Wednesday: A walk in the park and a cat

A walk in the last warm and sunny days. An isolated bench on a hill. Autumn leafs and still green grass. A big hot cup of tea with apple, cinnamon and raisins. And a really cute cat. :") 

A friend of mine passed away a couple of days ago. Although she was far away of being a close person to me, I am still sad because of her premature death. When something like this happens you realize that life is really short, beautiful and ironic. Apart of that I feel too confined at home and so it happens that I just can't work over my diploma project which theme is funeral hall. Too many grim thoughts. So I decided to pass all my free time away, at the sun. Happy and fuzzy, and warm with friends. Having a good company is something important, don't you think?

Sunny days, and "benching". What a way to pass your afternoon. We made some tries at flare photography. It was my first time at this so if you can share some advices with me, I am open for it! 

Photos: me and Sto

Wednesday:Birdie in Indigo Ink ~ Птичка в индигово синьо

This is a short post inspired by the birds that are in my background scheme and the birds singing outside here.

About my birdie: It is a hand drawn art in Winsor & Newton Calligraphy Ink on Canson Aquarelle paper. Measures 16 by 21 cm, so it is rather small drawing, also it is not too complex. What type of species is I really don't know, but I am really happy how the tail came out and the wing, which is rather blurry on the picture.

Photo: me :")

Wednesday:Summer change in me ~ Лятна промяна в мен

It was time for a change, don't you think so? 

Still wondering if this is the final result, but for a brief moment I like how it came out. There is something small missing and I can't get what exactly it is... Any suggestions how to improve it more are welcome. :") 

Have a nice summer!!!

Wednesday:Interesting Stamps ~ Интересни пощенски марки

All of you know about my deep love for letters and paper. But what is a letter without a stamp? Only a piece of paper put in an envelope. 

The first stamp was invented in Great Britain many years ago. It was named the Black Penny, because of the black ink and the price. The postal services had existed before that but were unreliable and not efficient enough. The stamp put all this mess in order and made it work. Here I present you some interesting stamps from all over the world which I found on one site on internet some time ago. Sadly I cannot find it again. 

Enjoy!

Всички вие знаете за моята любов към писмата и хартията. Но какво е едно писмо без пощенската марка? Само парче хартия сложено в плик.

Първата марка е измислена във Кралство Великобритания преди много години. Наричала се е Черното Пени, заради цвета на мастилото и цената си. Пощенски услуги е имало и преди това, но не са били нито достатъчно ефективни, нито е можело да разчиташ на тях. Пощенската марка е сложила ред в бръкотията и е накарала всичко да заработи гладко. Тук ви представям няколко интересни пощенски марки от целият свят, които открих в един сайт преди доста време. За жалост сега не мога да го намеря отново. 

Наслаждавайте се!

Wednesday or Day 50: Numbers/ Such a perfect date...

As I was writing the date on my notebook I noticed that it is 20.10.2010 so today is a day with a perfect date. Some people believe that certain dates bring luck. I do not consider myself this way but to be honest today was a pretty exhausting but nevertheless wonderful day!

Some interesting facts about tens:

• Tens represent marriage as the 1 represents the man and the 0 the woman or vice versa for the emancipated girls :")
• It is the number of the universe and everything in it - Pythagoras and Agrippa
• It is the number of life and death of the Mayan People and symbolizes a new beginning. I wonder why the world is expected to end on 12.12.2012...
• As constituted of two 5 , ten is the number of involution and evolution
• It is widely used in religious context as The Ten Commandments in Christianity, the ten generations from Adam to Noah and the ten plagues of Egypt.

The number 20 is whole other story. It is considered a number of the reincarnation and a sun number. 

The reduced number of the date is a 6 which is the Devils Number, but also the number associated with Venus (my planet, I am a Libra), the number of indecisive people (guess what...I am a Libra- I wonder is my quote...) and love (... and currently I am in love!). Perfect number, according to Thibaut Of Langres. 

In conclusion I would say that may be the numbers do have a relation with the destiny. I have found that the beauty of mathematics is what gives the mystery in this case. Today was also the 50-th day of my stay in Valencia. The time flies indeed but right now I do not feel sad about it. 

Happy Wednesday!

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: Going to my secret place

It is the middle of the week, last day of June. Outside is cloudy. The summer is...well, not too summery. I was on my villa yesterday. And there I got the opportunity to walk a little with my brother, take some pictures and chat. It was nice because I needed his advices and I rarely had time to talk to him these few weeks. So here they are. Pictures from my secret place where I find some peace through his joyful laughter and witty talk.

After spending another sleepless night I was too tired even to think. It is getting a habit to stay to the small hours awake. Bad habit taking its toll on my energy. As always I am involved in some problem solving issues and to be fair it is evoking mixed feelings.

My brother said: Let them analyze you as long as they want...the secret is just not to bother yourself too much for the results, and some minutes later added, I love some part of the people around me. But it is the smaller part...and you know, sis. You are too good even for that part.

Gotta love this boy, eh?

photos: me

Wednesday: The Mountain from my window and some rain...

the mountain from my window in a perfect blue-greenish tint and intense rainfall

violent winds

my window after the rain

I am only happy when it rains...thats the truth. It rained intense and hard for 10 minutes over here. The feeling of the cool breeze is so nice to feel over my skin after this long heated day...the only thing that took my smile away today was this broken fellow...old gift from a long forgotten friend of mine.

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

Wednesday: Ducks and Trees

Lately I feel tired. May be it is from the lack of sleep the last two weeks or it is just apathy. So I decided to make my life more colorful again. The easiest way: grab the camera, some gloves, one good friend and my adoring brother and hit the park ... i didn't make more than 20 shots but these turned out pretty nice. So I present: Sunday Photo Shoot /in the nearest park/ which I intend to make a habit...

one dead tree rising to touch the sky

his fallen brother on the ground

but out there is something alive as well...two ducks :)

i see you little girl with camera...

a little bit grumpy

These are for the kids. I personally adore them.

the other figures.they come in various forms.

photos: me 

location: South Park, Sofia, Bulgaria

Wednesday: Art, Blogs and Fast ride down the endless abyss?

Ok. It is the middle of the week already. The projects are  going slow, painfully slow...and all I do as always is surfing in the World Wide Web, reading my mail, reading some nice blogs, learning new things which I do not need right in the moment, but who cares...after all to be an architecture student is whole new way of life, an abundance of new feelings and things all the ride down to the abyss...

As I was reading diagonally over some nice pages in the net and some books I own, I got these new interesting facts:

• Wednesday is actually named after the Norse God Odin.(the same one who is Chief God of Asgard, God of War and Victory, Skies, and tends to get angry easily). His other name is  Woden or Wotan. It  is related to the word "odr" with the meaning of rage, agitation but also means mind and poetry. The middle day of the week is also referred as "hump day". So if the work week is a mountain, this would be its peak. And what comes after it... yep, the downfall!
  
• Numerology! My favorite number is 6, but as I was searching trough one old book I found that my number is 5. And it is not only 5 because my birthday date, but for my name too...it was quite interesting to find that my beloved Nev also has the same number. The meaning of it is "Freedom and Discipline"  and it bears these qualities: multi sided and expansive nature with quick reaction towards the outside world. It is SO we!!!
  
  
• And for end of the post check this out! I found it really interesting and they have collection of "how to" craft guides...my latest passion is screen printing and they have the nicest explanation for newbies like me!
  
  Photo by: leonard-art