volya

August 2025

I just love this picture of Volya. We had a photoshoot for Ukraine’s Flag Day – 23rd, which is a day before Independence Day of Ukraine. I shared this online and with friends and it was a very popular picture of her, very patriotic as well. She is cute. I also love how we took […]

Osborne House

Visiting Osborne House was the main reason I wanted to go to the Isle of Wight. It was a fantastic day and I’ve enjoyed it a lot. I am sharing pictures as I took them and not in the obvious visiting route: house – garden – cottage and museum – beach. We’ve started our visit […]

Mugs from Ukraine

Today’s post is a short one, in which I am showing the mugs from Ukraine. Some are gifts, bought for my husband or by my husband. Another gift is the mug from Lviv Volunteer Kitchen, as a thank you for my work there. Which one is your favourite? I made close ups with all of […]

portland

Portland

Portland is an island in the south of England. People have lived there since the Stone Age. Now it is a very attractive tourist location. We went to see Portland Castle and ended up staying for the whole day because it was so lovely and we had so many things to see. The first stop […]

Alchemist

mid-August update

I made a small collage with pictures of Volya taken in August. She is such a sweetheart, goes out in the garden almost daily. We also went out for a walk, in a park. It was a bit crowded for her, so she spent most of time in her carrier. We went to get some […]

Carisbrooke Castle

Carisbrooke Castle is one of few places managed by English Heritage on the Isle of Wight. I went there without knowing more about it. This was very fortunate, because the place is both beautiful and very important from a historical perspective. Looking for details for this post, I checked their website again and saw that […]

St. George’s Cathedral and children paintings

In front of St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv there is a wonderful display of children paintings. The cathedral was built in mid-18th century, on the site of two previous churches. The first religious building on the site dates from the 1200s. The cathedral is beautiful and it was filled with parishioners, which I didn’t expect […]

Vegan on the Isle of Wight

This post, about being vegan on the Isle of Wight, is going to be very picture heavy. I am not talking only about food, but about the places we’ve enjoyed that food too. Firstly, this wonderful pub. It was a nice sunny day, so most people were outside, meaning I could take pictures of most […]

Jam Factory, Lviv

I visited the Jam Factory just before leaving Lviv, last month. I was with a friend and it was lovely. We spent a lot of time looking at the special exhibition and didn’t go up to see the historical exhibition, as I already saw that before and it was rather late. The complex has 2 […]

Butterfly World, Isle of Wight

We did not plan to visit the Butterfly World on the Isle of Wight, but it was a rainy day and it seemed like a good stop. I’m happy we went there because this place is just gorgeous. Enjoy the many pictures from it.