Today I walked a couple of kilometers.
From the small village called Shivati ...
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... to the even smaller one that goes by the name of Donchichi. But first ...
... I had to drive about forty kilometers from Medulin, the seaside town in which I live to the inland area around the town called Svetvinchenat. In this photograph, you can see a house and rural property situated a hundred meters or so from the compact center of the village Shivati
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There was an interestingly shaped tree with sawed-off branches on the edge of a field, across the street from where I parked the car. You can see that tree in this photograph.
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Here you can take a look at one of quite a few abandoned old houses of the village.
About a hundred meters further from the village I stopped to photograph the large, old oak tree that stood out from the crowd of younger trees in that area.
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It was, I mean it still is, a pretty iconic and beautiful tree. Moss, lichens, and ivy were covering most of its bark.
When this photograph was taken ...
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... Shivati was almost a kilometer behind me.
Drystone walls followed me all the way to Donchichi. But the walls were only on the right side of the narrow country lane.
The left side was bordered by shrubs and relatively small trees. The sparse leaves of blackberry shrubs stood out among the mostly barren twigs and branches.
Another kilometer or so further ...
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... I came across this exuberant springtime scene ...
... surrounded by typical, lifeless-looking winter vegetation.
In the southern, seaside area around my hometown, many flowers are present throughout the whole year, but in this inland landscape, the plant in bloom really looked like something rare and exceptional.
Cornus mas, commonly known as Cornelian cherry or European cornel ...
... was covered with tiny yellow flowers ...
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... and it looked great against the clear blue sky. This plant that can grow as a shrub or small deciduous tree is native to southern Europe and Southwestern parts of Asia.
The day was and still is, pretty cold ...
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... but one fly was buzzing around and feeding on nectar. This is the Sturmia bella, a species from the Tachinidae family.
A bit further I photographed a few colorful leaves of the blackberry shrub ...
... and after some more walking, I saw the village through the barren branches of shrubs and trees.
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I passed by this small, shrunken football field.
A big black dog was chilling out by the garden wall of the house across the street.
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When this photograph was taken, I was entering the Donchichi "city limits".
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I took only one more shot and walked back to the car.
AND THAT'S IT. IT WASN'T A SHORT WALK, BUT THREE FRIENDS WERE THERE WITH ME, SO WITH PLENTY OF TALKING AND JOKING WHILE WALKING, I WASN'T VERY FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHING STUFF AROUND ME. AS ALWAYS IN THESE WALKS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK - THE END.
