Give Peace a Chance

I’m completely in tune with your sentiments Marta.

I met a Ukrainian on the cross channel ferry a couple of years ago. He was cycling(!) home to spend a couple of weeks with his wife and family - turns out he was working at the new reactor being built a few miles from where I live (small world). He was such a nice chap, I can’t remember his name but I think of him and his family often and so hope they are safe.

Thank you, Maggs!

I actually know (or observe) quite a lot of Ukrainians living and working in my little town since 2014. Women and men. Hardworking, polite, blending in perfectly with our community.
It breaks my heart to see any of them with red eyes because it usually means bad news from their homeland.

"I think that I am gonna repost this one ... until this madness ends." There are so many millions of us who want it to end. What a pity that we are mostly not the ones who can directly bring this about. Keep hoping, keep posting, Marta!

I know, I know, John.
It's just that feeling helpless makes me feel hopeless.

I accompany you in your feelings that belong to everyone, Marta!
Have a nice monday!

Thank you so much, Judite!
Have a nice Monday (evening) too!

that's an idea....

I am running out of ideas...

Have a Nice Friday, Marta!

Denk dat Putin daar geen zin in heeft-Marta!

What Putin thinks and does defies human logic.

The 'person' you reference in my opinion - is not a person. He is a pseudo-human.

Totally understandable sentiments, Marta.
I knew a few Ukranian students, together with some Russian ones, at university (I went to SSEES - The School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, now part of University College, London), in the late 70s and they were very much all friends together and all were (unofficially of course) anti the then Soviet regime. I often wonder what became of them all!

I know lots of Ukrainians and few Russians. I don't think that I ever saw any unofficial interactions among them.
The School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies was certainly a platform where students could mingle.
In late 70s?
Their children and (maybe) grandchildren are either scattered around the world or trying to survive or fighting... How sad :(

Have a nice week ahead, Marta!

:-))
Poutine want to restaure the tsar empire, but really he don't want that Europa make his énergetic transition. He want that Europa continue to buy gaz and pétrol. !
he is crazy !

Whatever his motives are he is a villain.

Entièrement d'accord avec toi !
C'est un stratège et sa folie appauvrira son pays à la longue !

I understand your frustration and the comment. But we should find ways to punish Putin rather than ourselves.

Well... punishing Putin is beyond my abilities. So I am venting :/ not punishing myself!
Does it feel like I am punishing you or my other visitors?

Thank you, Marta, for posting these photos, which help prevent our Ipernity community from becoming desensitized with the passing of time. I disagree with the suggestion that we can’t do more. I don’t know what motivates Putin, but he invaded Ukraine because he is stronger and could. In our own local communities, many of us know people who abuse others because they are stronger and can. We can make a difference there by not acquiescing, by saying something, and bearing the social and financial consequences that follow. If more of us refuse to tolerate local abuses, maybe—eventually—the broader community sense of what is acceptable will change, and there will be fewer larger abuses, like those by Putin. And if that is too much to hope for, nevertheless our local communities will be better because of what we have said and done.

Now, I hope I am not punishing your visitors.

Thank you so much, Tony, for not only understanding my intentions but also for explaining them so perfectly. It means a lot to me!

Have a Nice Friday and WE, Marta!

Have a nice weekend too, dear Judite!

Amazing to get all the group features in one photograph ... amazing!!

I found this shot in my digital archives two weeks ago and only then I realized its potential :)
Thank you, Frank!

I'm very much afraid you will have to repost this for a long time to come:-(
24.02. was the day I started for my first holiday in two years and the news nearly stopped me in my tracks. It's absolute madness and looking round the world there are many countries where similar madmen rule- dark times.

It's absolute madness for sure :(

A nice bench for rest, Marta!

Many to choose from, Judite :)

A Sunny Wall for you, Marta!

