luni, 29 octombrie 2012

big big wish....

Sorry for not posting my equestrian experience from this weekend, I promise to do it tomorrow (I have no photos yet!), but here's something worth reading in my opinion and after my own taste in literature:
source
This book, written by a Ph.D in philosophy, would probably shed a lot of light on all the exagerated concepts vehiculated lately in literature, which sometimes really anger me. I'd love to read it, so I put it in my must have bookmarks folder ; and when I'll have a little money to spare (about 10dollars, but the shippment costs more than the book!), I will buy it from Amazon, unless (small chances..) I can find it here, or even better, online to read for free!

I think I forgot to show you my last birthday gift! (I know...I know...it's becoming boring...), but I am so inlove with it....
...and here's my new flower pot:

...of course he didn't stop fussing on it until he brought it down with very much noise!!!



Untill I get my hands on the photos of the awsome experience I had on Saturday (won't tell you more, even though I can barely restrain myself...but I want you to see photos!)...
Bisous and thanks for stopping by!



vineri, 26 octombrie 2012

weekend, here I come...

Myself,
Eisi
Jackie 
and...
geeky Sheeba

whish everybody reading this and our dear friends a happy, happy weekend!!!

Bisous and thanks for stopping by!

joi, 25 octombrie 2012

equestrian...

Can you imagine me astride (a tall, dangerous maybe, horse)wih my 1.58???
Even if I myself cannot, I took a deep breath and dialled the instructor's number today..and got a meeting for Saturday...we'll see where this leads to...love it or hate it....
In the meantime, here are some beauties:
Bisous and thanks for stopping by!



miercuri, 24 octombrie 2012

back on the road again...

or at least back on the tracks, since I'm back in the big town, going to work, shopping for grocheries, cleaning, washing, cooking, all the same old routine.
I am amazed by the huge amount of pozitive energy I got back with from Raca; I still have some of it, but it is maybe also from the season, since I always feel better in fall.
Oh well, here are some wonderful photos (taken from our car, we were in to big a hurry to stop and take photos, but I still think they are worth it):







 just look at all that green grass! that is my absolute favourite colour in the world!

and we got to see some horsies too! but I only managed to get this boy in a photo, but I am still glad.
   The main activity back at home was arranging my books in the new library, and I had lots of help from my beautiful nieces! Teodora is already so big, she's first year in school and was very enthusiastic about showing me what she has done until now, I'm just sorry I didn't take some photos, still I could photograph my second helping hand, Flavia, while she was carrying books for me:


 she really carried some books!

 and here's the final product, the only problem is we lost one board and so I had to put the books above over the other ones, but this is of course a temporary solution. I have to say here that I am so happy my brother-in -law bought the Jules Verne huge white collection; I have been wanting this collection since childhood!!!
Some snapshots of my wild garden:
above is the uncultivated part, where grass grows in its own right, but even the part which I had some cultures on is now just as wild, waiting for winter. That small tree in the middle is the peartree I planted a few years back. Unfortunately this year was really dry, I only managed to produce some peas; agriculture is really not a part time job...but it still is a hobby for me.
And here's how I want it to look like in a few years, like my neighbour's garden:
All in due time, it's hard to take care of two places!

Last night Jackie surprised us by practically wagging her tail! so her sense in coming bak! hurraaaayyyy!!!
Here is she playing with a box, Maru, beware, you're getting serious competition!!!!
and here's Eisidisi reading "The Ranch" (which I finished, by the way) with me on Sunday evening:
and Jackie taking a little nap (what is it with these cats and books???)
 she always has this face...
 and Sheeba trying to wake her, no chance buddy!
 In the end here are the shoes I'm wearing today, some of my favourite ones (but then, all shoes are my favourites...hmmm):
and a detail of one of my outfits from last week, I forgot to post it, even though I was really proud of it!
So now that I've taken you on a trip from the country to the city, and into my office at work, all that's left is to say bye bye and may you have a wonderful week!
Bisous and thanks for stopping by!


sâmbătă, 20 octombrie 2012

going home....

....is the one thing that fills me up with joy just thinking about it! I love my sweet little country house, even the bad road leading to it has its own charm for me...I cant wait to be back everytime I leave...
part of the inner courtyard in spring

I've been living in Timisoara for 10 years straight now, but still love my home back in Racasdia. The biggest problem is that it takes me about 2 hrs to get there, the road is really bad on some sections and most of all....my time is very limited. Maybe I've started to many things, but just can't 'seem to find some more time for myself, at least not in summer, when I want to do so many things.
That is why I always read, write, think more in the wintertime....because I'm going straight home from work and do all these things I want to do.
Living in this big town makes time fly so fast that I can't even realize when Monday is gone and Sunday is already here, on the other hand back in Racasdia time is not that fast, I mean I have the time to breathe...maybe my woking schedule does all this to me, but I guess it must also bé the country air back at home thet gives me the energy.
Right now I'm waiting to go back home, play with my sweet dog:
Pinky(please don't ask!!!:D)
and meet my angel nieces:
Teodora and Flavia
my sister and brother-in-law also, of course, and spend some time in my library:
(here's a part of it)
and arrange some books, since I bought a new shelf a few months back and need to organize things a little bit.

