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Summer Photos [2016]
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Summer Photos [2016]

From Celebrating Riga’s Birthday to a Beach Trip! 2016 Summer was nice and sunny and while not many pictures, these show fun moments!

During a summer fair, a man is making bubbles with a makeshift bubble wand of two fishing piles and a long rope soaked in soapy water, a small horde of kids reaching for the bubbles
During a summer fair, a man is making bubbles with a makeshift bubble wand of two fishing piles and a long rope soaked in soapy water, a small horde of kids reaching for the bubbles

Once Again with Bubbles

Original Description: More bubbles and kids were enjoying them all.

Bubbles floating above the crowd, as they try to catch them
Bubbles floating above the crowd, as they try to catch them

Bubble Fun

Original Description: Even some adults were enjoying them.

Man making more bubbles for small kids with a soapy rope between two fishing poles during a bright summer day during a fair
Man making more bubbles for small kids with a soapy rope between two fishing poles during a bright summer day during a fair

Making Bubbles

Original Description: Fishing rods for makeshift handles for the bubble maker…gotta admit, that's a pretty cool usage. The kids certainly agree with the results.

A crowd in Vermanes Garden watches as bubbles are being created and floating in the air
A crowd in Vermanes Garden watches as bubbles are being created and floating in the air

So Many Bubbles

Original Description: Like the title says…they were everywhere!

A fair workers is using fishing rods and soap soaked rope to make a BIG bubble for the crowd to enjoy
A fair workers is using fishing rods and soap soaked rope to make a BIG bubble for the crowd to enjoy

BIG Bubble

Original Description: Less bubbles, but the size more then makes up for it!

A sign that challenges you to climb a climbing wall, one in the background attached to a tree...
A sign that challenges you to climb a climbing wall, one in the background attached to a tree...

Climb the Mountain!

Original Description: That's basically what the sign says…

...and a second installation with a climbing wall, a proper wall, with kids on it and parents watching them, workers nearby and a sign showing the sponsors
...and a second installation with a climbing wall, a proper wall, with kids on it and parents watching them, workers nearby and a sign showing the sponsors

Here it is...

Original Description: …the mountain in question.

Climbing wall installation, with two kids on the wall, parents and other kiddos on the ground, watching them as they climb
Climbing wall installation, with two kids on the wall, parents and other kiddos on the ground, watching them as they climb

Climbers

Original Description: Well, they're doing it.

Fair worker releasing bubbles for the crowd to enjoy, as the sun beams down brightly
Fair worker releasing bubbles for the crowd to enjoy, as the sun beams down brightly

Bubbles and Sun

Original Description: Why is the sun so glaring?! At least the bubbles look cool.

Art installation made of glass, made to look like a cloud, with strings attached to look like rain
Art installation made of glass, made to look like a cloud, with strings attached to look like rain

A Cloud of Lightbulbs

Original Description: That's what it was. Looked odd, but sort of cool.

A stone installation, with pine tree branch designs going from the center to the corners of the octagon
A stone installation, with pine tree branch designs going from the center to the corners of the octagon

The Spot of the First Tree

Original Description: So it says on the stone, it was where the ever first Christmas Tree in Riga placed.

A strange cloud-like object placed on the old defense wall of Riga
A strange cloud-like object placed on the old defense wall of Riga

Side of the Tower

Original Description: Nobody knows what the hell is that thing…

The Powder Tower, once part of the defenses of Riga, now part of the War Museum, partially covered in vines, the sun making the sky bright
The Powder Tower, once part of the defenses of Riga, now part of the War Museum, partially covered in vines, the sun making the sky bright

Powder Tower

Original Description: Once part of a fortress, now museum. And with very beautiful greenery on during the summer.

Photo of the park area by the Riga canal, with people enjoying the sunny day by laying in the grass
Photo of the park area by the Riga canal, with people enjoying the sunny day by laying in the grass

Through the Park

Original Description: Walking my way back to the public transportation back to home through the park and saw people just chilling on the grass.

Waters of Riga bay, nearly full of algea, with tiny waves across the waters surface
Waters of Riga bay, nearly full of algea, with tiny waves across the waters surface

Really Not Clean

Original Description: And so it begins and goes on…

A small wall of flowers, red and pink and yellow and white, blooming nicely on a warm day
A small wall of flowers, red and pink and yellow and white, blooming nicely on a warm day

The Flower Wall

Original Description: Majori is one of the many parts that make up JĹ«rmala: a popular tourist attraction during the summer season. And this is one of the beauties of Majori.
Grandma, grandpa and I went to Majori to experience some last warm summer sun in September.

Teenager leaning on a huge metal turtle, next to a hotel, on the beach in Majori, Jurmala
Teenager leaning on a huge metal turtle, next to a hotel, on the beach in Majori, Jurmala

By the Sea

Original Description: This is a picture of me being taken on my phone by my grandma at the metal turtle. It's been years since the last time I had a pic by this old thing.

Shot of the Gulf of Riga from the Majori beach, the waves calm and sky clear. Someone is in the water in the distance
Shot of the Gulf of Riga from the Majori beach, the waves calm and sky clear. Someone is in the water in the distance

The Gulf of Riga

Original Description: Where people come to swim!

