Thing that I love lately - June

Hello all!

I hope that you are having a great summer. Currently we are experiencing a rainy period of relief after weeks of the heat wave from the beginning of this month. A short list of the things I like and enjoy this June:

The Rain. Why? It makes my skin smooth as silk, the air is fresh, I can jump in the poodles with my super funky Animal Rubber Boots.

Running in the morning with my brother who is way more faster and stronger than me. Why? Because it is shared time with one of my closest friends and makes my heart race.

Klorane Douche-gel Mediterranean scent. A lovely fresh experience with nice moisturizing.

Sephora Blueberry Body Scrub that makes my skin baby-like.

Rhodia dot Pad. It is so good, that I will probably review this one.

Diamine Inks in Soft Mint and Merlot. The only reason to order these two is because I am crazy ink, paint, all kinds of supplies and stationery aficionado. Or nerd. it depends of your point of view. :")

Kamen Vo and Toncho Tokmakchiev new old comical sketch "Hamalite" about the political situation in the country. Probably the only thing that is actually funny in the whole mess that is happening here.

Food-wise:

Apple Cider with friends in the park

Cashew

Boro's Tom Yum soup.

My mother's baked beans with tomato sauce. Yummy, healthy, hot, soul food!

Metro Mug Steel Works by Sigg's. A wonderful way to keep your beverage hot or cold. It is 380 cc. ideal for Coffee or home-made lemonade.

Talking about beverages, my latest find is cocoa beans tea infusion. It tastes like heaven, has almost no calories to build up on my daily routine and

The dinner with my beloved yesterday, the last Sunday of the month. As I was super stressed lately and we couldn't hook up ofter enough, it was very special. I also enjoyed our ritual to go out and try new food picking it randomly with closed eyes. Last night favorite: Fresh spinach salad with goat cheese, Parmesan cheese flakes, grapefruit slices and reduced balsamic vinegar for a price under

Things that I would love to have soon:

Ikea Arod lamp in Grey

Lime Yellow pillows for my bed

New haircut in lilac-redish color

A tripod

As I am experiencing some problems with my Picasa, I hope to be able to add the respective pictures soon!

Purple is brand new

Yeap!

I finally got to redesign this blog. I am not a fan of constant changes in the templates of any site, because I normally don't find a new design to my liking. And honestly I suck at coding/html/internet stuff. But the old design was already too boring and... I don't know. Probably missing something.

Some hours later and purple is brand new. Or at least in semi-transitional state until I get the free time to finish it. My bad.

I hope that I will be able to post more often especially when I start to sketch/draw/write again. Until then: here is a white chrysanthemum or mum, as I call it.

2011 in 12

My 2011 in twelve shots.

It was a wonderful year, but a sad one. A big one in my life. Time for change. I loved every single moment, the trips in Europe, the beauty of Spain and France, the perfect comfort of my home in Bulgaria. I lost my waist-long hair, some of my delusions and six dear friends of mine. I hope that they are in a better place anyway.

I found some new friends. Learned how to dance, how to make pasta from a real Italian, how to run faster and longer, found the perfect dog and planned a future trip to New York. As a result I will have a enormous tattoo on my ribs and go to study abroad again.

Enjoy!

January 2011- Barcelona, Spain.

I am writing postcards in Parque Guell to my dearest ones. 

February 2011- Valencia, Spain

I gave my heart. It was made from glass. Now it is shattered to smithereens.

March 2011- Fallas

The biggest party with fire on earth. Officially. From pyromaniacs to pyromaniacs. 

April 2011- City of Innovation, Valencia

We said "Hello!" to the sharks.

May 2011- Heart of Africa

I will definitely go to Africa again. And again...

June 2011- A handmade present

That never got finished anyway...

July 2011- Seville, Spain

Wonderful, hot, lovely Seville. 

August 2011- Tracian valley, Bulgaria

The garden of my mother. My place for serenity and rest.

September 2011- No shots.

October 2011- Sofia, Bulgaria

At home for a little while. Four funerals, my birthday, one wedding.

November 2011- Romania-Bulgaria-Turkey

It was a long and dizzy month. Two more funerals. A cat found mom, she named him Percival.

December 2011- Dungeons and Dragons

I had an operation, I almost died. Lost my voice. Found it again.

Lost twelve kilos and all my muscle power. Stranded at home I started

to blog again, to read books and to draw. Started to smoke and quitted it again.

It was a two steps forward, two steps back. 

Have a wonderful 2012! I will as our plan madness is going right on schedule.

photos: me

Thursday: Pom-Pom! ~ Пухче!

Cheers! Just to share my latest creation... especially for a giraffe-lover!

Tuesday: Loving Letterpressed ~ Обичайки Напечатаното

I love books. I love old books. I love newspapers and letters. I love good fonts and nice handwriting. I love how the ink sticks to the paper in such beautiful union. It is like seeing the forever-after for a brief moment. 