Poutine et le président chinois sont au sommets du classement des dictateurs ! Il y en a d'autres ! Tant que leurs peuples les soutiennent ils se sentent forts ! Mais la roue tournera en leurs défaveurs. Le monde devra le faire renoncer à sa folie meurtrière !
Je regarde des reportages sur la chaîne de télé ARTE à leurs sujets et c'est effrayant comme ils embrigadent leurs populations et leurs mensonges diffusés diffusés sur leurs chaines publiques.
Ils emprisonnent les dissidents !
La paroles n'est plus libre et c'est inadmissible en 2022.
Bonne soirée

It was already happening a long time ago but now it is finally getting into the spotlight. Let's hope for a peaceful end for everybody who deserves.
Have a good weekend, my friend!

yes ....
Hopeful FF & WE !

Jump over the fences, Marta!

Or crawl under ;)

i do appreciate your statement. It's a hard job and someone has to do it. But that's no option for me. I do some work where sadness ain't appropriate. When i go to help children for their school, i need to be uplifted. These kids need some possibilities to laugh and enjoy themselves. Or when helping some Ukrainians, i shouldn't bring sadness, they've got enough of it. There i need a bright mind to see what's necessary to do. And they aren't sad all the time, and sometimes there is loud laughter (especially when someone tells a joke about puuu.thing ...)

Well... my statement is not addressed to Ukrainians. Those that I know (and there's lots of them in my tiny town since 2014) I greet with a genuine smile reciprocated by big smiles from them.
Perhaps my statement here is addressed to happy-go-lucky patrons of HFF, HBM and HWW groups. Perhaps I am venting here... Let me vent!

Es reicht!

Enough said!

A 3 in 1 photo!
What insane times we are living through!

Insane indeed.

time to get Russia out of Ukraine
time to get Putin to Den Haag
time for a new fence ,-))))

Easier said than done, Markus!

Enjoy your weekend, keep well!

Thank you, Per
and have a nice weekend, too!

Marta,

Please do re-post until the madness is over.

Peggy C

Will do... will do!

Russia is no longer communist but its leaders have been educated, trained, by this ideology. As they say in France, dogs don't make cats.
The USSR reproduced the Tsarist Empire and Putin is nostalgic for it. He cannot function otherwise.

With some nations, communities and powers nothing changes...

Still liking and supporting your regular reposting of this image.

Well done Marta, "every little helps"!

Thank you so much for your support, Maggs!

So many people are aware of the Ukrainians, but yet nobody speaks about the Uyghur people in China who are being put in concentration camps and being killed. We pray for them at our church. Remember them as well.

You are so right, Kenny.
There is so much injustice and oppression around the world. Genocide... Evil doings...

Are the notes new - I don't recall seeing them before?

I'd re-fave if I could :)))

No, the notes are not new. I put them there in the first week after it had been published. Maybe not immediately, not on the first day, nevertheless... It's actually good to know that the notes are not obtrusive :)

But you may un-fave and re-fave the shot :) What about it? I actually like the idea :D

Das ist echt schlimm,was das schon längere Zeit passiert liebe Marta,man wünscht sich echt nur den Frieden :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes Wochenende,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Very belated thanks, Güni!

Que la paix règne pour que vive cette population meurtrie.
Bon week-end salutaire.

May peace reign so that every battered population may live.
Thank you!

I know I commented early on, and sad to see this photo still there (nothing against the photo, you understand!)
I'm wearing my Zelensky green t-shirt. I bought 3 a while ago and yes, although I needed a couple of new t-shirts, I did have the colour in mind to show support. I'd take a selfie to show here but I've never ever taken a selfie in my life; I'm far too self-effacing and shy for that!

Zelensky green t-shirt? Great idea!
If I needed new t-shirts I would do the same :)
Thank you!

