Piece of Life
Piece of Life is a photo project run by two. Here mostly are featured images that didn't find a separate photo story or in most cases just looks great.
Postcards from Chania July 18, 2017
At the start of June, 2017 we traveled for a 3 week leisure trip to the island of Crete, Greece, and our first stop was lovely coastal town Chania. We spent a lovely night discovering local Cretan cuisine and I photographed a lot nightly scene, equipped with a tripod and long exposures, lovely.
That said - postcards from Chania!
Chania lig... 
Postcards from Athens July 12, 2017
Just like in the case of postcards from Istanbul, we had just a few hours to spend in Athens, Greece, between layover flight to Chania (Crete).
Equipped with camera and adventurous spirit we dive in the narrow streets of Athens to discover it's beauty and visit some ancient sites.
Square in Athens
One of our first stops in the city cente... Postcards from Istanbul June 29, 2017
Istanbul has been on my travel radar since 2009, when I first visited it during a layover flight to Telaviv, Israel. Since then I've traveled countless times to and back from Istanbul.
So did happened during our latest trip Riga - Istanbul - Tbilisi, we booked a lovely hotel Dosso Dossi in Sultanahmet district and spend one night in Ist... Postcards from Germany June 19, 2017
Welcome to another Piece of Life postcards from series. In today's article - Germany. We traveled to Germany for about 3 days at the end of May 2017.
I was not at all in photography this time, but still managed to capture some cool sceneries.
Sunset in Gudenberg, Germany
One of rare HDR's I made during this trip. Folks interested in such... Postcards from Telavi June 05, 2017
It was on an overcast day, we decided to leave our cozy room at Chateau Mere hotel and go explore Telavi. I've been to Telavi several times, and I always thought there is nothing much to see, except the Telavi market or try khinkali at Kafe - Bari Zodiako. Turns out I was wrong - Telavi has to offer much more.
At hotel reception desk we asked for... Postcards from New York City April 30, 2017
That time have come, and in today's Piece of Life photo series, we are very exited to list postcards from New York city, if you have been following for a while our photo project, you have already noticed that we have featured postcards from many cities around the world.
New York city has a lot to offer, it's dynamic, calm, strange but let's agree... Autumn in Latvia March 15, 2017
In today's Piece of Life photo series a story from Autumn 2016 - when almost all major planned home remodeling works for this Summer were finished, in a dank September morning we decided to catch a morning mist by visiting some nearby objects.
Road in mist
I love mist photography, in fact i love to capture mist in the early mornings in our back... A Perfect Harmony February 03, 2017
It was on a still and tranquil evening after a hard work day on home remodeling - for the record, today was one of the toughest days in my constructors career as we faced some really though obstacles to overcome.
More about that, learn in this article: Fall Through The Ceiling, Dig a Trench Around Foundations, Stone Wall Concreting
In the ev... Postcards from Khulo February 01, 2017
It was in middle of November 18, we booked a train ticket to Batumi, leaving Tbilisi. Prior to that we booked a really lavish hotel with bath tube next to king size bed for a really cheap money, see Hotel Sputnik in Batumi. After spending lazy first days in Batumi, see: 16 things to do in Batumi I decided to get to the place I had heard so muc... Georgia in Winter (Photos from Tbilisi) January 28, 2017
There is a good reason to visit Georgian skiing resorts in Gudauri, Bakuriani or Mestia if you are up to a winter holidays in Georgia.
See: Gudauri - Georgian Winter Capital for skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and heli-skiing
On the other hand, here at Piece of Life series, we love to feature and document photo stories happening aroun... Postcards from Oslo January 07, 2017
Seems Postcards from series are one of the most featured at Piece of Life project, and there is no surprise about it, we travel a lot, and visit many interesting cities around the World. So did happened during our latest trip to Norway, what was meant to be just a night in Olso, between layover flights turned out to be a mini postcards from Os... Postcards from Chiatura January 02, 2017
Chiatura is an amazing and worth to explore city in the Imereti region, Georgia.
Famous because of manganese and iron ores. What makes this city special - cable cars, it's believed there are some 17 cable cars / lift systems in operation in Chiatura.
Chiatura have been on my travel list for a very long time already - first visited and documented... Lazy Day in Beach (Torremolinos, Spain) December 21, 2016
It was on our last day from trip to Spain (region of Andalusia). Our trip ended at the same point where it started at Malaga, or more precisely at Torremolinos. We checked in at hotel, left our belongings at went to spend this afternoon at beach, turns out we have visited this same beach some 7 days ago already, see Playamar beach in Torr... In The Searches For El Torcal - Wilderness in Spain December 11, 2016
In the searches for el Torcal is a story worth to mention and complement with amazing (IMHO) travel photography - say - Wilderness of Spain
Earlier today I practiced for the first time as a bird photographer, see Flamingo Lagoon near Fuente de Piedra in Spain, while searching for flamingos, we marked another tourism object to visit... Wilderness in Georgia December 09, 2016
During my long stay in Georgia I have documented a lot of Tbilisi restaurants, Georgian hotels, even museums, but little to nothing I have covered about wilderness in Georgia.
