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Short and sweet or its so good to be spring or spring is on my mind :)...
If you are wondering about the title of the post then I want to say that it conveys my feelings this April...spring is finally here and for some reason this year I feel it more acutely than I could...
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Discover Azerbaijan...
Today I am posting random pictures and a video and will give some captions to each...This is a photo of a typical window in Sheki...This is a photo of a tractor that I took last time we were travelling...
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Talk art…talk poetry…talk music…talk Azerbaijan…
Today I want to say that atmosphere in the capital of Azerbaijan Baku is all about getting ready to Eurovision song contest…Baku has never seen so much investment and rehabilitation…the truth is that...
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Everything becomes a history…everyone becomes a history…
I have drafted this post long ago...sharing only now...Last week of May with its festive Eurovision final became a history. Thankfully everything went smooth and safe and many people had unforgettable...
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Everything grannies could tell…
I took below photo in Sheki sometime in spring…Unfortunately I was there that time for funeral…Of course as always everyone was visiting the family to express their condolences and try to soothe the...
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Galoshes and not only...
Dear All, thank you for each and every of you for visiting my blog. Life has been too busy and to my regret I wasn't able to update the blog as often as I should have. The major question now is what do...
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Love is...no...should be in the air...
Nowadays it is so depressing to say the least to watch news. Wars, killings, people suffering, people destroying lives of others. Nobody is happy about what the other is doing or not doing. Although...
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Old and kind Sheki...
Today's post is a gentle "reminder" that this blog is actually about Azerbaijan with many posts devoted to the town that my parents come from and I associate myself with, Sheki. If you happen to visit...
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Mother factor...
I started writing this post last week. That day I was writing that I had spent some time talking to one of my older relatives who was telling me about her mother in law, Mina, whom I knew only as an...
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Remembering Khojaly...year 2013
I must have written before that months of January and February are not the happiest for Azerbaijan. In Baku these are the gloomiest in terms of weather and we all know what the weather means to almost...
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Forty days of care or Spring of Life...
Here I am back with you and its already April. I have been thinking about this post for awhile and today I will try to finish it. Today I will be writing about another custom in Azerbaijan. Tradition...
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Colors of April...
Today I am posting photos that speak for themselves. This is how colorful and different April has been in Azerbaijan this year. When I watch and hear news it feels awkward to write about the weather...
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Peace...Labour...May...
Azerbaijan does not celebrate May 1 any longer. The date that many would remember with slogan "Peace...Labour...May". I love everything about May and Peace and actually Labour - anything that is done...
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Victory Day...or the most beautiful May...
Our generation is so lucky not to live during the World War II...during fascism... It wouldn't be right to divide people who fought against fascism into nations, religions and other. Since this is the...
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Peace of mind or why to visit Sheki...
If you are a party animal and you are not going to throw that party personally then Sheki probably is not the place you are looking for...But if you are looking for peace of mind then I would suggest...
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About bread...
I am greeting you from Azerbaijan today after some silence. This post would be devoted to bread. Not sure if I wrote about this before but bread is one of the cherished or should I say "respected" if...
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People behind the scenes...III...
Today I will continue writing about one of my favorite subjects: about people behind the scenes.This summer I have done photos of some people in Sheki that I want to share with you.I will start with...
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Rich summer...
I have mentioned many times here that we are blessed with rich and fertile land in Azerbaijan. This summer when I found myself in different gardens of Absheron and Sheki I took random pictures that I...
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Azerbaijan - European chess champions 2013 and 100 years to Arshin Mal Alan...
I haven’t been writing for quite a while but I was thinking about it quite a lot.Two things happened during this period that I am particularly keen to mention about on my blog. One of them is that our...
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Happy New Year!
Its mid February and I still haven't wished you "Happy New Year!". We had an earthquake in Baku couple of days ago that I did feel in the office and our nanny who was at home with two of our kids did...
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