The letterpress was invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1439. And thank God he did it, because the evolution of mankind was going to be so different. Before the invention offset printing all was made by letterpress or by hand. But imagine it how difficult was to hand-paint 300 art posters... or even 100 or 50 of them. 

Now almost in every home we can find a personal printing machine. This is great and I can't imagine my life without one of those but I still love the letterperessed look.One of my wishes is to find one of these press machines, the smaller versions of course and learn to use it. Just for the real fun of making something unique. Sadly they cost a little fortune, they are hard to find, they seem to be even harder to find in Europe, the weight is a real problem and the supplies are difficult to find.

Here I present you some letterpressed goodies from Etsy. I love the designs and the feel they have. Enjoy!

Обичам книги. Обичам стари книги. Обичам вестници и писма. Обичам качествени шрифтове и хубав почерк. Обичам как мастилото залепва за хартията сливайки се красиво с нея. Все едно можеш да погледнеш във вечността за кратък момент.

Печатарската преса е измисляна от Йоханес Гутенберг около 1439 година. И слава на Бога, че е така, инак еволюцията на човечеството щеше да е толкова различна. Преди измислянето на офсетовият печат всичко се е правилона печатарските преси или на ръка. Но представете си колко трудно е било да изрисуваш 300 арт плаката... а дори 100 или 50 от тях.

Сега почти във всеки дом има персонална принтираща машина. Това е страхотно и азне мога да си представя животами без някоя от тях, но все още обичам вида на напечатаното. Едно от моите желания е да намеря една такава преса, някой от по-малките модели и да се науча да я използвам. Само заради удоволствието да направя нещо уникално. За жалост те струват едно малко състояние, трудниса занамиране, а още по-трудно е в Европа, теглото им е голям проблем и материалите също са апокрифни.

Тук ви представям няколко напечатани работки от Etsy. Много ми допада дизайна им и усещането, което носят. Наслаждавайте се! 

Thursday: The 100 post!

This is my 100 post in this blog! I never considered myself a prolific writer, so I am happy about this small achievement. As it is good to name the things that I am grateful for, I will share the things that this blog gave me until now.

• many new friends
• improved usage of my forgotten English
• interesting new findings through the web
• some knowledge about blog layouts and basic html
• patience
• ability to find new stuff to write about
• new hobbies
• a reason to use my DSLR on everyday basis
• an on-line diary 

There are many more but it is pointless to mention them. Now I am looking forward the 200 post... 

Have a wonderful Thursday Night! :")

photo:LoverDgirlA1065

Monday or Day "??": Of the love for mathematics

Today I feel the urge to share my love for one science old as the world itself, hated and cherished, understood by some and a complete mystery for others.

I shall begin with saying that I am not in any way a brilliant mathematician. I do not calculate and experiment with the numbers as I want to. And this comes from my laziness. Sadly, but true. The power of the laziness can conquer all. I come from bilingual Institute, I didn't study mathematics on purpose.I just always loved the logical and clean solutions of the problems that only this science can bring. I can understand everyone who hates something that is out of his control, but I cannot tolerate the notion that you do not need mathematics to be a good architect. So I defend it. 

Mathematics can bring your imagination to unexpected levels, it trains your brain and gives you a better grip to the conceptual thinking. With no mathematics there will be no scale, no perspective, no understanding of the patterns and the inner connections.

Mathematics is a science not only made to calculate things. In the right hands it turns in a powerful tool to create and express beauty.

Mathematics is not only a concept, matrix, integrals or lines. The inner soul that shines through are the natural proportions, the order, the integrity and the sheer beauty of the simplest solution. 

Geometry is one of the most important sciences for the art of creating space. Because architecture is space. Not a spot or a place, but a infinite, unmeasurable, unlimited space of which with geometric solutions you, as a master of your trade, give purpose. The natural order of the shapes, the curves and the lines always will have an equation. The only way to describe them fully and rightfully. The line drawn by an artist is the same thing. It may came from his imagination but is submissive of the very same natural law.

Here I give you some interesting readings: 1.-mathematical principles, 2.- modern architecture 3.-mathematics and art. Only three. There are many more on the web and in the big books. 

And as my Daddy loves to say: "Math" is everywhere, you can walk around and not see her, but that doesn't mean she is gone.

photos: 1.Briankotzen, 2.MPhilipPhotography, 3.szy1985

Saturday or Day 32: Going postal! :")

At last it is Saturday!!! This working week seemed to be like forever. after some cooking, cleaning, organizing all kind of stuff I will have some free leisure time for myself. Time for some "hard work" and sending some mail or at least getting the envelopes ready for tomorrow. 

I love mail! I love letters! And postcards... I love to read them, to write them, to make the envelopes... They are the best way to send some love across great distances and to tell your loved ones how much actually you love and cherish them.So here I present you some nice examples and my own "little helpers" will come tomorrow when I finish my letters. Enjoy!

