Zasneženo poletje Snowy summer

Včeraj so poročali, da je na Kredarici s četrtka na petek zapadlo 25 cm snega!

To sicer ni tako zelo neobičajno, pa vendar zanimivo, še posebej, če upoštevamo, da imamo tako malo deželico. Zdi se mi pravi privilegij, da imamo vse na kupu: poletje in sneg!

Takole jaz to vidim;


On the night from last Thursday to Friday there fell 25 cm of snow in our highest mountains!

Ok, this is not so very unusual, but if you take into account that Slovenia measures only about 20.000 square kilometres and that we are in the middle of the high summer here right now (except for the last rainy and quite cold week) it’s actually a privilege to have all these so close together: the summer and the snow!

This is how I see it:

:)

Posnetek koče na planini Preval, poleti leta 2003,
zasnežen z elementi zelo starih AVGUSTvarjanj.

This photo of Preval mountain hut is from summer 2003
and it is snowed up with very old AVGUSTvarjanja elements.

Sanjam o morju... Dreaming of the sea...

Nova AVGUSTvarjanja v nastajanju,
z elementi s starih slik
in školjkami s školjšišča v Ankaranu.
(več o tem školjčišču kdaj drugič)

New AVGUSTvarjanja in progress,
with elements from old paintings
and with shells from the Shell dune in Ankaran.
(more about this Shell dune some other time)

Deževen dan Rainy day

Naredi si deževen dan lep!

Make yourself a rainy day beautiful!

Zoja gleda skozi okno / Zoja looking through a window

Virtualni obisk Virtual visit

Bi se radi pridružili
virtualnemu popotovanju okoli sveta
(The Virtual World Tour),
ki ga organizira Diana iz OneCraftyFox?
Zdi se mi super zabavna ideja.
Diana obiskuje svoje prijatelje po vsem svetu
in danes gostuje pri meni, v Sloveniji!
No, vsaj virtualno. :)

Would you like to join
The Virtual World Tour
that Diana of OneCraftyFox organizes?
It’s such a fun and original idea.
She is visiting her friends all over the world
and today she is having a great time here,
in Slovenia,
at least virtually! :)


Za obisk pri meni je izbrala
tole simpatično kolekcijo;

For visiting me she chose
this lovely collection:

Zoja je obiska tako vesela,
da bi tudi ona rada nekaj povedala;

Zoja is so happy about the visit
that she wants to say something too:

Hvala, thanks, Diana! :)

Zlomljeno srce Broken heart

Brez skrbi – moje srce ni zlomljeno,
to je le najnovejša slika AVGUSTvarjanj
z motivom in verzi po naročilu.

Don’t worry – my heart is not broken,
this is just the newest AVGUSTvarjanja painting
with a custom made motif and verses.

v nastajanju / while painting it:

slika brez okvirja je velika 17x19 cm;

painting's dimensions (without the frame) are: 17x19 cm:

Moje ozadje My own background

Ko sem začela pisati svoj spletnik, sem od nekega ponudnika zastonj ozadij pobrala tisto, ki se mi je zdelo najbolj primerno, z mislijo, da bom nekega dne, ko bo kaj odvečnega časa, sama oblikovala ozadje zanj.

Ta dan je nastopil danes. Dobila sem namreč obvestilo, da moram zamenjati kodo, drugače mi bo ozadje "mrknilo". Pa sem si rekla, da je pravšnji čas, da uresničim svoje prej omenjene načrte.

In tukaj je - čisto moje ozadje! Oblikovano je z elementi AVGUSTvarjanj: ob robu rožici in listi, za označitev osrednjega polja za besedilo pa sem uporabila peščeno teksturo, pravtako z mojih slik.

When I started to write my blog I just picked the most appropriate free background from one of the providers. I thought that some day I would design my own background; I just waited for the time to do it.

This time is today. I got a notice to renew the code of existing background otherwise it will not work any more. I thought it was the sign to make my plans become reality.

So, here it is - my own background! It is designed with AVGUSTvarjanja elements that I use on my paintings: little flowers and leaves on the left side and sandy texture (also taken from my paintings) for defining the central writing field.

Sv. Jakob

Na današnji dan je 460. obletnica rojstva našega skladatelja in velikana renesančne glasbe Jakoba Petelina Gallusa.

Mi pa smo se že drugo leto zapored zbrali v Logatcu pri Mirovih na pikniku sv. Jakoba, ki ima poseben družinski pomen: Mirov oči je pred 6-imi leti prehodil Camino de Santiago de Compostela v Španiji in od tam prinesel kipec sv. Jakoba s simbolom te poti – školjko Jakobovo pokrovačo.
Ta kipec pa je imel nekoč nesrečo in je bil ob glavo, svetniški sij, podstavek in še desetine malih koščkov. Nama z Mirom je bila zaupana naloga, da ga spraviva v kar se da približno prvotno stanje. Sestavila sva ga lani, tako da je na prvem pikniku že sijal v popravljeni podobi.