I'm wearing it again today! Ideal for my physiotherapy session earlier on!
I would like to see a trend with this. Wouldn't it be great if people (well, ones that are happy enough to be seen in t-shirts) started wearing them en masse and if they were given the name of 'Zelensky green t-shirts'.
Perhaps someone has already got up and running with the idea (it would be surprising if not), and an opportunity lost but that's not the point; solidarithy is!

Etsy has it all :)
www.etsy.com/market/zelensky_green_shirt

I thought it had to have been done! Thanks for the link!
I saw the Shaktar team wearing Zelensky green yesterday!

MARTA,

YOU KNOW MY FEELINGS ABOUT THE NON-HUMAN WHO IS CAUSING THIS.
VENT AS OFTEN AS YOU NEED TO .. IT MAY NOT CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT PERHAPS HELP YOU INSIDE.

SENDING YOU, YOUR COUNTRY AND UKRAINE HEALING ENERGIES ACROSS THE OCEAN,

PEGGY

Peggy, my dear.
You understand me so well.
Thank you, thank you!

Every unclicking and recklicking the yellow star feels like kicking a war criminal into his ..... ;-)

That's the spirit, Markus!

There you go a fresh fave, didn’t think about that, thanks for the tip Marta

(I do hope the Ukrainian counter offensive goes well)

Some progress but not much - according to the map liveuamap.com/en

Thank you!

THANK YOU FOR THE MAP ..

I visit the map every day.
It looks better now than several months ago when they attacked Kiev.

AM BACK .. FRESH FAVE, AS MAGGS SAYS -

YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS ALWAYS.

STAY STRONG AND KEEP SAFE,

PEGGY

A fav refreshed counts double :) Thank you!

CAME LOOKING FOR THIS ON WEDNESDAY ... RE-FAVED IT, MARTA.

KEEP SAFE,

PEGGY

Thank you so much, Peggy!

MONDAY RETURN AND RE-FAVE.

LOVE AND WISHES FOR YOUR SAFETY,

PEGGY
- NORTH CAROLINA US -

Thank you so much, Peggy!

I am safe. At least from the danger lurking in the east.
Unfortunately my sickness from the beginning of this year has returned.
No long sitting by my computer by doctor's orders.
So I'll be less active here, I am afraid.

But I'll repost this picture every Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
That I can do with my smartphone!

Slightly better news with Ukranian troops on the offensive.

Yes! The big bad ugly bear is being stopped at least.

Have a nice day, Marta!

Hope at long last ...

AM BACK -- STRONG WILLED PEOPLE ARE AMAZING.

WHEN YOU HAVE A BELIEF IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN BEING TOLD WHAT TO
BELIEVE- IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE!

STRENGTH AND SAFETY, MY FRIEND

PEGGY

I wish for you also a nice day and weekend, Marta

MARTA,

SENDING ENERGIES ACROSS THE OCEAN FOR YOU AND ANYONE IN NEED. TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE,

PEGGY

Today I'm going to sit on the grass and contemplate..., Marta

LOVE FROM ME TO YOU, MARTA ..

STAY SAFE AND WELL,

PEGGY

@all
Thank you so much for revisiting the photo, refreshing favs and leaving your kind comments.
I appreciate them very much!

Unfortunately I am still not allowed (by my physician) to sit by my desktop computer with my sick leg dangling down - hence I am almost absent here.
Bear with me, please.
I'll be back in two weeks or so (depending on how my healing progresses).

I wish you the best, Marta!!

All the best to you!

BEST WISHES, MY DEAR FRIEND --

GET BETTER!

WILL STOP BY AGAIN SOON,

PEGGY

-- weekly re-visit --

WE SHALL CONTINUE TO VISIT, MARTA ...

26 SEPT 2022

1:O6 PM EDT

PEGGY

Hello, Marta!

Back again support Ukraine *
Keep up the good work Marta

@all

It looks like my absence will be longer than I thought.
One health problem resolved turns into two new health problems.
It is both exhausting and annoying.
But I'll be back, I promise.

all the best for you!

Hi, Marta!!
Greetings!