*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2025.10.04 ***

I love the sheer variety of colours in the leaves here.

These are so unusual. Makes one wonder if that effect is intentional or the artist is simply unskilled. Either way, they're delightful.

I have too many acers, I never tire of them. And I have finally managed to get Verbena bonariensis established in my garden this year.

Oh, very clever. Part face, part human torsos.

What's not to like about this?

Mine is hanging on. I love it.
I have to reset the date every time I change a battery, video doesn't work and the telescopic lens often won't retract.
But too expensive to repair.

Not sure I would feel comfortable with this sculpture in my garden! Interesting though.

This one is definitely a keeper. Mysterious.

Fab shot. Enough said.

I had (well, technically, still have) a Sony VX2000 MiniDV camcorder back in the day that developed the same problem. It turned out there was a little rechargeable battery soldered deep inside it that was meant to maintain the date/time with the battery removed. Back then I ordered a replacement part from the UK service centre, dismantled the camcorder, replaced it and reassembled the camera. I photographed and documented the whole process, eventually sticking it up on a forum somewhere that no longer seems to be around.

These days I don't have the eyesight, dexterity or patience to do that sort of thing (the repair, not the report) and that's assuming I could still get the service manual or parts, which don't seem to be as easy to come by these days.

Not sure what the status of my GM5 is. It worked fine the last time I used it (during lockdown I think), but the battery (kept out of the camera) seems to be completely flat right now, so I'll have to dig out the charger and see if it can still hold a charge.

It took me a few seconds to see the face formed in the middle. Clever!

This is rather spooky.

Narva views

Some Narva views from beginning of September.

Edge of city, near Kreenholm manufacture (see my previous week's post).
Park and is it Pantheon?

Yup, pantheon from soviet era, built in 1957. It's called Gerassimov's park and palace of culture. Vassily Gerassimov was one of strike organizers in Kreenholm manufacture in the end of 19th century and was sent to Siberia where he died. During soviet era he was "canonized" as proletariat leader and street, park and palace was named after him.

Now abandoned culture palace.

Really magnificent ruins.

Gate house to this palace.

Following photos are from city center.
In foreground 2 buildings from medieval time, very few left from this city after WW II bombings and what was left was torn down. In background ugly soviet era apartment building.

University branch building, built to imitate stock exchange building which was in that place in old city. Does it look strange?

Here is another view, showing its inverted nature. Red building is city hall, it was in quite bad shape for long time but in recent years it was renovated and now city council is located there.

Very interesting and intriguing building. I am surprised in how good of the shape it is in. Remarkable.

A handsome relic of a bygone era. I would prefer the second one without the people I think.

Extraordinary!

I find it quite hard to photograph sea under sun, it never seems to showcase what eye sees. But here the result, especially on second image, seems to be perfect.

Is he swinging here? Interesting frescoes.

I like this, love the gentle green and maze-like shape.