~Among winter mountains flowers of love bloom and prosper~
for @jasminedragonfox and @alvaviva
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watercolor, colored pencils and golden ink on A2 paper
#mastoart #artistsonmastodon #creativetoots #art #digitalart #traditionalart #furry #furryart #watercolor #dinosaurs #utahraptors #coloredpencils #love #wedding #caucasus #mountains #snow #flowers

Shahbulag Mosque, Azerbaijan

Latest frfom our @[email protected] the ECG Eurasian Film Festival in London showed that Eurasian cinema belongs in the global film conversation https://ow.ly/w1X050Z6hpe #EurasianCinema #FilmFestival #CentralAsia #Caucasus #Cinema #LondonEvents #CentralAsiaCinema #EurasianFilms

Eurasian Film Festival in Lond...

This church was destroyed during the Soviet era and rebuilt in 2012 (in a village in Lower Khevsureti, north-eastern Georgia, in the Caucasus). It is said that this site was a sacred place for the Khevsurs in pre-Christian times. Pre-Christian traditions live on to this day in Khevsur culture, as they do among the neighbouring Pshavs and the Svans.
(June 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Khevsureti, #Chewsuretien, #Georgien, #Georgia, #Kaukasus, #Caucasia
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Kirchen, #Churches, #Architektur, #architecture, #Khevsureti, #Georgia, #Caucasus

The ECG Eurasian Film Festival in London showed that Eurasian cinema belongs in the global film conversation https://timesca.com/eurasian-film-festival-in-london-showcases-cinema-from-central-asia-and-beyond/ #EurasianCinema #FilmFestival #CentralAsia #Caucasus #Cinema #LondonEvents #CentralAsiaCinema #EurasianFilms

"Your Russian neighbor, he is, uh... friendly, yes...?"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2098406/your-russian-neighbor-he-is-uh-friendly-yes

One of the many stray dogs that can be found in Ushguli (Upper Svaneti, Georgia, Caucasus) and who follow tourists around in the hope of getting something to eat or at least a few strokes.
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Hunde, #dogs, #stray_dogs, #animals, #Ushguli, #Upper_Svanetia, #Georgia, #Caucasus

View of the hamlets of Chazashi and (in the background) Murqmeli in the village cluster of Ushguli (Upper Svaneti, Georgia, Caucasus)
(May 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#landscapes, #Landschaften, #Berge, #mountains, #Architektur, #architecture, #Pferde, #horses, #Ushguli, #Upper_Svanetia, #Georgia, #Caucasus