Спасение лисы

Operation to rescue the silver fox

One day my mother met a woman who was walking in the yard with a real silver fox. The woman said that one or two years ago her children wanted to have a dog. But in the store, they saw a fox and they begged their mother to buy the animal.

Fox became a member of the family. She was very smart and gentle. It does not get dirty their apartment, walked on a leash, and slept in bed, in feet of kids.

But over time, the children began cooled to fox. Fox grew up and began to smell the strange scent of wild. She began to spoil parquet, trying to digging holes as instinct told her. The family decided to let the fox into the forest.

They did not understand that the pet does not have the survival skills in the forest and it is doomed to perish.

So, my mother took pity on this fox and asked her acquaintances farmers to give shelter to fox. Fox was placed in my car, and we took her to the farm.

Piligrim Porto

 "Piligrim Porto". Almost abandoned fake town for filming 

This tiny European town of the XVIII century, was built for the filming of Russian TV series "Notes forwarder of the Secret Chancellery", that was filmed here in 2010. Now the enterprising people allow to walk here for a small pay. Visitors can climb the sham buildings, giving free rein to the imagination, take pictures and just breathe the fresh air. There is also doing clips and produce professional photo sessions.

Sadly, judging by earlier pictures on the internet, this city is in decline. Many of the decorations disappear or break down. Among them, a steering wheel and the ship's head figure, a loading crane on the bank of the canal, a sham crosses on graveyard, the log for cutting heads on a scaffold for executions and so on.

However, there is information that the town can be revived and get a new life in another film.

Крым. Мраморная пещера

Crimea. Marble Сave

Photos of Marble Cave in the Crimea, where we wandered in September 2015. Names for the stone figures I invented himself, while editing photos. If you want, you can invent your own version:)

Города России. Юрьев-Польский

Cities of Russia. Yuriev-Polsky

At the beginning of March 2016 me and my wife made a small tour through the ancient Russian cities: Yuriev-Polsky, Suzdal, Murom. Here is a small photo report on the first link of this chain. Yuriev-Polsky - gloomy alloy from merchant houses, churches, hopelessness and alienation under the sunless March sky.

Of course I'm kidding. There is, of course, and other Yuriev-Polsky - surrounded by trees, ringing of bells and smelling of bagels with poppy seeds from the shopping rows. Such is the weather was on our journey - the abyss, dirt, darkness and bumps on roads. It have a special charm, if you know how to love things like that.

Гробницы царей

Cyprus. Tombs of the kings

The January holidays of 2015 we spent in Cyprus. We drove a little here and there, and lived in Paphos. The weather basically lucky - just once was realy rainy for the whole day. It was during a trip to Limassol, where we managed to see the castle where Richard the Lionheart married.

In the town of Paphos a lot of interesting places - promenade with a fortress, churches, herds of cats, and many ancient tombs. You walk down the street, and then bang - you see the tomb of ancient descent. And there again the cats and candles with icons.

But the dominance of ancient tombs was in a place called Tombs of the Kings. This is a real necropolis on the Mediterranean coast. And the weather in that day was really great: hanging clouds of steel, the sun periodically shining suddenly through black skies. Epic color saturation, contrast rolls over - a paradise for the photographer. 

Усадьба Знаменское-Садки

Abandoned estate Znamenskoe-Sadki 

At the end of last February 2016 me and comrade Sanya aka Ergo walked on Bitza park and accidentally wandered in abandoned estate Znamenskoye-Sadki.

Before the Revolution, it belonged to Prince Trubetskoy; subsequently here was a farm, Agricultural College and Research Institute of Veterinary Virology and Microbiology. Now the main manor house is abandoned. Other buildings belongs to All-Russian Research Institute of nature conservation. The area is closed and guarded, but it is officially possible to visit estate in part of tour groups.

Города России. Смоленск

Cities of Russia. Smolensk

Just returned from a two week car trip to Belarus. Currently I decide to check my photos and ponder impressions. The first thing I decided to do is a post dedicated to the old Russian city Smolensk, where we spent the evening and camped out before crossing the border with Belarus.
In addition, it occurred to me that it would be good from time to time to do the posts dedicated to the cities, that I ever visited. 

Только вернулись из двухнедельного путешествия по Белоруссии. Привезли кучу фоток и впечатлений, которые я еще долго буду разгребать и осмысливать. Так что первым делом я решил запилить пост про наш старинный русский город Смоленск, где мы отлично погуляли и переночевали за день до пересечения белорусской границы.
К тому же, мне пришло в голову, что неплохо было бы время от времени делать посты, посвященные старым городам, где я когда-либо был.