Ravnice severovzhoda Plains of the northeast

Mirovi posnetki z nedeljskega poleta v Prekmurju,
tokrat za spremembo kot potnik nekega drugega balona,
saj je njegovo ekipo prejšnji dan v hribih zamedlo. :)

Miro’s pictures of a flight in Prekmurje this weekend,
this time as a passenger in another’s team balloon,
as his own was stuck up in the snow that day. :)

Kovačeva kobila postane baronesa A smith’s mare becomes a baroness

Ta konec tedna je v organizaciji Mirovega kluba Letimo in Turističnega društva Trebnje tam potekalo (namesto sprva načrtovanega državnega prvenstva le skromno, a zato v prijateljskem vzdušju speljano) balonarsko srečanje, zgornja posnetka pa sta z mojega prvega zaresnega poleta, ki se je, ker sem pač kovačeva kobila, zgodil šele pred dobrimi tremi leti na Barju, ko sem končno postala baronesa plemenita, in sicer – Vnanjegoriška! :)

Včasih naj bi Marija Terezija tak naziv menda podelila vsakemu, ki je poletel z balonom, danes pa tradicijo nadaljujejo z zabavnim simboličnim krstom in pisnim potrdilom, na katerem je zapisan pridobljen naziv z imenom, ki si ga, glede na kraj pristanka, pridobil.

Kakšni veličastni razgledi! Ne morem se odločiti, ali so mi ljubši ti, poletni, ali oni, zimski.

This weekend there was a hot air balloon meeting in organisation of Trebnje tourist association and Miro’s club Letimo, but the two pictures above are from my first real flight with him, which happened, since I’m a smith’s mare (of the “the smith’s mare is always barefoot” Slovenian proverb), only a bit more than three years ago in the Barje area where I finally became a noble baroness – Vnanjegoriška! :)

Maria Theresa, also our empress at the time, had supposed to give that title to everyone who flew with a balloon and that tradition goes symbolically on with a fun post-flight initiation ceremony when you get a title with a name of the place where you’ve landed and a written confirmation of it.

Such glorious views! Can’t decide whether I prefer summer or winter ones.

Trije tlorisi Three floor plans

1: Dokaj neprivlačen tloris, ki je posledica hranjenja na več koncih, vsakič pod pretvezo sestradanosti in temu pripadajočim ksihtom ubogega reveža, ki mu žrtev vsakič znova nasede. :) (tisto odejo je naredila moja babi in jaz imam skoraj enako)

2: Tloris današnje prebujajoče se Ljubljane, kot jo je, prečkajoč jo z balonom, s telefonom ujel Miro.

3: Okusen tloris današnjega kosila: pečen krompir s parmezanom in solatni krožnik.

1: Quite unattractive floor plan, the result of eating on more than one place, always under guise of starvation cunningly coordinated with a face of a poor little pauper that one falls for it again and again. :) (that blanket was made by my grandma and I, too, have one almost the same)

2: Floor plan of today’s awakening Ljubljana town centre, captured by Miro by mobile phone when crossing it with a balloon.

3: Delicious floor plan of today’s lunch: baked potatoes with a parmesan and a salad plate.

Kot obljubljeno As promised

Klikni tu za ogled filmčka s poletov nad Bledom ta konec tedna. 
(pilotiranje/snemanje/montaža: Miro)

Click here to watch a video of the flights over Bled this weekend. 
(piloted/filmed/edited by Miro)

Iz balona From a balloon

Miro ponavadi nima časa, da bi napravil kakšne kakovostnejše posnetke vseh tistih lepih pogledov, ki se mu odpirajo iz balona, ker je pač zaposlen s pilotiranjem, a vseeno se potrudi in na hitro naredi vsaj enega ali dva z mobilnim telefonom, tako kot danes, ko je letel tik ob blejskem gradu.

S kamero, pritrjeno na konstrukcijo košare, pa običajno posname celoten polet. Ko konča z montažo današnjega posnetka, ga objavim. Vzame ti dih!

Miro usually has no time to take proper photographs of those beautiful views from the balloon, because he’s of course occupied by piloting, but he does try to take at least one or two quick ones with a mobile phone, just like he did today when he flew very close to the castle above Lake Bled.

He even makes videos of flights with a camera attached to the balloon basket construction. I’ll post the video of today’s flight when he’ll finish editing it. Just breathtaking!

To in to in rezultati This and this and the results

Ob čudovitih pogledih, ki nam jih nudi jesen, se spominjam pred kratkim končanega poletja

in kaj vse je šlo mimo mene. To in to na primer.

Ker sem zadnje čase večkrat pisala o balonarskem državnem prvenstvu, naj zdaj, po koncu,

napišem še to, da je državni prvak postal pilot kluba Letimo. Bravo, Vojc! :)

Autumn is starting to show us its gorgeous colours, but I want to show you the city I live in –

- the cutest city in the world at any time of year. This and this are from the past summer in Ljubljana.

I’ve been writing much about balloon championship lately, so now, when it’s over,

I’d like to tell you that the national champion became Letimo club pilot. Bravo, Vojc! :)

Pisano nebo Colourful sky

Takole so se včeraj v okviru državnega prvenstva,
ki poteka še danes, po nebu v okolici Trebnjega pasli baloni.

Več na Letimo.si.

Here is how balloons took over the sky above Trebnje area yesterday,

where the national championship is going on these days.

Prihajajoča razstava, izgubljena keramika in ugoden polet Upcoming exhibition, lost ceramics and favorable flight

Na pripravljalnem sestanku za sestrino slikarsko razstavo, kjer sem najeta kot njena hišna oblikovalka :), nam je delala družbo njena sveže prispela keramična kolekcija [slika 2], iz katere je tudi nama podarila en čudovit postrežni krožnik.

