A world of beauty

Waiting for special and precious guests

2009-11-18T14:25:00.000-08:00

"UN PEU PLUS HAUT"

2009-11-03T11:27:00.000-08:00

Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin
Je veux aller un peu plus loin
Je veux voir comment c'est, là-haut
Garde mon bras et tiens ma main

Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin
Je veux aller encore plus loin
Laisse mon bras, mais tiens ma main
Je n'irai pas plus loin qu'il faut

Encore un pas, encore un saut
Une tempête et un ruisseau
Prends garde! Prends garde: j'ai laissé ta main
Attends-moi là-bas: je reviens

Encore un pas, un petit pas
Encore un saut et je suis là,
Là-haut, si je ne tombe pas...
Non! J'y suis! Je ne tombe pas!

C'est beau! C'est beau!
Si tu voyais le monde au fond, là-bas
C'est beau! C'est beau!
La mer plus petite que soi
Mais tu ne me vois pas

Un peu plus loin, un peu plus seul
Je n'veux pas être loin tout seul
Viens voir ici comme on est bien
Quand on est haut, oh! comme on est bien

Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin
Je n'peux plus te tenir la main
Dis-moi comment j'ai pu monter,
Comment r'descendre sans tomber

Un peu plus loin, un peu plus fort
Encore un saut! Essaye encore!
Je voudrais te tendre les bras;
Je suis trop haut, tu es trop bas

Encore un pas, un petit pas
Tu es trop loin! Je t'aime!
Adieu! Adieu! Je reviendrai
Si je redescends sans tomber

C'est beau! C'est beau!
Si tu voyais le monde au fond, là-bas
C'est beau! C'est beau!
La mer plus petite que soi
Mais tu ne la vois pas

Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin
Je veux aller encore plus loin
Peut-être bien qu'un peu plus haut,
Je trouverai d'autres chemins

2009-09-03T08:24:00.000-07:00

I received this award from my dear friend Autumn Rose at Mrs.Pogle's World.
It is a pleasure for me to say that I learned a lot of things from AR and in time she became a daily presence in my life. She helps me to stay awake , spiritually speaking. So, thank You dear Gardener! I'm happy to have met you.

These are the rules:

1. Copy the loyal picture above and post it on your blog.
2. Pass it on to who you think who is/are deserving.
3. Leave a message to them
4. Pass as many as you want.
5. Message back or leave a comment to the owner.

I pass this award on to:

1.Geta at http://www.cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.com/

2.Corina at http://corinaj.wordpress.com/

August

2009-08-08T03:36:00.000-07:00

Some pictures from my garden in August and
a little project" Boutis"in progress.

A wonderful summer for you and lots of colours in your hearts.

It 's Summer

2009-06-06T23:40:00.000-07:00

I'm back again. It was a busy spring and droughty as well and time was dedicated to the garden.
A few little projects and a lot of dreams for the future.
We hope, all will be reality soon.
Now , some pictures from the "House of Roses"

My new Breslo Shop

2009-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:00

Paltinis

2009-01-29T07:14:00.000-08:00

A little trip to Sibiu, Paltinis, Sambata de Sus.
Today some photos from Paltinis.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-25T10:45:00.000-08:00

Craciun Fericit tuturor!!!
Merry Christmas to all of you!!!

Photos by Rodo

Adina & Betty Popescu- Expo Galeria Basil Bucuresti dec. 2008

2008-12-08T07:15:00.000-08:00

Expo Patchwork Bucharest- Romania 2008

2008-12-08T07:05:00.000-08:00

PATCHWORK-UL TRADITIONAL SI MODERN __MODERN AND TRADITIONAL PATCHWORK

2008-11-26T10:40:00.000-08:00

Va asteptam la cea de-a doua Expozitie a Asociatiei Romane de Patchwork care va avea loc la Bucuresti in perioada 05.12-19.12.2008 la Casa Friedrich Schiller.

Bach sarabande jazz guitar played by Renato Rozic

2008-11-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

Stones

2008-10-11T11:22:00.000-07:00

My last creation, a little handbag for a dear friend.
Tomorrow is her birthday and I want to send her all my love and gratitude.
A wonderful friend, doctor, wife, mother, gardener and a very beautiful woman.
For Dana
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!

Atmosphere

2008-10-06T12:23:00.000-07:00

Peace is sometimes a matter of struggle.
Serenity is a cause for fighters.
Silence is the harmony of mind.

Join me for a moment of tranquility.

