Posts for: steveastro
Mar 30, 2019 09:52:07 #
I was lucky enough to have a few days away at the coast. We visited a small coastal town named Pomorie, a very old fishing village back in it's day.
Here are a few pics I took while I was there.
Here are a few pics I took while I was there.
Mar 24, 2019 00:48:26 #
Mar 22, 2019 01:43:50 #
Here is an image of another favourite Oak tree of mine. This is in Herefordshire, UK.
Mar 21, 2019 08:20:22 #
Mar 21, 2019 03:23:39 #
Mar 21, 2019 01:54:14 #
Bill_de wrote:
If this is the case ...
[i}"Youngsters go to school in the more modern towns where there is employment, restaurants, night clubs and transport. "[/i]
... it seems like the country is better off.
I remember reading years back that young people move to the cities to make money so they can eventually afford to retire to the country.
Your pictures do tell a story. Well done.
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[i}"Youngsters go to school in the more modern towns where there is employment, restaurants, night clubs and transport. "[/i]
... it seems like the country is better off.
I remember reading years back that young people move to the cities to make money so they can eventually afford to retire to the country.
Your pictures do tell a story. Well done.
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Thanks for your comment. The situation here at the moment is that when the older ones pass, the farms (sometimes just a hand full of sheep) finish. There is no life in the villages anymore. The youngest here at the moment is 25, next to him most are middle aged.
Again, thank you for your lovely comment.
Mar 20, 2019 22:58:05 #
I live in a very rural village in Bulgaria. I say 'very rural' in comparison to a rural village in the UK. The village I live in has around 120 residents which drops by the week. The sound of the church bell that rings through the village is again the sound that means the village is short another resident. The next day there is a funeral.
From what I have read and heard, the village was a well populated, busy farming community not so many years ago when is was under communist rule. Many may think that the country is better off now communism no longer exists, but in fact, the older generations miss those days. Back then, there was not a lot of money, but everyone had employment, a house and just enough to manage financially.
This is not the case today.
With village farming quietly fading along with its residents, rural villages really are failing. Youngsters go to school in the more modern towns where there is employment, restaurants, night clubs and transport. Many youngsters move to the towns, cities and other countries in search of a better life, rather than running a many generation old failing farm.
Because of this, when their elderly family draw their last breath, the family house is then left to the whole family and the money made from the 'eventual' sale of the house is split many ways.
As there are so many to share the money between, on times the price of an empty village house can on times be very expensive 'for a Bulgarian, mud brick house'. And here "I think" the problem starts.
If an empty house is on the market today for 15000 lev and it does not sell fast, in 15 years time, when the house then looks like the one in the below images, families still want 15000 lev.
This is why 'in my opinion' rural villages in Bulgaria are failing.
Hope you like the images of a house in my village.
From what I have read and heard, the village was a well populated, busy farming community not so many years ago when is was under communist rule. Many may think that the country is better off now communism no longer exists, but in fact, the older generations miss those days. Back then, there was not a lot of money, but everyone had employment, a house and just enough to manage financially.
This is not the case today.
With village farming quietly fading along with its residents, rural villages really are failing. Youngsters go to school in the more modern towns where there is employment, restaurants, night clubs and transport. Many youngsters move to the towns, cities and other countries in search of a better life, rather than running a many generation old failing farm.
Because of this, when their elderly family draw their last breath, the family house is then left to the whole family and the money made from the 'eventual' sale of the house is split many ways.
As there are so many to share the money between, on times the price of an empty village house can on times be very expensive 'for a Bulgarian, mud brick house'. And here "I think" the problem starts.
If an empty house is on the market today for 15000 lev and it does not sell fast, in 15 years time, when the house then looks like the one in the below images, families still want 15000 lev.
This is why 'in my opinion' rural villages in Bulgaria are failing.
Hope you like the images of a house in my village.
Mar 19, 2019 21:34:30 #
Mar 19, 2019 21:00:46 #
I have been lucky to live in a few beautiful locations over the past few years, but even luckier it seems, I have always had a favourite tree in each location very close to the home. Here are a few recent pics I have taken of my current favourite tree which is a minute walk from the gate. Also a sneaky few of the Sun too.
Mar 19, 2019 10:56:24 #
Mark Bski wrote:
Thanks for posting those links, I have both of them saved on my favorites list.
I've been trying my hand at starscape photography for over a year and your magazines will be a great resource.
I've been trying my hand at starscape photography for over a year and your magazines will be a great resource.
Hi Mark, that is great news. Hope they help
Mar 19, 2019 09:43:23 #
alberio wrote:
That is what happens every time you acquire new astronomy gear...inclement weather. Welcome to astronomy.
Yep, cloud magnets
Mar 19, 2019 09:42:46 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
My interest in Astonomy is simple. Just the Milky Way with a DSLR and a 14MM lens. Yours is deep and complex learning.
Welcome to the forum. Would love to see some of your images.
Welcome to the forum. Would love to see some of your images.
I seem to have gone full circle. I am more interested in Milky Way images these days also
Mar 19, 2019 09:42:09 #
Plieku69 wrote:
Nice, I have just inherited a decent scope but have not yet been able to get a clear sky to begin learning about it
Ken
Ken
What have you got Ken?
Mar 19, 2019 09:41:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice. I'm glad I never got interested in that. Too much stuff! : )
Too much cost too for the amount of clear night I got in the UK.
Mar 19, 2019 09:06:46 #
One of my favourite hobbies over the past few years has been astronomy. Here are a few images of a few of the scopes I have owned over the years.
Would love to see your scopes if you have any images.
Would love to see your scopes if you have any images.
