Dekle z galebom Maiden with the seagull

Danes v spokojno predsezonski Opatiji pri sosedih, kjer očitno vedo, kdo so prave zvezde.

Today’s pre-season tranquillity in Opatija town in Croatia, where the real celebrities are artists,

like for example one of their greatest writers.

Spet po starem Back to old one

Takó, za zadnjih pet objav, od Bohinja naprej, sem imela sposojen fotoaparat, tako da je bil te dni še večji užitek pritiskati na sprožilec.

Danes objavljam Mirove fotografije, posnete v nedeljo v Crngrobu, ko me je z najinim fotoaparatom ovekovečil v akciji s sposojenim. Kaj vse je posnel, sem videla šele doma. :)

Da bi mi še naprej prinašal srečo pri fotografiranju, pa za konec v temu primerni družbi premierno objavljam slavni foto, ki je zaslužen za veliko večino posnetkov na tem blogu.

Zdaj, po nekaj dneh premora, se spet vračam k njemu, želje po čem boljšem (in nekoč še boljšem) pa seveda ostajajo, zato sem se s težkim srcem odločila, da končno prodam svoj dobri stari ljubljeni analogni foto, ki je že nekaj časa brez dela in sameva v omari. Malo mi gre na jok, saj sva skupaj preživela zelo lepe čase, z eno foto-razstavo vred.

Rokavičke so delo moje mami, simpatično malho pa mi je nekoč iz Jemna prinesla sestra.

Takó, for the last five posts, from Bohinj on, I have been using borrowed photo camera, so I had even greater pleasure pressing the trigger these past days.

Today I’m posting some of Miro’s photos from Crngrob, when he captured me in action with the borrowed one. It was only after we came home, that I found out about these pictures. :)

For the end I’m introducing our famous camera for the first time. It is the one that is guilty for the vast majority of the images on this blog (including of course the first four here in this post). I’m setting it in such company with a wish that it will bring me luck at taking pictures also in the future.

Now, after few days, I’m returning back to it again, but wishes of something better (and one day even better better) remain of course. And that is why I finally decided to sell my good old beloved analog film camera that was out of use for a few years now and is resting in a closet. I cry a little, because we had such a great time together, including one photo-exhibition.

Gloves were made by my mom and that cute tote bag my sister brought me from Yemen one day.

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! :)

Čarovniške pokrajine Witchy landscapes

Danes so nas na Slivnico pospremili pomladni sončni žarki, pogled na ostanke Cerkniškega jezera in sladki vetrovi z vonjem po morju.

Po uvodu skozi skrivnostne gozdove so nas na vrhu te čarovniške planote pozdravili skozi sneg prebujajoči se telohi in z enim od njih vam voščim ob kulturnem prazniku! 

We were accompanied on Slivnica hill today by spring sunrays, sweet sea-smelling winds and a view towards the remains of Cerkniško jezero, the disappearing lake that is never the same as it changes with seasons.

Bellow the top of the hill there is a cave where warm and moist air rises from in winter time, manifesting as a mist, so in the past people believed that this hill is a home of witches.

We didn’t meet any of them, but we did see some young hellebores shyly peaking through the snow, when we crossed mysterious woods and came on the plateau. This one is to honour this day, Slovenia’s national holiday, the Day of Culture, when we proudly remember our greatest poet France Prešeren.

Labodje jezero Swan Lake

Včeraj, ko sem pripravljala objavo o Crngrobu, je bila že tako pozna ura, da vam nisem pokazala,

kje sva kasneje pričakala luno.

It was already so late yesterday when I was preparing post about Crngrob, that I didn’t show you

where we awaited the moon later in the evening.

Ob Zbiljskem jezeru, ki mu z Mirom praviva kar labodje jezero.

Vendar te bele ptice, kljub njihovi eleganci, nimajo prav nobenega občutka za romantiko. Ko ti lepo sediš in uživaš v čudovitem razgledu proti sv. Jakobu, ti meni nič tebi nič pred nosom razkazujejo svoje riti!

Najbolj pohujšljivih posnetkov ne bom delila z vami, sprašujem pa se, če je zelo neprimerno, da objavim zgolj delček te nespodobnosti? :) 

At Zbiljsko jezero, Lake Zbilje, which Miro and I named it swan lake.

