Thursday, December 10, 2020

Mumbai daily: Birth of a butterfly

Mumbai daily: Birth of a butterfly:   Just born lime swallowtail butterfly at home 😊 It flutters its wings to dry them and is then ready to fly out to greet the world. The Cat...

Festive Tree Season

The festive tree season is upon us!

Yes, that's what it is.







This can only mean one thing.



Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Col. Sanders...

 Col. Sanders and yours truly....



My brother from another mother, no?



Saturday, December 5, 2020

Gentleman's Accessories: Lion Face Ring

A relatively new addition to my gentleman's accessories (i.e. things one could do well without): a silver lion face ring for the index finger.







Here it is with wipes for me silk ties.






My Scents: Denim Black

 A recent addition to my Scent Library - Denim Black


Very cheap... but smells not unpleasant to my taste.


I remember it strictly as an after-shave lotion from years ago but this current reincarnation appears to be a re-launch across a range of products by a different producer as it used to be made by Elida Faberge (Averell Harriman's company actually) and then Unilever but now it is by an Italian company, however it smells authentic.















HoroLex: Коллекция ароматов - Denim Black:  Представляю пополнение в коллекции ароматов одного из авторов блога. За свои деньги, а это было всего 291 рубль, вонючка, конечно, знатная....

Dr. Feelgood Sneakin' Suspicion - 1977

Here is something from CD collection.

A Late Lunch on Three Beers and Some Pistachios

In a return to my Beer, Beer Appreciation and Beer Photography series of posts, here is a report on a very recent visit to a craft beer bar here in Moscow and for the first time since the pandemic struck, I think.

The dumb Google Blogger picture uploader once again reversed the sequence of photos, so I am starting crabwise from the end rather than from the beginning.

Beer No. 3/136 (on the day/overall to date)

 

Beer No. 2/135

 

 Beer No. 1/134

The date was December 3, 2020

And here is the place.

A hole in the wall kind of place next to a major commuter train station with an appropriate scenery - nothing much to look at during the day ... but at night atmospheric.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Walk on Arbat

 Another walk on the famous Arbat in Moscow, Russia, on November 26, 2020.


Not too many people but not completely deserted either.


Viktor Tsoi wall.

Souvenir shop front.

Matryoskha doll fridge magnets.



Some art on Arbat.


Not quite deserted but not too many people either.