Meeting Calamary

Kitty meeting calamary. Photo by Mare Sabolotny, Kirepi village 18 April 2014

Macho Hat

Special Estonian macho hat. April 2014

When a Finn goes to Latvia

Kalaci, Latvia. 06.10.13 by Mare.

Karakatitsa

If  lake Peipsi (not to be confused with Pepsi) is covered with ice (seen already melting and piling on the photos) but you still feel you want to go fishing, you need a karakatitsa.

There's Russia on the other shore. And the April ice can move big stones and pull up trees on its way. Just like the ice in "Ice Age" animated film.

Karakatitsa is a rebuilt car, something like a monster truck, only it's not a heavy show off job, but rather a light and practical vehicle. The point is, it has to stay float, even if the ice breaks. Internal tires of airplanes are most commonly used to the wheel - and sometimes upgraded for better grip, as seen on the photos.

Photos, by the way, are taken in April 2009, in Nina village (The Nose village) in Eastern / South-Eastern part of Estonia).

Estonian Totoro

April 2010, Kirepi. Photo by Mare Sabolotny.

Just another fence...

Photo by Mare. 12.07.13 in "the garden city" Kärdla, Hiiumaa.

Estonian blowjob

And this is what you get if take pictures of dog's property without asking permission. Am I stunned of yes? Photo by Mare, September 2012, Tsooru.

Lost the lens cap

So I raped the pickle jar. The owner of the installation said it has worked fine for a few years now. (You can't even imagine how much the nasty capitalist camera manufacturers demand for a replacement.)

Photo by Mare Sabolotny at Rabarock Festival in Järvakandi.

Winny Puhh

 

 

Photos by Mare Sabolotny at Rabarock Festival, Järvakandi, Estonia. 16.06.12

Hard to be sexy

  Because this always happens:

Photos by Mare Sabolotny at Rabarock Festival, Järvakandi, Estonia. 16.06.12

Sunstroke

Sunstroke is a misery that can arrive when you live in an area where the temperature can change 50 degrees celcius in just a few months.

Photo by Mare Sabolotny at Rabarock Festival, Järvakandi, Estonia. 16.06.12

Recycling Converse

Now somebody will be pretty happy to discover mint condition lilac Converses in a second hand shop. Photo by Mare Sabolotny, Ülemiste, Tallinn, April 2012.

Stop ACTA! in Tallinn

On a cold Saturday afternoon people gathered to show their discontent with ACTA:

And the mass even heated up the square by 2 degrees.

Photos by Vahur Afanasjev and Mare Sabolotny. At Vabaduse Väljak (Freedom Square), Tallinn, 11.02.2012

I love you, global warming

The view from my window on 28th of December, 2011 in Tallinn. The day before yesterday, 10 degrees celcius was measured in Tallinn.

NOVEMBER last year: http://estiil.blogspot.com/2010/11/car-dig.html

Duck Hunt

Puppets from new Estonian animation "Fly Mill" by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg. The premiere of the film will be on 20th of november on animation festival Animated Dreams in Tallinn. There is an exhibition of the puppets and all in the Academic Library until 01/12/2011.

Photos by Mare Sabolotny and Rene Haljasmäe, November 2011, Tallinn

Cranberry Burka Jar Attack

Inshallah. Jam by Mare Sabolotny, photo by Vahur Afanasjev, Tallinn, September 2011

Innovation

Behind the beautiful dancer in a Muhu skirt stands a portable ATM.

Photo by Mare Sabolotny. 1st of July at Tallinn Song festival grounds.

Holding on

Photo by Mare Sabolotny. 1st of July in Tallinn at the Song festival grounds.

11th Youth Song and Dance Celebration "Maa ja ilm"

Has begun! For the first time the dance festival takes place at Lauluväljak along with the singing festival. Reactions are different, Laulväljak fits more spectators, but a stadium offers a better look at the images created by dancers which is kind of a trademark for the festival. Ladies on the tram said: "This is bullshit, Kalevi staadion is the best place for the dance festival and it was a stupid idea to change the location."

Like this teddy bear formed by the youngest dancers.

Running off the stage.

Collecting dancers from all over Estonia, altogether 7554 dancers and 386 teachers who along with an even larger amount of singers will eat 106 400 bowls of soup during the festivities.

All photos taken by Mare Sabolotny 1st of July 2011 at Tallinn Song festival grounds during the main rehersal (hence the lack of crowd).

Industrial Cemetery

Photo by Mare Sabolotny, May 2011 in Paldiski