One of the reasons I left the metropolis is their paradoxical abundance and emptiness. At first it seems to you that in comparison with your backwater it is a whole separate world, so rich, interesting, full of new discoveries and wonders. In some way it is, especially at first.
But over time, plunging into this stream of people, events, images around, you realize that it is too oversaturated and fast, and you just don't have time to notice or feel the wonders that you were looking for here. That's why I returned home, to a place where the scarcity of the landscape gives you the opportunity to look carefully, silence does not disturb the flow of thoughts, and time flows as slowly as all life around under the influence of cold.
And the slower I live, the more I notice, the more interesting finds and meetings occur on my way, literally every day, just like on this day...
I went to the fishing village to try to take some good pictures. But when arrived at the place, I realized that today I'm not in the mood to chase beautiful shots and go down to cold water or climb high into the hills. So I just want to spend time on the pier.
The screeching of seagulls echoed around the neighborhood. It turned out that cod spawning had begun and the fishermen were overwhelmed with work.
I spent about an hour like this, just enjoying the peace. Leaving, I decided to take a picture of a couple of impudent feathered guys who were collecting tripe discarded by fishermen in the water. And then I noticed a sea nymph.
Not only seagulls start begging at this time of year. From the conversation of fishermen, I learned that seals swim to them constantly, and look with their pitying eyes at such close and inaccessible prey.
Oh, don't think this handsome guy is hungry. It's more like a dessert table for him. Fishermen say that seals refuse to eat cod while, they leave it to the seagulls. And their favorite dish is fish liver or sea bass, which they sometimes try to steal right out of people's hands.
After taking a couple of pictures, I just continued to admire this cute marine predator and listen to the stories of fishermen. That the seals returned here not so long ago, before the water was polluted. That last week this fisherman caught a cod weighing almost 40 kg. That whales should soon appear in local bays.
I listened to a lot of interesting things, and not very much. Unusual and routine. Everyone here has enough time to talk about trifles while admiring the surroundings. And I'm glad that I have time to listen, and most importantly, the opportunity to hear the life around me.