Old letter. I love the paper and the handwriting...and the red stamp!!!

Photo: here

A real love letters of an old English couple found in a basement. Sweet!

Some doodles which are just like mine... the story is about thinking how to write a letter. The author called them love letters.

Mail boxes:) by ~bright-visualization

I like those so much that if I ever have a house I will put one of these in front it.

And one funny, but true. Even the waiting is good sometimes... the excitement, everyday checking if there is something in the box... 

If somebody wants a letter or a postcard...send me your address. Nezzo, Baby, Plami  you SHOULD do that for sure. On my e-mail, please! What an irony,eh?

Sunday or Day 5: Spending all the time in my bed

I am now officially living in Valencia for the next 9 months as an Erasmus Student. The first days were pretty intense but as the weekend in Spain is quite tranquil and calm I have all the time needed to change my blog layout (at last!) and post my first impressions from the voyage.

Well, here it comes: Valencia is (not so much) big Mediterranean City with lots of nice, well kept buildings, plenty of bars, a big bunch of international students, good well developed metro and transport system, green streets and clean walkways, nicely thought alleys and parks, 130 km. of bicycle roads!, impressive historic center. It is also home of the paella valenciana, la horchata, las fallas and three awesome beaches that are located a 20 minutes from the city center.

I love it! It is the perfect size, not too big, not too small...

The way to get here is with planе: 4 hours without trans-board from Sofia or 7 in my case with one in Rome. The Italian airport is pretty disorganized, you can't get a single word from what they are saying. There was a free WI-FI, but I couldn't connect...so I had to wait for my plain patiently until 10 minutes before my boarding they just decided to change my boarding gate. The result is running through the airport with a backpack (around 10 kilos) to get in time. I wasn't very pleased.

Room and living quarters. Here I need to say a big THANK YOU! to a great friend of mine who took me from the airport to her apartment and was taking care for me these days. Apart of that finding a room is pretty easy here. Finding a cheap one not so much. At the cost of 270 euros monthly you can live in a shared flat in the real center of the city, but I don't recommend it. Too much noise, burglary and it is costly to eat...

For now there is only one great disadvantage: I miss my friends, my brother and my family, as I miss Him. Apart of this I am extremely happy to be here.

This is it for now. Some photos to come soon. :")

Tuesday: Me

Just a shot of me watching through the window in the dining room. It is made by my cousin Ilina. I really like the result. More portraits of me to come.

Wednesday/Monday: Happy Birthday My dear Grandmas!

I was for 3 days in the small village of Koprivshtitza to celebrate my grand mother's birthday! She just turned 80 years! And it was a double celebration because her little sister also turned 70! I love you both very,very much!

the dining table...so much fine wine and tasty food! 

there were candles and garden torches that were spreading soft light. 

a close-up of one of the flames...i love fire! it really attracts me like a fly...

Happy birthday!!!

the big surprise of the party organized by my uncle Valio...

The next day we visited my villa and I was able to capture these nice photos from there. It was really exciting and tiring journey but I enjoyed it greatly!

some echinacea flowers

one of the coolest spiders that I've seen in years...

greet her! that is Kalina, the granddaughter of our neighbors. she is half French and is a real sweety...

photos: me

Wednesday: The Mountain from my window

I had to get early this morning. My brother woke me. It was really hard to be honest. But I have many work and deeds to do today. Still I am feeling a little tired. I made breakfast and coffee and while I was eating with my father I saw the blue sky over Vitosha mountain. As you know I am in love with the latter. I took several photos. The sky is clear at last, no clouds, no dirt and dust. The city will be breathing clean air for a couple of days. 

Now I stand in my messy room and I rethink the last days. In my head is the calm melody of Faith No More- Stripsearch and some past memories are still lurking down there. As I listen to the song for tenth time I start my CAD drawings. Some days are just beautiful, you know...

As I dwell in my own old memories of happiness I say that I can't complain. And for my own terror, I tend to get too emotional lately.

Have a nice Wednesday!

Photos: me

Thuesday: Valentine's Day Fever

Today the good news is: The 7-th session is now oficially over for me. I took all of my exams pretty well and now I have plenty of free time to hang out with my brother, to do some office work, to research some new programs. 

The bad news is (there is always one, you know): It is Valentine's Day Time...for my personal taste this holiday is way too commercial and plain stupid.  The whole city is covered with hearths, fluffy things, rose marabu feathers (poor birdies!), it is crowded in every cafe, it is dirty, unkept and  you can't find place to stay in serenity for longer than 2 minutes. There is nothing appealing and romantic in this situation, you know... 

And I need to tell you something "happy couples": you do not need a special day to say: "I LOVE YOU" to your dearest person. Yeap. No secret here. :) This is why I just love these anti-valentine moo cards. Check them out!

Anyway, I wish very pleasant, romantic, interesting and happy week to all who love someone in this world!