luni, 24 decembrie 2012

Merry Christmas!

I wish everyone, but especially my readers and friends happy Hollydays and a Merry Merry Christmas! I wish you all the happiness in the world and quiet in your hearts, may we all find the path to love and true friendship! Love you all!

A short update:
invading Herneacova

who's a happy girl???

I think we made a pirouette and got back right where we started

puppy unconditional love
That's all folks, gotta run and roast a turkey! Thank you so much for stopping by and bisous!

joi, 20 decembrie 2012

Light in our homes!

Today is my last day of work this year, and as I don't know how soon I will have time or the means to post again, I would like to whish everybody a Merry Merry Christmas, full of light and joy!
Here are some pics from my desk at work:
love this small house!

my coffee can

gotta love this duck!


festive, isn't it? ...and crowded :D.
I'm going tomorrow to my nieces' birthday at Resita, can't wait to play with them! I will post some photos of the presents, as soon as I can make some.
 Until then, I can't wait to have fun with Teodora and Flavia, the birthday girls, to go to our biker's Christmas Dinner and to visit Mary at Herneacova, of course, on Sunday!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Bisous!



miercuri, 19 decembrie 2012

Today we're listening to Mozart..

...because I've received this wonderful CD from Cami:
she got it as a present by ordering a book from Reader's Digest and she was so sweet as to give it to me, knowing I can never have enough classical music CDs. Thank you Cami!!
            And I just realized, not without a serious amount of shame, that I forgot to mention the fact that my riding pants from my previous two posts are my Christmas present from Tunde and Aura! Thank you girls also! And the vouchers for riding at Herneacova are my present from Markus! I love Christmas!
           And I also loved The Hobbit, which I've watched last night in 3D at the cinema!!! I've even kept the popcorn box, as any other promo material was long sold out:

Awesome! I didn't blink for three hours! I've been expecting to watch this movie for over a year now, and I wasn't dissappointed, I adored everything, from the costumes to the soundtrack:
     I was with Tunde, Alida and Tarcea to see the movie (thank God Alida knew whom she was taking to the movies and took an extra pair of 3D glasses as I-of coourse- forgot mine!), and I've come back home with my close neighbour Tunde, opened a bottle of good wine and listened to the above soundtrack over and over again!
       I'm really not in the mood for critique (be it a good one) of the movie, but I must have dreamt of the dwarves last night, I woke so lighthearted...
       I haven't posted photos of my three children for some time now, so I think this is a good timing:
spoiled brat/rat!

plain lazy bones!


we were watching a movie...

this is a rare event!

seductive...

I have no idea which side is up on this one...

brat!!

He doesn't have this stupid face quite all the time...

and I found this one on my phone(I have some nice photos on my camera, but OF COURSE I forgot the cable back home!!!):
Baby, oh baby!
That would be all for today, as I've got to run, much work to be done! (wow, it rimes!) Thank you so much for dropping by!
Bisous!!!


marți, 18 decembrie 2012

black beauty reloaded...

As I still have so many photos from  our riding day on Saturday, made by Arthur (just hope he won't ask me to pay for them after I become famous!), I thaught to post some more, as we are going back on Sunday and I don't know what I will be able to do by then...all I know is  I'm going to watch THE HOBBIT (!!!!!) tonight!!!

And here is the guard doggie at Herneacova, who greeted us when we first arrived there:
...he's a sweet mut, must give him that!...then here are some of the other horses, who are sooo wonderful and loving:





I guess she's the "nasty" lady we were afraid to touch the first time...
It's really amazing how these beeings can be so expressive...
...and majestic!
Here are some more photos of the lovely Black Beauty at Herneacova that I was so lucky to ride that I still can't believe it:





trying to convince her to go forward

after a good pull of the head showing who's boss we started moving
 Here's me and Tunde running from Aura after we found out that her Carina might bite....
and me talking to the nice trainer, Olimpia:
...and I must have done something wrong at this moment, (I've been studying the photos alot, to see when I make mistakes, as when I am up in the saddle I am completely lost..like when I was told to keep my back straight, otherwise I might loose my teeth ...) as I don't find Mary's posture too natural....:
is it just me, or she looks bothered by my command to turn left?
All in all, I really like this photo...I don't know..in my eyes it looks like I know what I'm doing (obviously, I don't):
She's a beauty from every angle, isn't it???? I love her, even if I might never get to ride her again, I felt so priviledged to do so....

In the end I just want to show you a glimpse of what I want to be able to do:
...see how she flies?? that's what I want to be able to do, no fence jumping, no show riding, just fly! No special fancy equipment, just a western saddle and a cowboy hat (but no blue jeans, as I learned the hard way they're not very comfy for horse-riding....).

In another order of ideas...I woke to a strange sound last night coming from our bathroom, and here's what I found:
BUSTED!!!!
 caught in the act of poking holes in my winter slippers....
I almost forgot to tell you that I played Santa last night...here's the final packaging...and not without some effort:
and a little peek inside:

the snake who swallowed an elephant and looked like a "chapeau"


The famous Little Prince





 this 1999 edition I found holds the reproductions of the original cartoons made by the author in the 60s
Tunde saw my mesmerized look at the book and promised to lend it to me...so I'll be keeping her to that promise!

With the soon-to-come Hollydays in mind, but most of all right now thinking of The Hobbit in 3D I humbly thank you for stopping by!
Bisous!