Tea Room

2008-09-27T01:43:00.000-07:00

Moments at " The House of Roses" Tea Room

Salon de Ceai "Casa trandafirilor" Tea Room "Casa trandafirilor" Salon de The "Casa trandafirilor"

2008-09-02T09:06:00.001-07:00

In a week or two one of my dreams will come true.
A tea room for those who love the taste of green, black , rooibos, mate or other sorts of tea but, also for those who like jazz, blues or symphonic music.
On the walls there will be paintings and artistic photography, and all over the room flowers, flowers, flowers. Cookies and chocolate fondue will be the sweets and...but I won't tell you everything now.
Come and see!
I'll be back soon with the address and details .

Now , some photos made by RODOCROZIT to decorate our tea room.

Muzica apelor - Water Music

2008-08-05T07:50:00.000-07:00

Albastru - Blue

2008-07-24T00:27:00.000-07:00

This summer in Marseilles .

Blue sky
blue sea.
Only the land
has lost his blue.

and we must find it
in the sky
in the sea

or

deep inside
of our souls.

A Wonderful Trip

2008-07-13T00:02:00.000-07:00

Europe was again our destination for this summer.
Some pictures for you and for our memories.

Happy 32nd !

2008-07-09T09:27:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
BR. FREDDIE !!!
Have a wonderful celebration and a lot of fiends with you today!
God bless you!

Evening Prayers

2008-06-26T12:13:00.000-07:00

Look at the dog's face!

Is it possible to be only the power of imitation?

I cannot say.

But I know that dogs believe in something.

In someone.

I'm impressed !

(The source is Merle ) Thank you Merle!

My last creation: Romanian jugs.

La vita e bella!!

2008-06-01T09:08:00.000-07:00

The cat in my quilt
thinks of the beauty of life,
and he is right.
La vita e bella!
Flowers everywhere.
the sound of the artesian-well
and my first waterlily in the pond.
(I promise a picture of the flower.)
Definitely :
La vita e bella!

Spring on "4 seasons quilt swap"

2008-05-09T12:17:00.000-07:00

I have received this wonderful quilt from Wendy CT, USA.
Thank You very much, Wendy!!
It is a wonderful gift and it will be in my home to remember you and
your little town across the ocean.

This is my "spring" for the "4 seasons quilt swap".
I hope it will bring a lot of joy and light in the house
of a special person who shall receive it.

Paste Fericit Crestinilor Ortodocsi !Happy Ester for the Orthodox Christians!

2008-04-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

Domnul a inflorit gradinile
pentru ca noi sa-I vedem frumusetea.

Our Lord has bloom the gardens
For us , to see His beauty.

A dat culorile, ochilor nostri nestiutori
Si noi am invatat sa-I simtim lumina.

He gave the colors for our ignorants eyes
And we learned to feel His light.

S-a dat pe El
nu pentru a ne impovara cu vina
ci pentru a ne arata calea iubirii.

He gave His own life
Not to blame us
But to learn us the way of love.

Ne-a dat calea iubirii
stiind ca putem sa-L urmam.

He gave us the way of love
knowing that we can follow Him.

Frumusetea, lumina si iubirea
sa va inunde inimile si casele
in asteptarea INVIERII.

Beauty, light and love
be with you, in your hearts
and in your homes
while you'll waiting for RESURRECTION.

PASTE FERICIT !

HAPPY ESTER !

The Actor

2008-04-18T12:21:00.000-07:00

This is a special day for me!
Alexandra (my daughter) has her First photo exhibition.
Photos from The Actor, with Mihai Malaimare and Mircea Tiberian at Masca Theater in Bucharest. The photos can be seen at Eroilor subway station.

You can see her art HERE.

You make my day!

2008-04-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

You Make My Day award I received today from Merle.
Thank You my dear friend! It means so much for me!

I dedicate this award to all my friends from internet !
Thank you all for the moments you spend with me!
You are showing me everyday the beautiful side of the world.
With your attention.
With your opinions.
With your care.
I'm a very lucky person to have you all!
Thank You!

Happy Ester !!

2008-03-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Ester for all my friends and readers of my blog
who celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
on 23rd of March!
Have a wonderful time with your family end friends!

Inspiration

2008-03-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious."
Andrew Wyeth

It is the way I am working these days.
Reading, dreaming and being enraptured by the creations of the artists, accidentally ( or not) I have met in the last days.
So, I invite you to meet:
Ruth Rea
A very talented lady who inspired me and make me feel so lucky to see her creation.
and
Sidival Fila
A great artist who can give us the power to open the door of our souls and to find the seed of our happiness and the sadness of our sins. But, most of all, the miracle hidden in the materials round about us.

And one of my paintings during the winter

Mirrors
Piece after piece

blue
white
black

mirrors
follow
the secret

of my hope

wish

and ...

dreams.

Thank You Rose !

