Ostanki nekih sanj Remains of a dream

Na poti proti Šmarni gori je podhod, okrašen z ostanki mozaika,
ki ga je kaki dve leti nazaj ustvarila zdaj že pokojna lokalna umetnica Renata Bovhan,
stalno trudeča se olepšati zanemarjene in dolgočasne urbane kotičke svojega okoliša.

There’s an underpass on the way towards Šmarna gora hill, which is decorated with remains of mosaics

that were designed about two years ago by now already deceased local artist Renata Bovhan

who was trying to embellish neglected and boring urban places in her neighbourhood.

Šentvid, 1210

Današnji ujet trenutek Today's captured moment

tacenske brzice

(=Tacen rapids)

Nekaj je v zraku There's something in the air

z današnjega čudovito spreminjajočega se popoldanskega sprehoda

from today’s wonderfully changing afternoon walk

Modri ljudje Wise people

Prvi dan novega leta, ki je bil s soncem obsijan, so modri ljudje izkoristili za izlet in drugega, deževnega in sivega, pretežno prespali, ostali pa so – kdo-ve-zakaj – storili ravno obratno. :)

Vse fotografije so posnete v (ja, deževnem in sivem) Piranu z novim, včeraj omenjenim fotoaparatom, razen zadnje, kjer ga je Miro z bivšim ovekovečil v akciji s ponosno lastnico.

[mimogrede: vse te tri lepe stvari, kapa, rokavice in šal, so delo moje mami]

Wise people took advantage of the first day of a new year, all sunny and bright, to go on a trip and slept through most of the second one, rainy and grey, while the rest – don’t-ask-me-why – did just the other way around. :)

All photos were taken in (yes, rainy and grey) Piran with the new camera that I mentioned yesterday, except of the last one. Miro and the old one took a picture of the new one and a proud owner in action.

[by the way: all these three beautiful things, the hat, gloves and the scarf, were made by my mum]

Bivši, novi in kvadratni ognjemet The ex, the new one and a square fireworks

Ja, zdaj vem, zakaj me je Miro zadnje čase hecal, da bo v letu, v katerega smo ravnokar stopili, on uporabljal Praktico, s katero je nastala velika večina fotografij na mojem blogu do zdaj. Vedel je namreč za zaroto mojega očija, ki mi je za novo leto zakuhal novega! :) Nikona P300.

Prehod pa očitno ne bo potekal brez zapletov. Skoraj na vseh fotografijah ognjemeta so na stikih med svetlobo in temo nastali kvadratki, zato je moral k zdravniku. Vseeno sem zelo vesela in upam, da se vse uspešno reši.

Tu je torej nekaj prvih poskusov s silvestrske noči, vključno z Mirom, ki fotografira ognjemet s sveže bivšim, in se že veseli, da bo kmalu končno postal njegov ponosni EDINI lastnik.

Ja, now I know why I’ve been kidded by Miro lately that instead of me he will be using our Practica (with which the vast majority of photos here on my blog was taken till now) in the year that we just stepped in. Namely, he knew of conspiracy of my dad who surprised me with a new one for the New Years’! A Nikon P300.

But the transition will apparently not go very smoothly. Almost on every photo of the fireworks there are these squares where dark and light areas meet, so it had to go to a doctor. Still, I’m so happy and I hope everything works out alright.

Torej, here are some first attempts from the Sylvester Eve, including Miro photographing fireworks with the freshly ex-one and already looking for having an exclusive ownership of it finally.

Čokoladni krogci Little chocolate circles

Tole sem pod smrečico položila za Mira,

upajoč, da nisem pretiravala z uporabo popra,

in v pričakovanju, da bo delil z mano. :)

Idejo sem dobila tule, čokolado pa sem krasila z indijskimi oreški, bučnimi semeni, suhimi brusnicami,

sezamom, mešanico treh vrst popra, grobo soljo, rožmarinom, na enega pa sem dodala vrtnični cvet.

This is what I put under the tree for Miro,

hoping that I didn’t exaggerate with pepper

and in expectation that he will share some with me. :)

I got the idea here and I used cashew nuts, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, sesame,

mixture of three kinds of pepper, coarse salt, rosemary and a rose flower for one of them.

Vožnja z ladjico River boat ride

Staro leto mi je v zadnjih zdihljajih prineslo gromozansko presenečenje, Miro pa me je že kak dan prej razveselil z darilom, ki ga ni mogel postaviti pod smrečico. Namreč vožnjo z barčico skozi praznično okrašeno Ljubljano!
To sem si želela že dolgo časa, ampak kaj, ko se je tako logično igrat turista prav povsod, razen v lastnem mestu. :)

Novo leto se je, kot ponavadi, začelo pozno, s sarmo in s prenosom novoletnega koncerta dunajskih filharmonikov.

The old year brought me an enormous surprise in its last breaths and on one of the days before the countdown Miro made me happy with a present that he couldn’t put under the tree. Namely, a boat ride with kuhano vino (=mulled wine) through the festive decorated Ljubljana!
I’ve wished to do it for a long time already, but you know how obvious is to play a tourist everywhere in the world but in your own city. :)

As usually the new year started very late and very traditional: eating sarmas, an “after party” dish, with a TV-transmission of Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert in a background.