Balkans 6

 Ethno Village

This little setting had two tiny Orthodox churches. Wonderful construction, painted all over with Bible stories and saints, and with typical gold furnishings. Here is the first.

Iconostasis 

The special icon as one enters

The elaborate ceiling 

Ceiling

And modern-day people incorporated into the decor 

Across from the church was this small souvenir shop.

Typical wood shingles 

To be continued….

Balkans 5

 More Ethno Village

Zürich in Festive Mode

 Sechselaüten is Nigh

This coming weekend is Sechselaüten, the end of winter festival. Two enormous parades, one for children on Sunday and one for adults on Monday, with medieval guild costumes, hundreds of horses and carriages, tens of thousands of flowers, and music will fill the city center for two days. So guild flags are up and a clean city is getting cleaner. 

Oma’s Garden

 In Bloom

I was here yesterday. A neglected and unlived-in garden, but still blooming bravely. The collection of rhododendrons are just starting to put out flowers.

Bleeding Heart

Tulip

The kitchen patio

Evergreen Candy Tuft

Laurustinus

Primula

Vinca minor

Japanese Skimmia

Neighbor: Brahms House

Oregon Grape

Siberian Bugloss

Hellebore/ Lenten Rose

A peek at the neighbor’s garden

Exchorda Racemosa

Snowy Mespilus

All about to be sold, and maybe torn out.