In, ja, preden vprašate, to njeno delo je s prav tistega lepega majskega dne, ko sva obe imeli možnost poslikati najrazličnejše posode, le s to razliko – seveda, kako pa drugače! :) – da se je moja kolekcija baje nekam založila. Hm. :) Kljub temu ostajam optimistična, še bolj pa radovedna, kaj je nastalo.

Mimogrede,
vsi, ki si želite poleteti v nebo, to jesen nikar ne zamudite cenovno ugodnejše priložnosti:
festivalski polet DP2011. [slika 1 - s tega dne]

At the preparatory meeting for my sister’s painting exhibition, where I’m hired as her personal designer :) we were enjoying the company of her freshly arrived ceramic collection [picture 2], of which she gave one gorgeous serving plate also to us.

And, ja, before you ask, this work of her is from the very same beautiful day in May, when both of us had the opportunity to paint a wide variety of dishes, with a tiny little difference – of course, what else! :) – that my collection is declared missing. Hm. :) In spite of all I’m keeping my spirit optimistic and above all I’m very curious how it all turned up.

By the way,
if you want to fly up to the sky and you’re accidentally in Slovenia :), here’s an autumn opportunity for you: festival flight DP2011. [picture 1 - from that day]
(Sorry, it's only in Slovenian.)

Kot sladkosned v tovarni čokolade Like a sweeth-tooth in a chocolate factory

Danes sem bila v Keramiki Bojnec, kjer smo mala skupinica navdušencev lahko ure in ure poslikavali keramiko po mili volji. Ob obilici še neposlikane keramike, ki nam je bila na voljo, smo se počutili kot sladkosned v tovarni čokolade! :)

Ker so moji prvi keramični poskusi oddaljeni že kar ohoho let, sem se počutila, kot da bi bila popolni začetnik. Šele ko sem prijela čopič v roke, sem se počutila malce bolj domače.

Tole je moje današnje delo, vključno z lončkom, ki sem ga poslikala z balonom posebej za Mira. :) Zdaj je na vrsti še peka, potem pa postanem ponosna lastnica teh kosov keramike z AVGUSTvarjanja podobami! Komaj čakam! :)

Today I was in Bojnec Ceramics with a small group of art-enthusiasts. We were painting different pieces of ceramics for hours and hours there, as much as we wanted. We felt like a sweeth tooth in a chocolate shop with all those different pieces available to us. :)

Since my first ceramics-attempts are already ohoho years far away, I felt like complete beginner – that is until I took a paintbrush in my hands.

This is my today’s work, including blue balloon tea-cup especially for Miro. :) Now it’s baking time and after that I’ll become a proud owner of these ceramics pieces with AVGUSTvarjanja images. I hardly wait! :)

Čudna bitja na Barju? Strange creatures on Barje?

K včerajšnjemu dopoldnevu, ko smo iskali čarovniške sledi,
smo priključili še prijetno barjansko popoldne, ko je Letimo balon znova poletel v višave.

Kljub nekaterim drugačnim namigom, tudi na Barju ni kakšnih čudnih možicljev! :) 

We added a pleasant Barje afternoon to yesterday’s witch hunting morning,
as Letimo balloon flew up in the sky again.

Despite some hints saying otherwise, there are no strange looking  little creatures
living on Barje (Ljubljana marshlands) either! :)

Od Bohinja do Barja From Bohinj to Barje

Mirova balonarska ekipa Letimo si je za izhodiščno točko današnjega poleta izbrala še posebej privlačno lokacijo, Bohinj. Čudovita okolica jezera je bila kot nalašč za to, da preizkusim nov foto, ki ga imava na voljo čez vikend.

Tokrat je balon preletel skoraj polovico Slovenije, saj je pristal na ljubljanskem barju. 

Miro’s balloon team Letimo chose particularly attractive start point for today’s flight – Bohinj. This location with its breathtaking lake was just perfect to test a new camera that is available for us over the weekend.

This time the balloon flew across almost half of Slovenia and landed at ljubljansko barje (Ljubljana’s marshland on the south-east part of the capital).

Peninska okrasitev Sparkling decoration

Najino drevesce je končno okrašeno.

V obeske sva pred leti med drugim spremenila tudi
dva zamaška penin, ki imata prav posebna pomena;

Our little tree is now finally decorated.

Few years ago we changed into ornaments also two
sparkling wine corks, which both have special emotional value:

s prvega rojstnega dne, ki sem ga praznovala skupaj z Mirom

(hkrati tudi moj edini in uspešen poskus odpiranja s sabljo »po Napoleonovo«)

from my birthday celebration, first one together with Miro

(also my only and successful attempt with sword opening in “Napoleon style”)

tega pa mi je po končanem krstu za spomin umetniško dodelal Miro,

ko me je prvič popeljal z balonom :)

this one was artistically upsculptured by Miro,

after he baptized me for the first balloon-flight :)

penina, ki čaka na najdaljšo noč, skupaj s sv. Jakobom, ki nama ga je
prinesel Mirov oči, in mojimi podobami AVGUSTvarjanj

sparkling wine waiting for the longest night, together with sv. Jakob 
from Miro’s dad and my AVGUSTvarjanja images

semle pa je Miro ugnezdil škorčico :)
here is where Miro nestled škorčica :)

2010 počasi odhaja - lanski škornji zame po Mirovo :)
2010 is slowly walking away - last year's boots for me by Miro :)