Mislim, da nama je kar dobro uspelo, žal mi je le, da postopka nisva dokumentirala. Tako lahko sedaj pokažem samo že restavriranega, slikanega danes;

Today is the 460th anniversary of birth of our composer and master of renaissance music Jakob Petelin Gallus.

And today was the second year in a row that we gathered in Logatec at Miro’s family for picnic of sv. Jakob (st. James). This saint has a special meaning in the family: Miro’s father walked the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain 6 years ago and brought back home a little statue of sv. Jakob with the symbol of the path – scallop (Jakob’s) shell.
But this statue had a little accident and sv. Jakob lost his head and statue stand. His saintly halo crashed into dozens of little pieces. Miro and I were asked to fix it. We put everything together last year so he was all new and shiny at first picnic in his honour.

I think we were quite successful at it, I’m just sorry that we didn’t took any documenting photos of the procedure. So now I can show you only how the restored statue looked today:

Dodajam pa še nekaj
povsem posvetnih utrinkov z današnjega piknika :)

I’m adding a few
quite worldly moments from today’s picnic :)


dimnik kamina, ki ga je naredil Mirov oči;
chimney of a fireplace made by Miro's father:

"samo" sladoled / "just" ice cream:

sladoled za ledeno kavo / ice cream for ice-coffee:

Delček A little piece

Kljub temu,
da je šel Miro danes sam v Logatec
(jaz sem bila varuška Zoji),
je delček s tamkajšnjega vrta
zvečer vseeno prišel k meni
in mi polepšal turoben dan.

Even though
Miro went alone in Logatec today
(I was dog sitting Zoja),
a little piece from garden over there
came to me anyway in evening hours
and brightened up this dull day.

Osvežitev A refreshing

Kot da bi kdo slišal
moje včerajšnje pritoževanje nad vročino!

Just like somebody heard
my complaining over the heat yesterday!

Rdeče vroče vreme Red hot weather

Zadnje dni je tako zelo vroče.

Last days are really too hot.

Še dobro, da imam pahljačo,
ki je bila nekoč babičina!

It's good to have this fan
which belonged to my grandmother!

Kasneje tistega dne... Later that day...

... sem prišla na svet;

... I came into the world:

Mami mi je za rojstni dan naredila ta luštkan klobuček...

Mother made me this cute hat for the birthday...

... z listom AVGUSTvarjanj...

... with AVGUSTvarjanja-leaf...

... in nadvse mi je všeč!

... and I like it so much!

Vse fotografije je posnel oči.

All photos were taken by my father.

Roza Pink

Moje današnje delovno tihožitje...

My work still life today...

... s šopkom nageljnov od dedka.

... with a carnation bouquet from grandfather.

Poletni večerni sprehod Summer evening walk

Prekmurska gibanica

Včeraj smo se spravili na »logaško gibanico«. :)

Yesterday we tore into that delicious dessert
that Miro’s mother made us for our birthdays.

Zakaj logaška? Ker je prava, prekmurska gibanica od spomladi letos zaščitena in zato je prava edino tista, ki se naredi po določenem receptu.

V kuhinji pa je seveda dovoljeno malo raziskovati, izumljati in prikrojiti po svoje. To, ki sem jo poimenovala »logaška«, nama je naredila Mirova mami za rojstni dan in se malenkost razlikuje od originalnega recepta.


It is almost identical as the famous prekmurska gibanica (Prekmurje layer pie), which comes from Prekmurje and from this spring on it is protected product in EU. That is why it has to be prepared strictly by the recipe if you want to call it prekmurska gibanica.

Prekmurje is a region in the north-east part of Slovenia and it’s famous by its plains, storks and of course prekmurska gibanica.

Cooking is all about experimenting and this one, made for us, is a bit different from the original recipe, so I call it “logaška gibanica” (gibanica from Logatec or Logatec layer pie). :)

Seveda pa mi to dejstvo ni niti malo preprečilo,
da mi ne bi bila nadvse všeč,
saj je prekmurska gibanica, poleg tiramisuja,
ena mojih najljubših slaščic.

This tiny detail didn’t make me like it any less,
since beside tiramisu
prekmurska gibanica is my favourite dessert.

Pivo in golaž Beer and goulash

Ob najinem že tradicionalnem
skupnem rojstnodnevnem poletnem žuru…

At our traditional joint birthday’s summer party…

Zoja čaka goste / Zoja waiting for guests:

… ob pivu, ki ga je zvaril Miro…

… with beer home-brewed by Miro…

… kruhu, ki ga je spekel Miro…

… bread baked by Miro…

… in golažu, ki ga je skuhal Miro
(z malo moje pomoči – lupljenje čebule in mešanje)…

… and goulash cooked by Miro
(with a bit of my help – peeling tons of onions and stirring)…

… smo se zabavali in imeli fino pozno v noč.

… we had fun late into the night.

Hvala vsem za prijetno druženje in prijazna darilca,
očiju in Miranu pa še za fotografije!

Thanks everyone for nice company and lovely gifts,
and thanks oči and Miran for the photos!