But in spite of their elegant appearance these white birds don’t have any sense of romance. While you are enjoying the magnificent view towards st. Jakob hill, they are – just like that – showing off their backsides in front of you!

I won’t share with you the dirtiest photos, but I wonder if it is too inappropriate to post just a little piece of this indecency? :)

Crngrob

Popoldne sva obiskala znamenito cerkev iz 13. stoletja v Crngrobu pri Škofji Loki, kjer so posneli nekaj prizorov za film Cvetje v jeseni.

O izvoru tega zanimivega, vendar mračnega imena obstaja kar nekaj razlag. Najverjetnejša je, da izhaja iz nemške besede erngruben, ki je sestavljena iz »ern« (orati) in »groube« (kotanja). To naj bi nakazovalo na izkopanino, saj v cerkvi visi rebro, po nekaterih podatkih kitovo, po drugih mamutovo, ena od legend pa pravi, da naj bi to rebro pripadalo ajdovski deklici, ki je delavcem pomagala graditi cerkev tako, da je z eno nogo stala na Šmarni, z drugo pa na Šmarjetni gori, zajemala vodo v Savi in pomagala prelagati ogromne skale.

Druga legenda o izvoru imena pa pravi, da je bil loški glavar zelo ponosen na višino mestne cerkve, ko pa je videl, da bo nova cerkev, ki so jo gradili v Crngrobu, višja, je hotel ponagajati delavcem. Vendar ga je, ko je stal na gradbenem odru, veter odpihnil in je omahnil na tla. Na mestu njegovega groba je zrasla črna trava. 

We visited a famous 13. century church at Crngrob near Škofja Loka town this afternoon.

There are many theories about the origin of this interesting, but rather dark name: Crngrob means blackgrave.

The most believable is that it derives from German word erngruben, which is combination of two words: “ern” (ploughing) and “groube” (pit). This indicates to an excavation and makes lot of sence, as there is a big rib hanging in the church. Some data says it’s a wale’s, some that it’s of a mammoth and other that it belonged to mythical Ajdovska girl, who helped workers building the church standing with one foot on Šmarna gora hill and the other on Šmarjetna gora hill. She was giving them big rocks and water from Sava River.

The second legend about the name says that the governor of Škofja Loka was very proud of the height of town church and when he found out about these big plans for the new church, he wanted to stop the workers. But when he was on a scaffold the wind blew him down. A black grass has grown on his grave afterwards.

Arcades in front of the church were the place where scenes from one of our most beautiful love story films Cvetje v jeseni (Blossoms in Autumn) was filmed.

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).

Blog triptih: 1/3

Predstavljam prvi blog z mojega triptiha, tokrat iz domačih logov;

I’m introducing first blog out of my triptych, this time from my homeland, Slovenia:

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Sašin blog ti prirase k srcu zaradi spretnega sukanja besed, svežega in iskrivega pisanja, polnega zanimivih bridko-sladkih prigod.

Kljub temu, da ustvarja na več področjih, od izdelovanja punčk iz cunj do slikanja, so prav posebno poglavje njene stripovske (največkrat) pasje afnarije, ki so tako prijetno domače in tople. Njen humor je čez vse!

Naj bo dan še tako slab, ob teh njenih zabavnih dvojno črnobelih zgodbicah, nad katerimi lebdijo puhasti oblački z mavrično vsebino, se obraz hočeš nočeš zaviha v nasmeh.

Naj vas Lunaspi nasmeji!

Saša's blog grows to your heart because of her skilful word-twisting, because of fresh and sparkling writing, full of interesting bitter-sweet adventures.

In spite of the fact that she creates on many fields, from making cloth dolls to painting, the most special chapter for me are her comic strip (mostly) dog tricks, which are so pleasantly familiar and heart warming. Her humour is above all!

Let a day be as bad as it can be, her amusing double black-and-white short stories with little puffy clouds with a rainbow content floating over them, always bring a smile back on your face.

Get witty with Lunaspi!

Bližnjice do Kitajske Shortcuts to China

Medtem ko sva si z mami privoščili popoldansko skodelico kitajskega zelenega čaja…

As my mom and I were having afternoon cup of Chinese green tea…

… je Zoja prav zagnano iskala... bližnjice do Kitajske? :)

… was Zoja desperately searching for... shortcuts to China? :)