I just had an epiphany (gee, how I wanted to use this word already for some time! I was once debating about what is the correct word to use in English in such a case, and this was the funniest choice)! Whenever I want to finally write something here from my backlog of ideas and photos, the sheer amount of it just puts me away from starting! But the only tendency of the backlog is to grow; thus, if I do not change the attitude, I will never write here anything any more. Never! EVER!
(Now that is a freakish thought, don’t you agree? I know your knees are trembling.)
Thus, the epiphany is that I should just start with the most recent events (which are stored in my memory in a much better state), instead of waiting for inspiration to write the old stuff (which I hope I will eventually do. Ha-ha!).
(Did you also notice that I am writing in English? It must be this funny hope I have, that somebody is actually reading this! Just for the sake of mentioning it – there is a piece I started about Sri Lanka on my desktop which is in Latvian, so I assume that when I will finish it (I have finally the pictures from the trip) – it will be in Latvian.)
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One of the first things that I did after returning to Latvia was celebrating the midsummer. (For those of you not knowing what I am talking about, here’s a hint.) I have travelled around Latvia quite a bit, but mostly in the Ventspils region (North-West) and Valmiera region (North-East). Hence, I was very happy to accept the offer to go to a place near Daugavpils (South-East) – a camp-site next to the Kalupe Lake:
The first thing that greeted me there was the local dog named rock’n'roll – always enthusiastic, always running, and always jealous for the attention when the other dogs arrived:
Just today I realised that if I ever have a dog or a cat I will call it drum’n'bass!
What really struck me straight away was the ambiance of the place! It was so peaceful, yet promised interesting sports activities the next day (beach volleyball, football, basketball, polo, badminton, etc.). It was so clean and tidy, yet not posh. It had all the aspects of civilisation that you need, yet was so close to the nature itself!
We even had live music at some point!
I knew that soon enough more people will arrive, and the usual razzle of midsummer will begin – with drinking beer, eating cheese, singing songs, or just sitting next to the fireplace and enjoying the moment. But I still wanted to catch a bit of the tranquillity of the moment!
I still need to learn how to make my camera do nice portraits, so more pictures of nature this time!
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i love the pics on your site. what are you using to take them?
The last one is cool:()