Winter has not yet come

Winter has not yet come

    The month of December ends, but winter has not come yet. Everyone expected snow during the holiday season. Autumn landscape around. The days are the shortest. Mostly cloudy and grey colours dominate everywhere. It is difficult to get an interesting picture in such...
Elks have returned

Elks have returned

       With the onset of winter, elks come back to us. They return to the pinewoods. We have a lot of young pine afforestation here, which elk like very much. Yesterday, just before sunset, crossing a dirt road, we first noticed only the head of a elk with large...
Late autumn landscapes

Late autumn landscapes

    The second half of October and November are quite gloomy, grey days. Almost all trees have lost their leaves.  For the reason uniform colourless landscapes prevail. Only the colour of the sky at sunrise and sunset can be beautiful and colourful. Hence it’s...
Autumn in October

Autumn in October

    It seems to me that autumn has the most beautiful colours in the last days of September and the first decade of October. True, it depends on the weather. Later, there are few leaves on the trees and the landscape becomes more grey. There are often morning mists at...

A walk through the streets of old Riga

It was late afternoon on August 24 – Riga. We went for a walk through the streets of the old city. A lot of people everywhere on the streets. Almost every street has cafes. A very nice atmosphere contributes to us. We see the wealth of the inhabitants of old...