Around Summer

Some of my friends often ask me why I spend my time in the shelter for homeless dogs. I often answer that it's interesting and brings me lots of joy. And the dogs are really wonderful.
Besides animals themselves this business gives me opportunity to meet interesting and talented people. For example yesterday I visited the exhibition of 2 painters Maria Smerchinskaya and Irina Belyaeva.
They called the exhibition "Around Summer". Their aim was to share some warmth with the visitors and I think they succeded. Their pictures are really warm and sunny and look like pieces of summer.
The exhibition was charitable and all money which was gathered there, was then transferred to the account of the shelter for its needs. Besides painters organised a little auction where they sold a picture by Maria Smerchinskaya and again the money was directed to the shelter. Total amount was 35,000 RUR

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Here are some photos












A little table with the information about our shelter










People came up and read flyers.










Then children gave flyers to everybody


Visitors kept on observing the exhibition






















Painters themselves



Maria



Irina



This picture by Maria Smerchinskaya was sold at the auction











This man finally bought the picture