Small waves in the shallows, water clear, the bottom visible with the light glistening on it
Small waves in the shallows, water clear, the bottom visible with the light glistening on it

The Glistening Waves

Original Description: Small ones make very beautiful patterns.

Shot of the beach in Majori, with people in varying states of dress, either sunbathing, walking or playing
Shot of the beach in Majori, with people in varying states of dress, either sunbathing, walking or playing

Beach Side

Original Description: It was September, but quite a lot of people came to catch the last rays of the summer sun.

Show of the calm waters of the Gulf of Riga, with perfectly clear sky, people in the distance enjoying the water
Show of the calm waters of the Gulf of Riga, with perfectly clear sky, people in the distance enjoying the water

The Calm Sea

Original Description: There weren't a lot of waves that day, so it was pretty quiet, despite the people. Grandma was surprised to see people actually swimming in the water.

The shallows of the gulf, full of algea and/or sea weed
The shallows of the gulf, full of algea and/or sea weed

Not So Clean...

Original Description: Well, we might pride ourselves with clean beaches, but these guys really ruin that image…and the smell, bleh!

Show of the horizon, with perfectly calm waters and perfectly clear blue skies
Show of the horizon, with perfectly calm waters and perfectly clear blue skies

To The Horizon

Original Description: I really like how the blues changed as it went both up and down.

Perfectly clear blue skies, from pale blue in the upper left corner to darker blue in the bottom right corner
Perfectly clear blue skies, from pale blue in the upper left corner to darker blue in the bottom right corner

The Clear Blue Skies

Original Description: There weren't any clouds, so I took the picture of the sky ocean.

Show of the beach area by the ship-shaped hotel in Majori, with tents in front for beachside restaurants
Show of the beach area by the ship-shaped hotel in Majori, with tents in front for beachside restaurants

From Where We Came

Original Description: By the side of the hotel, there is a path for people to get from the JĹ«rmala Majori town to the beach, right by the giant metal turtle.

The shallows of the beach, with marks in the bottom from the rippling water, and some seaweed scattered about
The shallows of the beach, with marks in the bottom from the rippling water, and some seaweed scattered about

Shallow End

Original Description: Literally, barely reaches half of my foot.

Shot of the Gulf of Riga, looking towards the horizon, the water calm and the sky perfectly clear
Shot of the Gulf of Riga, looking towards the horizon, the water calm and the sky perfectly clear

Clear Blue Water

Original Description: Well, brown-blue to blue, but details.

The bottom of the shallows at the beach, light rippling and some algea visible on the left side
The bottom of the shallows at the beach, light rippling and some algea visible on the left side

The Shimmering Bottom

Original Description: I am a sucker for the patterns that always appear from light at the bottom.

Sandy bottom of the beach shallows, the ground grooved and bespectacled with light and some algea in places
Sandy bottom of the beach shallows, the ground grooved and bespectacled with light and some algea in places

Waves and Light

Original Description: Seriously, these are beautiful.

A dead jellyfish in the wet sands of a beach
A dead jellyfish in the wet sands of a beach

Dead Jellyfish

Original Description: I've never seen one up-close before, so it was a surprise. There was quite a lot of dead ones or dying ones on the beach that day…

Shallows at the beach, filled with sea weed and a lot of it
Shallows at the beach, filled with sea weed and a lot of it

The Green Filled Waters

Original Description: Yuck! Imagine yourself having to run through that stuff just to get to the good waters.

Photo of the beach side, with people in various stages of clothing walking by the water
Photo of the beach side, with people in various stages of clothing walking by the water

Distance Shot

Original Description: I raised my phone high to take a picture. Evidence by the fact that my grandparents heads are in the corner.

Photo of the Gulf of Riga, looking at the horizon, with a small boat in the distance
Photo of the Gulf of Riga, looking at the horizon, with a small boat in the distance

A Single Boat

Original Description: Looks like the ship lost its partner…okay, that was a bad joke. I am sorry for that.
Added Description: Wait, why did I make that joke?

Old sanitorium, abandoned a long time ago, right on the beach as people walk by
Old sanitorium, abandoned a long time ago, right on the beach as people walk by

The Old Sanitarium

Original Description: Or was it an old villa? No, I think it was a Sanitarium, not that it's in use, hasn't been since before I was born, I think.

Shallows at the beach, small waves rippling and the grooved bottom had glimmering lights
Shallows at the beach, small waves rippling and the grooved bottom had glimmering lights

Almost Perfect Shot

Original Description: My shadow really ruins this picture…

Grooved bottom of the sea in the shallows, shimmering with light with the rippling of small waves
Grooved bottom of the sea in the shallows, shimmering with light with the rippling of small waves

Shining and Glimmering

Original Description: Really like this shot. It looks so beautiful.

Photo taken in the outdoor section of a restaurant, with people walking in or at their table, but focus is on the table, with a plate of food, with birds helping themselves to some of it
Photo taken in the outdoor section of a restaurant, with people walking in or at their table, but focus is on the table, with a plate of food, with birds helping themselves to some of it

This Happened!

Original Description: So, while I was guarding the table that we were going to eat at, this was happening at the neighboring table: sparrows were coming right at some guys lunch while he was away and ate it all. You don't see THAT in the big city.

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