Loading ...cruising around Karelia
Multifaceted Greetings!
For many reasons, I often feel like I’m living many lives simultaneously. Of course, there’s no way to prove that I am – or am not 😉
My reason for bringing this up now is because of my current feeling of living in multiple worlds, something you might relate to. This sensation is especially evident to me when I process photos from the past at the same time as I slide forward into the future, while paying attention to the present. But, hey, what is time anyway, let alone space?! It’s all a jumbled mystery to me. And, it’s all amazing to me, as the thoughts and dreams and memories continue to expand in all directions, even as the face I see looking at me in the mirror ages. Life is strange!
At this particular moment in time, I am physically in Irkutsk, at the only outlet of Lake Baikal, which I’ve been circling around, playing along the edge of and gliding over the surface of for the past 25 days. This current Baikal episode, my 5th visit to Baikal in 24 years, will end tomorrow when I fly to Moscow.
The latest photo processing is of a 10-day road trip taken last month, from Arkhangelsk to Karelia. This new gallery is of the first three days of that trip:
https://balloonbill.smugmug.com/Other/Karelia-Part-1
Enjoy the mystery of life!
GoldBalloon
A special addition for Marcusjames:
Thank you! My ancestors are not too far from there. It was a blast to see those homes. Reminds me of where I live now, a place that has some of that charm.
What is especially delightful is seeing those wooden boats. Most of the wooden boats of my childhood have been replaced by aluminum ones. It’s rare to ever see them here in the USA. Those boats are probably older than me, maintained over the decades. They are heavy!
You’re most welcome. I’m glad the scenes brought back good memories for you. There will be more coming in future galleries. Had I known beforehand about your delight in seeing such boat photos, I would have taken heaps more.
One boat I saw was designed specifically for transporting cows to islands, one at a time, for summer grazing. No fence needed! It was a very heavy boat, with an outrigger to keep it from tipping over when the cow moved around. Can you imagine trying to get a cow into or out of a small boat?!
Thanks Bill
My Mind once again is completely Boggled
🙂
Boggled: you and me, both.
Thank you so much Bill. You made my day!