at southern lowland region of the Great Plain with plentiful of sunshine as well as extreme cold weather comparing to other parts of the country. If you wish to know more about the Great Plain, read here and here .