Saturday's Photo Hunting: animals this week

I'm a bit late for our friend Gattina's Saturday Photo Hunting, but I couldn't make up my mind what to do. The theme this week is animals, and of course I immediately think of Lindy, but I wanted something different.
I've decided to show you these animals (and a couple of people) we saw in Russia last summer. These shots are taken from the deck of the river cruise ship Viking Surkov after our visit to Mandrogy.

Cattle and sheep.

A billy-goat and his family.

A dog and his human companion.

Photo hunting can be fun. The theme is different every week. I hope to see many more of you join us—preferably on Saturday instead of Sunday, because when it's Sunday afternoon here, it's already the middle of the night in Europe, and Monday in Australia!
Thanks, Gattina!

Thursday Theme Song: what street?

That's right. There is a street involved here.

Do you remember the gift Dick bought me on our Russian river/canal cruise in August? This is the set I admired. The set I wanted. And he bought it.

© Photo by Kay Davies, August, 2011                       Do you see the Galileo Thermometer here, Anni?

Well, here are my Matryoshka dolls, and I have a video from YouTube, and the numbers match. For me, this is advanced mathematics. Really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNQV45Wichw

Posted for Hootin' Anni's musical meme

Thursday Theme Song

where you never know what you'll see or hear, so you'll always be surprised.

Thanks for putting up with me, Anni!

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Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday

A shadowy cove behind this channel marker on the Volga-Baltic waterway, between Kizhi and Kuzino, during our Waterways of the Czars cruise from Saint Petersburg to Moscow with Viking River Cruises.

© Photos by Richard Schear, from our vantage point aboard the Viking Surkov, August, 2011.

Posted for
Weekend Reflections
hosted every week by James in California. Thanks, James!
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Posted also for Shadow Shot Sunday
hosted by Tracy at her Hey Harriet! blog. Thanks, Tracy.

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