27 мая 2012 г.

Sevastopol Paintress Elena Melkova


Sevastopol in aquarelle. The spirit of upcoming summer...



 
Today kink of the “Mad tea-party”  - original Chinese tea Mao Fen.
This excellent green tea is made from the first very tender sprouts. It is raised at the Yellow mountains (Huangshan), Anhoy province, China and gathered at the early spring. Mao Fen is one of the most famous Chinese tea. It is prepared from the most young spouts with 1-2 little leaves. It looks very attractive during brewing, well drinking, very healthy (includes a lot of antioxidants), has a very nice aftertaste. Depending of the way, you’ve brew it, this tea could be very light, and sweetish, saturated and acerbic. It could tone you up, so we advice you drink it in the morning or early afternoon. Very special technology of treatment and storage provide to preserve the freshness of the green tea. Due to it you can delight with the primeval taste, aftertaste and aroma, like it just was gathered from the plantation. In our café you can enjoy yourself with this tea all around the year.
Elena Lebedeva

Sevastopol in May



 
Sevastopol in May – is it so special?! Yes, it is! It is bright and tuneful choirs created by “young ladies” at the age “a little above forty”. But they can outbid every teen-age company with their youthful ardour and vivid life style...

 
It is a merrymakings with pancakes at a huge samovar right at the embankment...


 
It is live music from the stage of Youth and Children’s Palace. This time when I’ve seen it, orchestra plays an ardent melody from the “Pirates of the Carribean”. What the energy it makes for all spectators!!!

Moreover
Stylish interest

 
On the 19th of May in the frameworks of “The European Night of Museums” our Sevastopol M. Kroshitsky Art Museum made a great present for all of us: special action “The Night at the Museum” took part here. It was found, many people interested in this action! Museum workers had to divide all numerous visitors into separate groups – all together didn’t find enough space inside. As for me, the most interesting were works by Sevastopol paintress Elena Vil’chukova, dedicated to children’s world. Bright, colorful and very kind pictures and real retro-style toys together creates an unique atmosphere from our childhood, makes us remember these perfect but slightly forgotten in our adult life times “when trees were high”.


Sevastopol paintress Elena Vil’chukova

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13 мая 2012 г.



9th  of May - is a very special date for Sevastopol. And the reason is not only the old navy history of the city, which is now the base for two fleets: Russian and Ukrainian. Main reason is the traditions of Sevastopol as the hero-city - one of 12 hero-cities at the former Soviet Union.  In the  Great  Patriotic  war  Sevastopol garrison  together  with  civil  population during  250  days  kept heroic defense of the city against  superior numbers and better-equipped German  fascists  forces. And the 9th of May, 1944 became the day of liberation the city from fascists' occupation - one year before the Red Victory Banner was raised over the Reichstag.


More than 60 years had passed after the end of war, and only a few participants and witnesses of that events are still alive. But all citizens of Sevastopol revere heroic defenders' memory and keep patriotic traditions.  Every year on the 9th of May thousands people gathered to the center of the city to greet veterans of the war and military veterans at the great Victory Parade. At this day you can meet here Sevastopol's citizens with their families and children and very lot of visitors from neighbor Crimean cities, from Russia and Ukraine and even from far abroad.


March is opened by victory warriors of the great patriotic war. Yes, unfortunately their number is decreasing every year. But free places in the marching columns are filling with their descendants, holding portraits of hero forefathers. And everybody feel the invisible presence of these soldiers, who gone to eternity. This presence will stay till the memory about their feat is alive.


Red  velvet  of  banners  in the wind, clanging of awards at the medal ribbons,  applauses  and  greetings  and  a  lot  of  flowers  in  the outstretched  children's hands. 9th of May - is not a holiday, it is a lesson for young citizens. This lesson teaches to be worthy the proud name of Sevastopol citizen. And they study this lesson well.

Author and photographer - Yevgeniya Solovjova as known as Solo :)

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At the Café-gallery “Mad Tea-party” at Bolshaya Morskaya str. #12 you can enjoy yourself with a
piece of lemon pie. Soufflé of lemon and a mass of whipped cream on the top makes you forget
all problems and concerns and feel yourself quite easy and airily.

9 мая 2012 г.

Sevastopol Paintress Elena Melkova


May be this painting is about book: you read it and you see the world, unknown and beautiful.
But it is also about the world; you see and describe it in your book.
And you describe it as unknown and beautiful for your readers… But may be I’m wrong.
This painting about something else – but beautiful anyway!


2 мая 2012 г.



Dragon Magic
Practically all natives in Sevastopol know, where is situated the most romantic bridge of our city. It is on the Primorsky Boulevard and it has an unofficial name “Lovers’ Bridge”. The second unofficial name for this installation is “Dragons’ Bridge”. Each side of it has a bás-relief where two dragons attack the city’s coat of arms.
Also the most of natives know the fact, that this menacing quadruple – is the only dragons in the architecture of Sevastopol. The only dragons for the whole of the city! Now you can imagine how unique this construction is. And dragons themselves are not ordinary creatures. They are fairy, magic and very bright! And no wonder that when Sevastopol’s dragons waked up in one sunny spring day, this event was celebrated with a magic performance under the bridge. Huge bubbles play rainbow colors under the sun. They look so bright, colorful, and so fickle and transient, the same as magic in the real world


 
Author and photographer - Yevgeniya Solovjova as known as Solo :)

1 мая 2012 г.

Needlework From Olga Solodukha



This Сute little animal became an infallible guard of your dreams from any nightmare monsters. 
Really, what kind of monster could harm the master of such long-eared, pink-nosed, dilly…
By the way, what is the name of this sweetie?! No, don’t tell us!
If she will keep your dreams, her name should be hidden from every monster!
We knew well “The Namerule” by Ursula le Guinn!
Sevastopol Paintress Elena Melkova


A Tea-party – is a good reason for drink some tea from
this simpatico cup with pleasant-looking tracery.