happy happy happy weekend!!!!!!

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 Although it is not the season for these beauties....I love them!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Ei da, ceva trebuie sa fie la mijloc.....

Aseara am avut parte de o experienta cu totul si cu totul noua pentru mine: am fot la o mesa! Acum foarte multi ani, pe vremea cand descopeream Timisoara, m-am plimbat prin cartierul Traian, Fabric, si cele din jur, avand in vedere ca sunt pline de cladiri vechi.
Am dat peste o fortareata de biserica, din caramida innegrita, compacta si superba. Saptamana trecuta mi-a povestit tovarasa mea in aventuri (nu-i scriu numele aici, sa nu se supere) ca a fost in zona respectiva si s-a uitat pe "gaura cheii" intr-o biserica superba, si mi-a propus sa mergem in explorare...si iaca asa am ajuns aseara la ora 6 la slujba, cu ea si cu jumatatea semnificativa...
Vreau sa spun ca desi era intuneric, lacasul asta iti taie rasuflarea de afara de la prima privire:

...si desi poza asta de mai sus nu-i face dreptate, pot sa spun ca am ramas fara suflare cand am intrat inauntru: fresce minunate, in culori pastel, banci din lemn sculptat vechi, altare si mai vechi, confesionale minunat lucrate, un inger se auzea cantand de pretutindeni (si chiar nu exagerez, se auzea minunat), o slujba in limba italiana cu cateva "replici" in latina (sa ma ierte cunoscatorii intr-ale termenilor bisericesti!)care m-a vrajit pur si simplu. Deci, as putea spune ca mi-am facut "botezul" intr-ale slujbelor de rit catolic, si am ajuns la concluzia ca am amanat prea mult momentul asta.

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 si de asemenea:

Trebuie sa recunosc faptul ca nu mi-am imaginat ca poate fi asa o frumusete si aici in Timisoara, spre marea mea rusine, deoarece sunt convinsa ca mai am multe de vazut.
Asa ca echipa noastra de aventurieri s-a decis ca incet-incet sa vizitam toate bisericile romano-catolice din urbea asta stralucita, ca sa nu murim prosti.
Si acum, ca sa explic semnificatia titlului pe care l-am ales, o sa spun doar ca sigur ceva exista, ceva ce i-a determinat pe oameni sa construiasca asemenea lacase glorioase, unde chiar si un aventurier ca mine isi poate gasi pacea, chiar si numai pentru o ora divina.
Pana la noi aventuri raman fidela voastra povestitoare...

 ...si ca o ultima parere....inca o fotografie minunata, cu mentiunea ca toate au fost luate de pe site-ul Parohiei Romano-Catolice Timisoara II Fabric (http://www.ro.biserica-millennium.ro)

Happy New Year!!!!!

Sorry for the late post, I was out of town with no connection to Internet....:(
But that doesn't mean I wasn't thinking of my dear blog and at the changes I will perform this year!
Since a new year always means a new beginnning, I will soon let you know what my future plans are...until then ....guess what Santa brought me....

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my so attentive significat other gifted me with this WONDERFULL book, which I was dreaming about for some time....thank you sooooo much!
Of course, I received other gifts, also from my dear sister, a beautiful cardigan, and some amazing jewlery, which I will soon photograph for you; from my boyfriend's mother, sister and father I received a beautiful scented candle (whenever I light it it smells like coffee yum yum!), a candle holder christmas-tree shaped and a very useful manicure set! I also received some yummy tea from one of my work colleagues, and a beautiful black and sequins scarf from my dear friends!
Thank you all so much!!!
And my own gift to myself was...

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...a beautiful beautiful illustrated book for children!!! I know it is for children around 3, but I just couldn't resist the beautiful drawings!
As you can see, I love that much receiving gifts, that I can't resist giving them to myself...:D (see my birthday post :D)
Nice to find you again and wishing you a happy week, I send you des ...

beauty in our eyes....

     Is it just me, or good people are beautiful people?? And happier??
     Mabe my observation comes from the Christmas spirit, since I tend to be more meditative during the cold season, but this is something I suspected a long time ago...and it prooves to me to be more real each time I meet nice people.
      So, my humble advice is to be nice with everyone, especially in this time of the year, help if you can and smile, smile all the time, you will see you are beautiful!

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 p.s. I looove Christmas food!

weekend post....

Hi guys,
yep....winter is here....Christmas is near...but where is the SNOW??? I miss it hugely, don't you??Right now I'm sitting at my desk in the office and I thought about writing a good- feeling post....
I am listening to...

....although I never watched the video...I don't care about it, I am "hopelessly" inlove with the lyrics....:)
And because last night me and my better half were "hunting" for Christmas presents for more than 3 hours...I thought.....yep....Christmas is coming, wether we have the snow or not...it is definetly coming....
And as I was pouring myself another cup of coffee I thought to share with you one of my gulty pleasures....: I never drink coffee from a cup without its plate

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...yep....snobby I know...but that's just me....and I really think coffee goes awsome with oranges...since I just ate one and instantly wanted to drink another cup, although I already drank one just half an hour ago...
We bought a Christmas tree (in a pot with earth, so it is alive! and we can use it for the next few years, until I will plant it!) and we argued abut gold and red or blue ornaments for it...but I finally won...since, truly, I think the Christmas tree should have at least gold globes and all, if not with red....

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.....just look how good these three colours work together....and though some of you might say gold ornaments are kitsch...well I can't agree...gold means holiday, luxury, life, SPARK and spirit....nobility and welfare...and together with the red....well...it screams of joy of living! And what is Christmas if not the joy of the Birth of Christ?

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That is how I feel and I am all for it!

       And might I add that I am simply inlove with Christmas cards...I loved them since I was little and my mom used to receive dozens which I pinned in notebooks (I still have some left at home probably...)

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 ...and I think that most people love the idea of the tree near the fireplace....with tons of gifts under it...., with a rocking chair next to it...and carols in the background....

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       All what's missing from my imagination is the snow...which probably won't come for Christmas this year....oh, where are my childhood years (!?), when snow started to fall weeks before Christmas......

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Oh well....even so, let's try to make the most of it and have a great time...listen to Christmas songs, eat cookies and baked apples, oranges and nuts....kiss under the mistletoe, have long evening walks in the cold....embellish our lovely homes and find joy in simple things like we once did...when we were kids.

Until next time.....Bisous!

I've got a heart of stone.....

...I just love it when the butterflies die.....