So, as a flip of a switch, from winter and freezing temperatures to almost summer (+25°C and so) in a week — for a long time there's no proper spring (Croatian: proljeće) in my city, just three seasons: cold, hot and rainy.

There's not much to tell, my wife took two cats from the street and we're caring for them... today I'm off to a four-day vacation on the seaside (too early to swim, though), and we're taking them with us.

There are some deviants here that took a very difficult task of learning Croatian (or a very similar language, such as Serbian or Bosnian). Now, there are other difficult languages to learn, but these offer no real gains — they are spoken only here, in a small corner of Europe, unlike Russian with a very big country and a lot of classics, our literature and country are small. So it must be enthusiasm, a real work of love.

~medvjedica is from Brazil. Her name means "she-bear" in Croatian (medvjed is "bear"). She does drawings and paintings, her works normally have Croatian, sometimes German names. Here are some of her works:

~sadaznam is from Seattle, Washington, USA. Her name means "now I know" in Bosnian (sada "now", znam "I know"; the same in Croatian and Serbian). She studies languages and does some excellent photography:

~flutterking is from Greece, and he learned Serbian quite, quite well! About himself he says: "Flutterking [noun; non-declinable; Greek: Φλάτερκινγκ; Serbian: Флатеркинг] is a collective title for mentally challenged people who like to imagine themselves as Royal people when they lead a simple mortal's everyday life." And some of his works are...

I think there are some more people who make such adventures out there, sorry if I didn't include all!

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