This is the Golden Gate of Kyiv, the main defensive gate of the city from the 11th century, built during the time of Kyiv Rus (the early medieval Slavic state with Kyiv as its capital).

I need help finding mentors for @balakunua.bsky.social
If you have access to English or German-speaking communities, please invite them to spend a couple of hours a week helping Ukrainians learn languages.
All they need to do is register balakun.org.
Please repost!

⬆️ As long as you first move away the pinecone under your towel, two cigarette butts with lipstick on them, and the cap from a Pepsi bottle.
Then you lie down on the towel in your wet swimsuit and start drying in the sun. And while you dry, you sift the sand with your toes. Tap, tap. Tap.
Soft.

⬆️ Soft like the sole of a brand-new pair of New Balance sneakers - only in the first two months, before it gets flattened.

Your foot sits in them a bit awkwardly, but the softness makes up for it.
Your hair is soft like the featherbed in my grandmother’s house.
Soft like the river sand.⬇️