Lep trenutek Beautiful moment

Krasno sveže jutro! Nenačrtovan zajtrk z mami v Stanu blizu Zbiljskega jezera, enkrat prejšnji teden.

Ko si srečen na tisti najbolj prvinski in nezapleten način in je pred tabo še ves dan.

Gorgeous fresh morning! Unplanned breakfast with mum at Stan, one day in previous week.

When you're happy in the most basic and uncomplicated way, knowing there's a whole day in front of you.

Pripravljeni na zimo Ready for winter

Tako, na zimo smo pripravljeni! :)

Tole je sirup iz komaj kaj več kot prgišča smrekovih vršičkov, ki sva jih nabrala na enem najinih spomladanskih gozdnih pobegov.

We’re ready for winter! :)

This is a syrup made from not much more than a handful of spruce shoots that we picked on one of our forest escapes this spring.

(simple: just put layers of young spruce tips combined with sugar or honey in a glass jar, cover it and put it on the sun through the summer, then you drain the liquid into a bottle and have a spoon of it when you cough or catch a cold)

Sladko mesto v jesenskem avgustu Sweet town in autumn-like August

Ah, Radovljica je krasno mesto! Četudi še ne v drugi polovici avgusta, ki bolj spominja na jesen kot kaj drugega, je sladka in ti ogreje srce. Lahko bi šla večkrat tja.

A vidite, kako posrečeno so speljali pot na prosto čebelicam, ki si jih lahko ogleduješ v Čebelarskem muzeju, ha!

Ah, Radovljica is gorgeous town! Even though visited already in the first half of August, which looks more like an autumn than anything else this year, it is sweet and makes your heart warm. I should go there more often.

See, how clever they led the way to the freedom for the bees that you can admire in the town’s Museum of Apiculture, ha!

[more info about our rich beekeeping tradition; plus my previous posts including traditional beehive panels: here, here and here]

Izola danes Izola today

Pikapolonica napada Mirovo pivo.    Ladybird attacking Miro’s beer.

Le kaj bi Zoja porekla na tole pasjo plažo, hm? :) 

I wonder what Zoja would have to say about this dog-beach, hm? :)

Igra svetlobe na cerkvi.    A play of light on the church.

Luštna dobrodošlica za dojenčka - na poštnem nabiralniku.    Cute baby-welcome sign on a mailbox.

Obožujem ...   I adore ...

... to ...   ... this ...

... mestece!   ... town! [Izola]

Ogenj, kri in pogum Fire, blood and courage

Končno sva obiskala enega najpomembnejših spomenikov druge svetovne vojne pri nas. Resda se je dražgoška bitka odvijala sredi zime, a podobe umetnikov, arhitekta Kobeta, kiparja Batiča in slikarja Šubica, so na meglen turoben poletni dan prav srhljivo zaživele in priklicale ogenj, kri in pogum. Kje sta danes hvaležnost in spoštovanje?

We have finally visited one of the most important monuments of the Second World War in our country. It is true that the Battle of Dražgoše took place in the middle of a severe winter up in the hills, but the images of our artists, architect Boris Kobe, sculptor Stojan Batič and painter Ive Šubic, recapture fire, blood and courage so hair-rising vividly on a foggy and dreadful summer day as well. Where are our gratitude and respect today?

Osvežilno zeleno Refreshingly green

Poletje nas je končno razveselilo z nekaj vročimi dnevi, mi pa že iščemo senčko in osvežitev. Tako sva se šla ohladit v hribovske konce, v Kamniško Bistrico.
 
Tokrat se zaradi prevelike gneče (je le bil konec tedna) nisva predolgo mudila ob izviru niti si nisva šla namočit nog v tisto ledenico, sva jo pa mahnila proti nekaj sto metrov oddaljenemu Plečnikovemu dvorcu [tretji posnetek], ki je bil sezidan po naročilu tedanjega jugoslovanskega kralja Aleksandra.
 
V njegovi bližini je kar pestro, piknik prostori in polno zasedena krčma [šesti posnetek], midva pa sva si malico vseeno privoščila v Domu pri izviru, kjer so preverjeno prijazni in imajo, kljub resnim organizacijskim težavam pri postrežbi ogromne količine planincev in izletnikov, heh, ki pa naju niso motile, ker se nama ni mudilo, le malo sva se jim nasmejala, odlično hrano.
 
Privoščila sem si domači jogurt in ajdove žgance z ocvirki, Miro pa sirove štruklje. Oboje odlično.

Some so desired hot summer days have arrived finally and we are already searching for some freshness and shadow. So we visited Kamniška Bistrica mountain hut this weekend to have some cool greenness and some delicious traditional food (and to dip our feet into that icy alpine spring, which we later decide not to, due to too not enough space on the shore).
 
I had homemade yoghurt and žganci z ocvirki and Miro had cottage cheese štruklji. Najmi!

Kako vsako seme ve, v kaj naj zraste? How does a seed know into what it must grow?

Tole posrečeno postavitev iz Etnografskega muzeja sem našla med mojimi zaprašenimi lanskimi posnetki.

I have found this picture among dusted folders of the previous year. Taken in our Ethnographic museum.

Ah, poletje ... Ah, summer ...