Orthodox Easter 2022

 More images of Easter eggs.  Why?

Because I have them.  Lots of them.

And because millions of people around the world are celebrating Orthodox Easter today.  

Seems like good enough reasons!  

These photos were taken a few years ago.  Celebrations this year are more muted, for obvious reasons.  

Easter 2022

 Easter from a few years back.  I don't think there will be anything like this this year.  

Kiev, Ukraine

By this River

 River scene NE of Kyiv.  Definitely winter. 

By this River. - Brian Eno

Here we are
Stuck by this river 
You and I
Underneath a sky that's ever falling down, down, down
Ever falling down

Full lyrics here:  https://genius.com/Brian-eno-by-this-river-lyrics

Rodina Mat - Kyiv Ukraine

Reaching back into the archives a bit.  Images of Kyiv

The Motherland statue is the 29th tallest in the world and the 2nd tallest outside of Asia.

At the Flower Show, Kiev

From a few years back.  Not sure if I ever posted this one...

Fountain - Friendship of Nations, VDNKh, Moscow

The Friendship of Nations Fountain, sometimes known as the Friendship of Peoples Fountain.  The statues representing the different nationalities and Republics of the former Soviet Union.

Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva (VDNKh) lit. Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) is a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia.

Zaradye Park, Moscow

Ah, nothing like being in a new city to get the creative photography juices running again.  (Although this was my second time in Moscow).  This one was taken with my phone, which has much better low light performance than my Canon has.  Of course, the Canon is practically a dinosaur by digital photography standards.

😀

At the Bolshoi

Moscow, Russia.  Come on man, this was just too perfect.  I mean, a ballerina posing outside the Bolshoi?  Who could pass that up?  Though it probably had nothing to do with the Bolshoi itself; it was likely just someone hired for a photoshoot.