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Greetings from Scotland! Over the past week, we've been making the most of the school break by travelling to this beautiful part of the world. We've explored Edinburgh…
As of October 16, 2026, our options-selling-powered dividend stock portfolio stood at $13,456, marking a weekly decline of 1.37% compared with the previous week.This…
As of October 9, 2026, our options-selling-powered dividend stock portfolio stood at $13,643, showing a decent weekly increase of +0.72% compared with the previous week.…
Welcome to the fifthy (#50) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in June 2021.The last June we spent in Georgia and at the end of the month traveled back to Latvia, we did many nice road trips, kept going to the gym and visited swimming pool, English kindergarten for our daughter. Life is very good. I was doing quite a lot of awesome drone videography around both countries, discovered new places both in Georgia and Latvia.From the perspective of dividend income - Last June was surprisingly good. In total, we took $128.31 in dividend income last month. Which is quite…
Lately, I've put my DSLR camera aside and mostly using DJI Mavic AIr 2 + phone for photography and video (mostly video).
The drone is an awesome replacement for a DSLR camera - you can have both video and photography, the only drawback - no audio, that's why I'm using a phone.
anyhow, recently I discovered an awesome place here in Georgia, the restaurant Salty Garden, I did some drone videography, did some mobile videos, made a nice short clip at the end, but I forget to take any photography - so I was left with no other option - export a single frame (s) from Adobe Premiere
And here is how:
From your timeline, with the frame selected press CTRL+SHIFT+E (or locate…
Restaurant Chiko near Apsindza is one of our best discoveries lately here in Georgia, the restaurant no only offers amazing and spectacular views but it also serves tasty cuisine for a very very affordable prices.First discovered in June 2021, when returning from Vardzia cave town, we made a stop here because of spectacular views and I really wanted to have a good cappuccino. I got both + more.The view that attractedAfter seeing this views when passing by, we decided to take a stop here and have a cup of coffee.The mountains are called - Aspindza mountainsRiver Mtkhari passing byThe views are just worth a million.Hotel under constructionThere was ongoing hotel construction works…
Weekend - turned out quite a nice video, despite a bad luck filming. Got a no-fly warning from monks at Zedazeni monastery and heavy rain ruined my plans filming at Birtvisi canyon. From the good - discovered how to use action track on Mavic Air 2.
All the rest - enjoy!
Music by Scott Holmes: Storybook
April 9-11, 2021
Recently I launched my YouTube channel where I talk about stocks, options trading, and finance in general. Most of the filming and editing I'm doing myself.
As I'm filming with my Samsung Galaxy A51 phone and then importing video in Adobe Premiere Pro for editing I noticed that some of my videos kind of look weird as t they are in a "mirror effect"
Mirror effect video
Look at the T-shirt - the text is in mirror effect.
Now to change it - select the video file and apply Horizontal Flip from the:
Effects - > Video effects - > Transform - > Horizontal Flip
Flip horizontal video in Adobe Premiere Pro
Hope it helps!
Located in Abastumani village, this hotel features a shared lounge, garden, BBQ facilities, and free WiFi. Featuring family rooms, this property also provides guests with a terrace. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk, room service, and currency exchange for guests.We booked a family room for one night stay in mid-June 2021, and paid for that GEL 350 (with breakfast included). The place seems nice, kid friendly. We enjoyed our brief stay here a lot. Abastumani residenceSurrounded by pine trees, the area of Abastumani is a popular health resort. All units are equipped with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, fridge, a kettle, a shower, a hairdryer and a…
Made a quick stop at Vilgāle today to check how our apt renovation works are going and made this short drone footage.
There is some recreational potential at Vilgāle. There is a guest house, a Montessori school, some shop (s), and a huge Vilgales lake (a couple of months ago I met some Aussies here). Quite often properties go from the hammer in this village. they just sold kindergarten for EUR 20K (we wanted to buy, but hell - what would we do with a kindergarten)
DJI Mavic Air 2, February 27, 2021
Music by Scott Holmes: Hotshot
Green cape is one of the most beautiful places in Georgia, located just some 9 km outside of Batumi. Batumi Botanical Garden is located within Green Cape's picturesque setting. You can reach Green cape from Batumi by a taxi or bus.Pebbled beach at Green capeThere are several cafes located in and within a close proximity to Green cape. The main entrance to the Batumi Botanical garden also is located here.Green Cape and a pierThis place has also some special place in our hearts, as back in the Summer of 2012, we camped overnight here at had a very very nice Summer Solstice (June 23) with grilled meat and a morning swim in the salt waters of the Black sea. Sweet memories.…
One of the strangest weekend trips, - from the Russian Tsar favorite places in Abastumani to the footsteps of Khertvisi fortress which, rumor has it, Alexader the Great has visited.
From the Georgian Cave towns in Vardzia to friendly Armenians in Ninotsminda and back to Russian Dukhobor settlements near the beautiful lakes of Saghamo, Paravani, and Tsalka reservoir, not to mention tasty Belgian chocolate from the Phoka Monastery.
Strange, but awesome. Thumbs up!
I was facing problems with some Drupal modules not being supported, before upgrading to PHP 7.4 version.
As I had running Ubuntu 16.04 server with Nginx and PHP 7.0 FPM on in I felt a bit afraid performing a live update and decided to make a new backup for all settings.
