my journey to the Alphabet Land (day V)

My next post for the Alphabet Hunt challenge by Hive account@barbara-orenya. This time we had to find words starting with letter "V". Pretty easy task, as there exist a thousand of different adjectives starting from this letter.

This is not a V-word, just a letter I found on the streets during my alphabet hunting. I could not simply pass it by! So, it will go as a bonus.

V — Veil

La viva la difference! Our cat using my wife's scarf as a veil on the photo above, and mica cap mushroom using last-year aspen leaf as a veil, below. Yes, this proves one more time that cats can be integrated in any wordpick... which is a good thing!

V — Vitamin

Quite a coincidence -- this week my wife received her iHerb parcel with various stuff for our household, and I noticed a few jars labelled 'vitamin' standing right on the table. So, I received a mighty hint I could not ignore but add it to my post. Here we go.

You're loosing, you losing, you losing your Vitamin C!
The great song of the greatest band from 1970-es.
I suggest it will accompany you going thru my post.
If you like you may check this link for a live footage.

V — Vodka

I had this word right from this week started, it suddenly surfaced in my mind (Germany for BEER, Russia for Vodka, isnt it?), so last Friday I ventured into a dedicated walk across the local yards to find some props to take pictures I needed. I found a lot! And made this staged photo presenting the Various Vodka Species I've found.

It was rather hard to capture, since I dont possess a Polarizing filter.

The brands you see on this 'bodegon', are: 'Urozhai' (A Harvest), 'Belenkaya' (Whitee), 'Stuzha' (Frosty Ice), and 'Green Marka' (Green brand). If you are curious, I tasted only the last one, I am not a big fan of this Russian drink to tell you the truth.

After that, I vizited the local liquors shop named 'Red & White' (Hive account@dswigle, I have an intention to write an extensive #marketfriday reportage on it one day, when I will replenish my stocks of dry red wine for the mulled wine season). This time I asked a permission to take pictures and triggered the shutter only twice, standing behind the Vodka section. Well, what can I say... it is splendid, and having 50mm lens definitely is not enough to capture all its beauty!

In fact, vodka is a mixture of 40% alcohol and 60% water. All! The recipe is as simple as that, and it is unchanging. Everything else is small adjustments in the refining technology, and of course -- design, packaging, and marketing efforts to push the product out and sell it at a higher price, to position it in the most "premium" market segment.

Thats why we have this amazing 'vodka divercity' of various brands. The content of the bottles do not vary as much, as design, hehe. I try to name some brands you see in the photo, if you are curious: Soft Silver vodka, AG - vodka with silver, Old Kazan-city, Alpha, Whitee, Village vodka (malted), Archangelsk-city vodka, Drink House, Green Marka, Finnish vodka, Finlandia, Quail village vodka, Russian almaz, Starlei (Senior Lieutenant) vodka, Yamskaya, Bread tale vodka, Russian peppers, Beluga, Clean dews, Absolut, Talka, Russian standart, Medved (Bear), White Owl, Cranes, Squirrel, Khanskaya, Tzarskaya, White Birch, Daddys Yoghurt, Grappa (grape vodka), Nemiroff, Freeman, Morosha (cloudberry) vodka, Special Khortiza, Kalashnikov (haha! of course AK-74 is such a good brand, they simply could not leave it alone and not use it with vodka product), Nectar, Joker, Summum, Slivyanka, etc etc etc and on and on and on.

Uff!! Note, I did not fit all of the shelves into those two frames. Much more left... Now I feel my post is improved a lot, and I should move on.

Oops! and one more photo. Searching thru my folders for a Viking photo, discovered this image I captured a few years ago at my publisher's flat on the next day after his birthday party: six 0.5 litre bottles ot Talka vodka, and two cognac bottles. Isnt it lovely?

V — Victory

This is the Nika Greek goddess, which symbolises victory. It adorns the monument to the victory in the Russian-Turkish war of 1878 at St.Petersburg. And, of course, one may take a photo of two spread fingers - this sign also means victory, and this is an easier way if there exist no victory monument in your city :)

V — Viking

Just something I noticed at the streets during my V-hunt. It was located on a car - might be a trunk, or a spare something, I really dont know. And below is a photo of my daughter examining collectible handicrafted tin soldiers. I remember that among these Indians, Cowboys, and Roman legionaries definitely there were a few Vikings!

V — Violin

An old photo I pulled from my archive. I dont have a violin at home in my posession as Hive account@bengy, so can not take a picture on demand every time I need it :)

All the images taken by me, as always. This round I considered just two more words that also came to my mind, but finally didnt fit into the post.

ventilation / vehicle

So, theres no leftovers. All those are simple things (maybe, except of a viking and violin), and I wonder how many matches do I have this time?

Now I think its a right time to create an index to my posts for this great challenge.

Hope you enjoyed travelling with me. Come back next week, and join the fun!