Away from keyboard #12. Sunny day in the middle of November

Last year rains in Stavropol began around the end of August and ended at the end of May of this year. So I didn’t manage to make any beautiful pictures of ‘the golden autumn’. It seems I get my compensation in this year: It's now mid-November but the weather is still very good, as you can see :)

There are still a lot of leaves on the trees.

The streets are flooded with sunlight.

The houses on the streets are quite different. Some are already almost destroyed... well at least they badly need a good repair. New high-rise buildings with offices and apartments rise right next to them.

And even more of them coming soon.

Actually, the neighborhood of old houses and new ones is not uncommon in Russia, where a big gap between rich and poor populations exists. So you often can see something like this:

There are couple of more new buildings… This one had a very tempting roof to climb up :D

And these are examples of architecture and design of the Soviet period.

I chose this alley for a walk.

Due to the fact that it is now the morning of the day off, the streets are almost empty.

But some people clean the flower beds from fallen leaves in front of their houses.

I made some pictures with leaves while they still are there.

I don’t know why, but someone numbered trees in the city center about a year ago. Now they all have such iron plates with numbers. I wonder if the trees with pretty numbers have already developed a disparaging attitude to other trees with boring numbers?

That’s right… I think about very strange things sometimes ^_^

For example, who put a glove on this tree?

You noticed the glove, right? Here it is ;)

Or who lives in this hollow?

No-one probably…

Or when this pigeon realized that nuts are good for the brain: before it started eating one or in the process? :D

An old Soviet bus letting a woman out on a bus stop. There is also a brand new poster with the words "Russia unites". Whom? What for? What does this even mean? And a hashtag #weareunited. And, now it has become clearer... The most powerful political party in Russia is ‘United Russia’. It's not the time for elections yet, but why not to start preparing people for their bright future in advance? Using regional money instead of money of the political party…

A bottle with a very recognizable logo in the trash.

A busy parking space.

Dear what are you doing on the balcony for so long?
I'm eating the harvest!

This is a very cozy balcony :D

This vine grows nearby. Anyone can eat this grapes. If he wants :)

This time surprises me by the fact that some trees and bushes are ready for winter and almost faded. And some plants seem already waiting for spring despite all forecasts :)

What else could I show you at the very end of this post? Hmmm… There's a crow for you. Because despite sunny days, winter is coming! ;)