Wilderness, in fact, makes this country among the most beautiful countries in the world. Georgia is literally surrounded by wilderness, mountains, rivers and shepherd f... Postcards from Seville, Spain November 28, 2016
We spent a whole day in charming Seville (Spain) back in June 2016. Although many tourism objects and sites were visited today, just one did find a separate article on blog, see Plaza De Espana.
Today I decided to experiment with mood photography and as I photographed a lot tourists in the streets of Seville, a nice addition to Postcards from seri... Postcards from Vilnius November 22, 2016
Piece of Life has already featured postcards from two other Baltic state's capital cities, see Postcards from Tallinn and Postcards from Riga.
In today's postcards from series - cards from Vilnius, Lithuanian capital city.
For the third year in a row I have been celebrating my birthday in some of the former Soviet Union's country capital cit... Lithuanian Wedding November 10, 2016
I originally wanted to create a post - Postcards from Kaunas, for Postcards from series, but when browsed through the images I captured back in Kaunas, Lithuania this Summer I found that this time my architecture photography failed, instead I have captured lovely scenes from a typical Lithuanian wedding.
This is not t... Harvesting Mushrooms in Georgia November 04, 2016
This Summer we harvested a lot of mushrooms in the deep woods of Latvia, the nation with a strong mushroom culture. This was a good year, look some Slipery Jack even grew in the backyard of our rural house. We made a lot of delicious mushroom sauces and even preserved some (marinated mushrooms).
We returned to Georgia at the start of October, did... Armenian Wedding September 22, 2016
In today's Piece of Life photo series - Armenian Wedding, no not mine big fat Armenian Weddings, but a candid street photography from Yerevan.
It all probably started at Yerevan's Brandy Factory, after visiting which we returned back to the old town by foot and noticed a crowd gathering near church. Yup, they were waiting for the bride and groom.... Postcards from Yerevan (Spring) September 14, 2016
Back at the March 2016, we made a short, but very remarkable trip to Armenia and of course its capital Yerevan. In today's Piece of Life series - a day from Spring in the city of Yerevan.
Republic Square in Yerevan
Read more detailed article about the Republic Square of Yerevan.
View towards mount Ararat
Architecture in Yerevan city cente... Postcards from Cadiz September 10, 2016
My latest trip to Spain took us to the sunny and astonishing city of Cadiz. In today's Piece of Life series - a fraction, os simply Postcards from Cadiz.
Square in Cadiz
Cádiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the province of Cádiz, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Anda... Fair in El Puerto de Santa Maria September 03, 2016
Right, its time to continue our latest adventures from our latest Spain trip (visiting region of Andalusia). In today's Piece of Life series a trade fair in small town of El Puerto de Santa Maria.
We left Jerez early in the morning and followed by the advices on the internet decided to get to the Cadiz today, and one of the options was by making a... Deep in the Forest September 01, 2016
I'm not a huge fan of wild woods, instead I prefer parks, thus this time I agreed to accompany a person in a thing called mushroom gathering, and believe it or not - I even got a nice catch of mushrooms.
In today's Piece of Life series - a hunt for mushrooms in the deepest forests in Courland (Latvia)
Ferns in the woods
Observant viewer... Forest Mushrooms - Penny Bun & Red-Capped Scaber Stalk August 27, 2016
A few days ago I reported a photo story with a harvest of mushrooms from our backyard, then we gathered fungus called Slippery Jack, in today's Piece of Life series - a harvest from deepest woods of Courland (Latvia), meet Penny Bun & Red-Capped Scaber Stalk.
And again, those mushrooms were actually gathered by my better part and not me. I was... Mushrooms in backyard August 25, 2016
The other day my aunt visited us at our country house, we spent some lovely time together, and while somewhere in the woods near Akmenrags lighthouse we hunted for chanterelle fungi, should I mention we found just enough to make a barely pan of sauce?
The day my aunt left, my better part went for mushrooms again, this time at our backyard:... Another morning, another beatiful mist August 23, 2016
It seems I have a new tradition - for the second year in the row I have captured beautiful morning mist in our country house backyard.
Alright, previous year my beloved did the shooting while I was dreaming about roof works. This time I couldn't sleep (as I was thinking of upcoming bathroom remodeling works), and I noticed - a mist. In our backyar... Cats on The Rocks August 21, 2016
Recently I featured a post about how we built a rock garden in the front of our country house. I reported a lovely sunset just shortly. In today's Piece of Life series - little creatures who enjoys the most of our new rock garden. Meet our lovely cats Tiger and Richard.
Cat on the rock
A nice observation place for planing an attack on...birds?... Red Sunset in our Rock Garden - Cool Evening Mood August 17, 2016
This Summer spoiled us with a lovely sunsets, but one of the most empathic had been observed in front of our house at rock garden.
Red/Orange Sunset at Rock Garden
See how we built this rock garden a few days ago.
Country house during sunset
There is still a lot of to do, and it will require a huge investment to completely... Our neighbor - Fox baby August 14, 2016
For the second year in the row we have one small and lovely neighbor - baby fox. Once we met him at the bus stop, looked amazing - fox going to the city, the other morning bad farmers had mowed crop fields and baby fox seemed very disappointed.
Today we met our friend, just wandering on the road.
baby fox on the road
I wish I had a teleph...