Here I found some good advice: How To Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04
and also for Drupal specific things took my own advice from here: How to Install Drupal with Nginx, PHP-FPM 7.4, MySQL, phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04 - Linode Guide
Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 18.04/16.04
Step 1: Add PHP PPA Repository
We’ll add ppa:ondrej/php PPA repository which has the latest build packages of PHP.…
Hotel Dalis Mta is located some 35 kilometers from the Dedoplitskaro town, right next to the Dalis Mta water reservoir in the Chachuna managed area.We had a chance to stay here overnight at the start of June 2020, as the trip was organized by a German friend, he was the one who found and booked this place. The hotel charged GEL 50 per person, plus an additional GEL 30 dinner and an additional GEL 30 breakfast. If you are into grilling I guess it shouldn't be a problem to prepare a grill (as long as you have firewood and meat with you)We booked this place in the frames of a weekend trip to Chachuna managed area, visiting mud volcanoes, eagle canyon and Big Shirtaki airfieldSolar panels…
Epic Georgia! Epic Vashlovani!
Another awesome weekend recorded. Crossing desert sand, meeting more than 30 turtles, reaching man-built Chachuna reservoir, stepping in volcano mud puddles.
With an overnight stay in a camp base powered by solar power. Reaching Eagle canyon near Dedoplitskaro and having fun at abandoned Russian airfields in the middle of nowhere.
Many thanks to Ralph Schmidt for making this trip happen.
June 5-6, 2021
Located in the centre of Batumi, just 200 m from the Black Sea coast, Hilton Batumi is a pet-friendly 5-star hotel offering a modern interior design and high-quality facilities. Dolphinarium is 300 m from the hotel and Europe Square is 900 m away.We booked this 5-star Hilton Batumi hotel for a 3-night stay at the end of May 2021 and paid about GEL 2400 / USD 772.Price included a junior suite executive room with excellent views from the 19th floor, access to the executive lounge for some light snacks, a salty swimming pool, gym, and some more perks (breakfast), as we arrived in Batumi by plane, we didn't have to concern about parking.In the past, we have stayed in many Batumi hotels, but…
Another awesome weekend has been in our tapes - this time we booked a Tbilisi - Batumi flight by Vanilla Sky (it's super cheap and takes only 50 minutes to get there), a 5-star Hilton Hotel with executive views + gym and saltwater pool access.
Visited Green Cape + Botanical garden. Pink ice cream is still our favorite. Made a ton of hyper lapses and experimented with keyframing (fast forward in Adobe Premiere).
Enjoy and thumbs up!
This weekend we decided to stay in close proximity to Tbilisi - choosing Tsilkani, Natakhtari, Bazaleti route - met a few donkeys, a lot of butterflies, and tried some of the best katmis mcvadi at Salty Garden and of course cooling off at Biltmore's swimming pool in the afternoon
Beautiful mountains in Georgia, fly a kite in the dessert, and swim in the 5-star hotel's pool - here is our Trip to the David Gareja monastery complex. May 16, 2021
David Gareja Monastery complex probably is among the top tourist attractions in the Republic of Georgia you should visit. Located in the desert, bordering Azerbaijan this place provides very spectacular views. The best ways to get here are either by using your own vehicle or hiring a driver or booking a trip.
Day in Borjomi National Park - or we love to head here 2-3x times a year.
Cool views, illegal dining in a secret restaurant, nice boutique apart-hotels, selfie-stick, trampolines, and of course a lot of mineral water.
Decided to experiment with mobile + drone videography. What do you think? Should I do more like this? Drop me a comment!
At the start of April 2021, after a 6-month absence, we finally returned back to Georgia. One of the things we wanted to do - as many quick day trips as possible.One of the first - day trip to Uplistsikhe Cave TownUplistsikhe is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, located some 10 kilometers east of the town of Gori, Shida Kartli.Uplistsikhe cave town in GeorgiaAs I was equipped with DJI Mavic air 2 drone, I decided not to climb much today. Made some lovely photos and video, see it here: Uplistsikhe cave town in Georgia / 4K / DJI Mavic AIR 2Uplistsikhe Cave Town in GeorgiaBuilt on a high rocky left bank of the Mtkvari River, it…
Georgia - Never Miss a Moment - or we had an extended weekend, 4 days to keep us busy, made some hyperlapses in Tbilisi, learned to ride a scooter around the Lisi lake, climbed up to St Peters and Paul's monastery in Bolnisi, found some poppy fields, and wandered around The Chronicle of Georgia monument near the Tbilisi sea.
Like, share, and enjoy! Filmed April 30 - May 3, 2021 DJI Mavic Air + Premiere Pro Music by Scott Holmes - Never miss a moment!
Zedazeni Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain the hills of Saguramo, northeast to Mtskheta, and to the east side of the Aragvi River.There is a pretty steep but good-quality road heading to the monastery complex from the Saguramo village. This could actually be the very awesome route for hiking - Saguramo - Zedazeni monastery.Zedazeni monasteryWe first visited Zedazeni monastery in early April 2021, despite we have been quite a few times at the Saguramo village, there is a nice hotel with an open-air pool located in Saguramo, see Sevsamora Resort & SpaZedazeni monasteryThe monastery was founded by…
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