my world in changing colours

Photoshop free pictures :). Taken @ Dambovicioara Gorge, Arges County, Romania, last weekend.
My World.

beautiful Romania

so simple, so at home

My World.

into the blue

Sunday blues. No, I don't mean blue as in sadness, I mean the many shades of beautiful blue around: the sky, the air, the snow. Blue as in relaxing, blue as in a sunny day, blue as in the wide horizon of a free day's freedom .

the former glory of Little Paris

the sky beyond

A block of ice is hiding the sky . Behind it thou, no barriers, no limits, since the horizon is always a beginning, and never a stop.

catcher in the sun

The sunset kicks the laziness away. The hunter awakes, even if he's not a vampire and he's chasing nothing else but his own shadow. Or, is he really hunting? Or he's just stretching that fur? Who knows? The only thing that's certain is that now this soft grey creature turns orange - more orange than Garfield himself... 

the painter

She can paint with colours, she can paint with flavours. When she walks, she walks in strokes of brush, spilling light on the city's canvas. When she is bored of art, she turns chocolate into a masterpiece.

She is Margot and you can see some of her recipes (in Romanian) & paintings HERE.

flavours of Bucharest (2)

A small restaurant on a narrow street. A stormy Sunday. Snowy streets. Four friends and a perfect afternoon. Malagamba, anyone? So funny how it takes an Irishman to create that perfect Bucharest flavour we are all craving for...

flavours of Bucharest

My World.

life without filters

... or photoshop for that matter of fact - looks bright and sunny. All you need is a good light.
Happy New Year!

Sky Watch Friday.

Merry Christmas!

Viennese fairy-tale

The Christkindlmarkt in front of the Viennese City-Hall.

white lace, black velvet

Votivkirche, Vienna.

Grinch and the Christkindlmarkt

 Yesterday I took the Grinch to the Christmas Market in front of the Viennese City-hall. I tried to offer the Grinch some Punsch or Glühwein, some Langos or some sweets. No way! Slightly annoyed, the Grinch complained about the high prices, but also about the fact that some of the huts are offering the same products like last year. The wind was also on the list, as well as the cold.

 It was only the snow that saved the day from the Grinch, and the Grinch from himself. With a sigh he admitted that the Advent is a beautiful season.

Advent, Advent

Bright lights, delightful smells, nice music, children, laughter. We also had snow, but a warm storm melted it away in just few hours. 

 Most wanted? Punsch and Glühwein, of course! Second place come the Maroni - roasted chestnuts.

The shopping rush? The stress (madness?) before Christmas? Not with us, thank you.

Camera Critters and some snow

 When I took these first two pictures it was already cold enough as to be terribly surprised when this mosquito landed on my left boot. Took a pictures of it just so the people will believe me that I saw a mosquito at this time (and temperature)!

 Yesterday it snowed like in a fairytale and we were already happy for the prospects of visiting the local Advent market in snow & all. Well, till evening a warm storm came and melted almost all of this beautiful snow. The wind blew the whole night - making weird noises and all. Now I see we are going to have a sunny Sunday. So much for a white winter!

Happy Camera Critters day ;)!
ps: and since the discussion on the CC site was about Christmas carols, here is a Romanian classic. Enjoy!
Stefan Hrusca - Colinde de Craciun - Deschide usa, crestine
 
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cool Caribbean feeling

And when I say cool, I mean cool - as in freezing, actually! The photo is taken at Mole West, by the Neusiedler lake, in Austria and the title is inspired by the juniors who started laughing when they saw this image. At a first glance it could trick you with the summer feeling, but no, no more warm weather here.
Happy sky watching!

ice pearls

Watery Wednesday.

frozen garden

Today's flowers meme here.