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Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

With the director of a resort in Shovi (l) and a member of Elkana, the Biological Farming Association of Georgia (http://www.elkana.org.ge/index.php?lang=en) (centre), all holding drinking horns in their rough state

The sometime fate of local bears

Layer upon layer of old paint on a park bench





Monday, 22 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

Goats go on alert

Tony takes aim

Stalin watches ominously

Paint cracks



Saturday, 20 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

Enjoying some mtsvadi (shish kabob, shashlik) at a mineral water spring

Cracked paint, of which I never tire


Friday, 19 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

A young bear at the resort in Shovi - I don't know what its ultimate fate will be, but for now it's a captive

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

NB The last wedding photos, the ones which were missing because I deleted them from the Draft version of the post some days ago by accident, are now back in place in that post.

Here:

Stream

Rusty fence panel - a world all its own

Mountainscape

The fence



Friday, 12 June 2009

Shovi, Racha, Georgia

Water and reflections, favourite themes

Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Oni, Racha, Georgia

Hey, if the posts seem a little less regular than usual, just remember:  We're still on honeymoon!

In the yard of a new church built in Oni, Racha, in 1996.  Delighted to find columbines planted here, as in the top photo.


Sunday, 7 June 2009

Racha, Georgia

Welcome to Trinidad & Tobago, visitor country number 106!

... So I realised that the photo in the last post had already appeared in the wedding photos from some days ago, and deleted that last post, replacing it with this one.
In short, I had earlier deleted a Draft version of the 7th wedding photos post, and in doing so inadvertently also deleted the photos from the non-Draft version.  Which is why they don't show up in the post.  Sorry.  And now I'm on moneyhoon with my love, away from the desktop computer which has the rest of the wedding photos, so you'll have to wait a while before I can replace those missing photos.

In the meantime, here are some new shots (cellphone) from Racha, where we were for a few days recently.  First in Oni, the region's capital town, then we walked 10 km or so up to Mravaldzali, which calls itself Europe's second highest village after Ushguli.  Not sure if that's true, but the views of the Caucasus from it are stunning.  And it's where Lali's family comes from, so she was welcomed with open arms.  More to follow.

Friday, 5 June 2009

Wedding photos, 7 (last)

The restaurant we chose for the reception was by the wholehearted recommendation of our friend whose son and daughter had both married there last year.  Great food in abundance for 200 guests, great service, reasonable prices, great programme organised by our friends, all had a wonderful time.

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
Candles and Svan watchtower at our table

My parents, who had come from across the world with my sister Gill

A pair of dolls representing Lali and me, pinned to the backs of our chairs, nicely mimicking our feelings of delighted exhaustion by the time it was all over

Cutting the cake (decorated specially for us by Hannah Gintz:  yum!) just before our departure

The End for now, as the happy couple are Whereabouts Unknown on honeymoon... But more general photos from me to follow, of course!




Thursday, 4 June 2009

Wedding photos, 6

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
Katy, l, visiting from the UK with husband Paul, and Nino, our hard-working photographer in the single shot shich she didn't take of more than 500 (using my Canon EOS digital camera)

Little Mate (Georgian for Matthew, the "e" is pronounced)

Pyoung singing up a storm in traditional Korean dress

Mari, l, of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Dance Company and partner Beka dancing up a storm (I never tire of Georgian dance, spectacular stuff though hard to photograph; my favourite technique is to blur it to show the motion)

More pics to follow daily!


Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Wedding Photos, 5

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
My favourite shot of the whole wedding, from the waltz - beautiful photo, Nino, I'll do a more edited version for you as well

Table and arch

Waltzing with my parents to the most romantic song of my life so far, to which I had seen them dancing as a child - Glen Miller's Moonlight Serenade

Sitting at our table

More pics to follow daily!


Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Wedding photos, 4

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
Anticipation...

Leaving the Museum

Car

In the car, going to the reception

More pics to follow daily!


Monday, 1 June 2009

Wedding photos, 3

We had chosen the outdoor Ethnographoc Museum near Turtle Lake for the more formal photos - lots of beautiful old wooden houses to choose from, carved balconies, &c.  Arriving, we discovered that the 23rd was a free entry day for the public!  Nice little gift.  We stuck with the balcony of the very first house, quick and easy.

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
Flowers

Witnesses

Family from both sides

Us

More pics to follow daily!

Wedding pics now going up, check www.geosynchronicity.blogspot.com daily!


Sunday, 31 May 2009

Wedding photos, 2

All pics by Nino Narozauli, see
www.udabno.blogspot.com (and don't worry if you can't read or display Georgian)

From the top:
Putting Lali's ring on

Merab leading us around the altar three times, swinging that incense censer

View of the whole church interior

Coming back down the aisle

More pics to follow daily!