Browsing for these photos I came upon this:
Sheeba&Mishu
it's Sheeba when she was little, with her sister Mishu whom I lost two years ago....I stil haven't got over it and had some doubts about posting this..but I think it's time....
and here is Sheeba one month after we found her:
...isn't she a qutie pie?

Well, I guess this is me, torn between the busy city life and longhing to live in the country....loving to read but being obsessed with riding, I found these funny photos, I have no ideea when I shot them, but I think they explain how I feel right now:


one foot in one shoe and the other one in the other shoe...but that's not that bad, right????

Still,I'm having the best weekend, since I'm going home! and here's a great  song for the road:

So, I wish you all the best fall weekend ever, and let's enjoy the light while we can!
Bisous and thanks for stopping by!



joi, 18 octombrie 2012

strange feelin'....

You know what's strange??? It's strange to feel this way...lost and confused....all lost...and still find your way  out through love....how is this possible??

We were born in this little town
Growin' up I was countin' down
Every single day till we made our get-away
But you said you could never see yourself
Trying to make a life anywhere else
This would be your home
And I was on my own
But ever since you said good-bye
I've been out here on the wind
And baby you would be surprised
All the places you have been

I've seen you in Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl I swear just the other day you were
Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches
Carolina barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
Everywhere

Now a days when I'm passin' through
The conversation always turns to you
I hear you're doin' fine
Livin' out by the county line
Got a man that's home every night
A couple of kids and the kind of life
That you want to leave
Guess you could say the same for me
But you and I made our choices
All those years ago
Still I know I'll hear your voice
And see you down the road
Maybe in

Oklahoma drivin' 'cross the prairie
In Dallas Texas isn't that where we
Always said we would like to try
But never did so maybe that's why
You're on every highway just beyond the high-beams
Right beside me in all of my sweet dreams
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
In..

Albuquerque waitin' out a blizzard
Arizona dancin' 'cross the desert
Watchin' the sun set in Monterey
Girl I swear just the other day you were
Down in Georgia pickin' them peaches
Carolina barefoot on the beaches
No matter where you choose to be
In my heart I'll always see you
Everywhere


I just hope Tim won't mind...If he does, he's invited to tell me...I looooove and respect his song...this one is definitely the best!....Albuquerque........I  am bewithched....
"pickin' them peaches""??? do the real southerners still speak like this?? if they do...they still fullfil my dream...do you guess wich???
Then....even though I LOVE MY COUNTRY ...I would still move to a country which would respect me like this...am I living a fairy tale???Could I please never get up???
Well, if you're reading this blog you know i'm doing this for my obsession.....letting myself go is not as easy as it would seem...
just be patient..............
It's just a poor simple soul...who loves....
MUSIC!
let it set you free
Thank God I can go there...
Thank you for stopping by!
Ana

miercuri, 17 octombrie 2012

country strong....

I've seen this movie two nights ago....and I totally loved it and related to it in a very personal manner, and I think many of the people I know feel the same.
We all have times when the road is tough, when we feel like giving up....it's the determination to still go on, the pig-headdiness, the strong will not to give up that keep us going and take us ashore....and we all had downfalls, weather we admit it or not!
The most important aspect in your life when the road gets tough is that of your friends....you'll find out then if you did something right or wrong, if people appreciate you for who you are or just wanted something.
I totally recommend this movie, Gwyneth Paltrow has a beautiful voice and I can only admit that I've watched it at first just because of Tim McGraw, who is awesome! And you should listen to this song, that boy can sing!!!!

I took photos of the last of my gifts during the movie...

Giordani perfume from Flori and Roncat wine from Aura& Arthur
  Well, I just received my first photos on my bike, and I thought about sharing them:
 they're made back home in Caras-Severin, near my lovely village Racasdia, so you can see I meant it when I said Romania is beautiful everywhere, I don't even have to get away from home:
 ...and I was so proud of myself for taking my friend Blondi with me for the first time, since the road was a little bit difficult climbing up the mountain with my little bike....
We had a wonderful week at my house in Raca, and that day when we took these photos we went to a monastery where we were so pleasantly surprised that one of the monks there invited us to lunch and the atmosphere was full of  calmness and LOVE! You could sense it everywhere....that love of people, of nature, of beauty...that's my kind of religion!

Well, now it's official, I miss summer! And I'm gonna miss it even more once the weather turns worse....
and here's a glimpse of my work desk....I was so amused to see that Leonardo, the assistant of Kate Reed in Fairly Legal also had an obsession for "embellishing" his desk, even though not quite like me.....

.....and in the end here are some flowers for my lovely readers:

Bisous and thank you for reading!


marți, 16 octombrie 2012

hit the road......

I have such a state of spirit today that I would like to be anywhere but in my office!! So, I started browsing my hollyday photos, and this is what I came up with:


I have a ton of photos like this ones...Romania is really a beautiful country!
Believe me, I'd rather be in a 500-year- old church:
 or lost in the Maramures Mountains....


...or somewhere on a  terrible road in Brasov county....
 .... I just miss the road...
...and it's probably due to the music I'm listening as of late:
What say you???

Howdy and thanks for dropping by!