Earth in a Glass

Fragile! Handle With Care.

Truly, the Earth, our home, which we take for granted, is as delicate as glass. We go about our lives with utmost disdain for this beautiful home, too engrossed in our chores day after day. Let us take some time, at least a brief moment, cease from all the daily grind, and truly praise and appreciate what we have, cause what we have all around us is a truly remarkable and an extraordinarily unique creation by the creator.

Enjoy every moment of this remarkableness while it all lasts.

Aim for the Sky

Once it was said, “sky is the limit, even if you do not make it to the blue sky; you will at least reach the silver clouds.” I am not sure who said it, but it is a sufficiently valuable quote to inspire you when your spirits are low. Every one needs to have a self-motivating quote to deal with the barrage of negativity that inexplicably surrounds us intermittently. Negativity is a contagious malady spreading its vileness from being to being. Continuous creative activity, enriching one's knowledge, reading, etc. are a few remedies that will shield you against the occasional mental behemoths.

Be very positive, stay very positive, and firmly believe that “you can reach the sky.”

Hunter and Prey

No wonder many of us terrified of spiders, all spiders are natural predators. They are nature’s own pest control management, without them we would not survive as we will not have sufficient food to go around.

It is said that if one day all the bees would vanish from the face of planet then apocalypse will soon follow in its aftermath. Some plants depend solely on bees for pollination, if not for the humble bees our green cover would soon vanish, and the Earth will be a barren place. When we see all those colorful flowers and breathtaking landscapes, we completely ignore the hard work of the little fella who averagely weighs 90 milligrams.

Well, what happens when a bee and a spider cross each other’s paths…

Snow & Ice

While we are in the peak of summer days and its relentless heat, we seek for some respite and looking through some winter shots acts as a coolant for the psyche.

A Village called Kabina

Kabina is a beautiful village in Tartu County. Last winter we quite often took this twenty-minute drive to the tranquil setting for some winter activities and photography. Hobbyist fishermen/women frequent the Kabina Lake all year around. This is an ideal place if one wants to quieten the dragons of worry and unease.

People Framed

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. - Andrew Carnegie

You should go about and often as you go for walks observe… the actions of the men themselves and of the bystanders. – Leonardo Da Vinci

Lähte

On a warm Sunday afternoon, we decided to cool off by going for a swim. We did not want to go to the heavily trodden swimming locations; we wanted to have the quite of a Sunday evening all to ourselves. We asked my brother a BMW 3er nomad to suggest a secluded and serene location. It turned out that he had heard of just such a place and he himself wanted a drench down.

We agreed to meet at Lähte, a small borough in Tartu County, at 17th kilometer mark from Tartu town. Even though Lähte is etched in my memory as, I did one year of my schooling at the Lähte High school I could not figure out where this little lake was. Well, no wonder I did not know where the lake was, it was a secluded lake hardly frequented by anyone other than the locals.

To my amazement, the road, which leads to the lake, passed jus a few hundred meters away from my old school. We parked our cars and walked a few yards toward the lush green cove of tall trees, and amidst this verdant greenery was a small and welcoming lake reflecting the surrounding like a huge mirror on the ground. The bank of the lake was surrounded by luxuriant growth, interrupted with a few sandy openings, probably made by the locals, to enjoy an undisturbed outing by the lake.

Upon arrival, most of the sandy banks were occupied, but fortunately, one was very soon abandoned by a young couple lost in each other oblivious to the surrounding on-goings. We soon settled down and hastily made into the water for a much-needed respite from the afternoon sun. The very instant our bodies hit the water, the water seemed almost near-freezing, but it was just what we needed to escape from the sun glaring down at us. We soon acclimatized ourselves to the water, which was a pleasant 27-degree Celsius.

We spent a couple of hours frolicking. We had to cease our fun and games and haul ourselves onto the bank as hunger began to send subliminal messaging to our brains collectively. We dried ourselves up and had our first picnic of the summer amidst a tranquil and serene setting. As we rested after satisfying our hunger pangs, a family arrived with a young German Shepard to our location, soon followed by a group of youngsters with an even younger Wolfhound and all hell broke loose when the dogs began to have a go at each other abruptly disturbing the quiet and peace of the place. Yet, we left the place with our minds at ease and cheerful.