2008-02-29T08:08:00.000-08:00

Thank You Rose for the wonderful quilt you sent me.
"Roman" is a lovely snow-man who came to my home in the last day of the winter from ...Tasmania Australia. There was too hot for him so, he decided to make a trip and to come here in Romania. That's why Rose named him "Roman".
It will have a special place in my house this spring,when I decided to redecorate it.
Thank you Margaret for all the work at Four season quilt swap

Composition

2008-02-19T11:02:00.000-08:00

A composition

or my day ,
colored ,
and
modeled
with
lots of shapes
around and around
trying to draw
the sway
of my brush
on the canvas...

a trail blue

...the emotion
of a new
composition.

Let's make the world a better place!

2008-02-02T23:59:00.001-08:00

I have been honored with an award from Suzy
Thank you and now the rules for this award:

Use Ukok’s ‘You make the world a better place’ image in your post (above!)
Link to Ukok’s Place
Award 5 bloggers.

These are my 5 friends:

Nihal
Merle
Corina
Teodolinda
Pia

Thank you for making the world a better place for me!

"Winter "

2008-01-31T22:55:00.000-08:00

My "winter" arrived well at Alice!!
I'm happy she likes it!
How wonderful to meet people with a swap.
I hope it will bring all my positive feelings and a special spring mood in her house.

Photo by Rodocrozit

Tears in Heaven

2008-01-28T12:21:00.001-08:00

A friend of mine, Geta reminds me about Eric Clapton.
So, tonight - Tears in Heaven .
Enjoy .

20 years

2008-01-27T12:09:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was ALEXANDRA 's birthday
She has 20 now and she is a wonderful person and my best friend.
I' m so happy and proud to be her mom.
Thank You Lord for this invaluable gift.

47

2008-01-24T02:03:00.000-08:00

Today I'm 47.
Life is wonderful.
Thank You Lord!

Pilgrim

2008-01-02T12:37:00.000-08:00

Nicula Monastery

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

2008-01-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

Let's sing and dance
for the new born year!

Let's pray and hope
for love and joy!

Let's be together
For a Happy 2008!

Handbags 2007

2007-12-28T20:35:00.000-08:00

These are the handbags I have created in 2007.
It was so funny to play with fabrics and colors.
Some of them are now in my daughter's wardrobe and others were sold via Casa Trandafirilor (House of Roses)

Silent Night ...O ce veste minunata...

2007-12-24T12:19:00.000-08:00

Silet Night, Holy Night..

Cerul stralucea, Ingerul venea....

All is calm, all is bright...

Pe-o raza curata...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2007-12-22T10:39:00.000-08:00

At the end of this year:

Thank You God for my life, for my freedom,
Thank You for the gift of love,
Thank You for the courage to say who I am and what is in my soul and mind.
Thank You for my existence in the light of truth,
Thank You for my straight way in life .
Thank You for the harmony and the beauty in my life.

For all my friends who were my guests here this year :

Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year 2008!

God Bless you !

Artists and their strange stories

2007-12-21T09:02:00.000-08:00

Today I remembered Fernando Pessoa.
Maybe , because I finished a wonderful book by Silvia Kerim, sensible memories about artists who were her friends or only she admired them and their creations.
But, Fernando Pessoa was something else.His personality is diffused through the heteronyms :Ricardo Reis, Alberto Caeiro or Alvaro de Campos.

Today this is so easy to do that.
More nicknames, more blogs, and more stories.
Maybe it is useful for inspiration or only for fun.

Artists are weird personalities, or only misunderstood creators.
Beyond the way they succeed and the souls they touch, it is their work.
A twine between love and selfishness, genius and fiend.

Artists ...and their strange stories.

A Night at The Opera

2007-12-12T14:13:00.001-08:00

Tonight at The National Opera from Cluj - "Il Trovatore"
Verdi again, this time with the sad story of an unhappy love.
Nice evening, with great music in a wonderful opera hall.

Four Seasons Quilt Swap

2007-12-08T11:51:00.000-08:00

This is my Winter, ready to go on a long journey over the ocean.
My Winter is full of joy, colored and bright.
My Winter is made to bring happiness .
My Winter comes from the music of "The Red Priest".
But most of all, my Winter was inspired by a wonderful, sensible and special creation of WINTERMOOD
You can see His Art HERE
Thank You !

WINTER

2007-12-04T06:48:00.000-08:00

A wonderful invitation

Winter,
the sens of living,
death and birth,
the end and the beginning,
black and white.

Winter ,
the colors of uncolored,
ice and flame,
night and day.

Winter ,
so much light
and so much music...

Winter
in my soul...

Winter.

You and me

2007-10-21T00:54:00.000-07:00

Silence...
your memories start to whisper
about the ocean .

I feel it
in my veins...

The breeze start
to dance
over your shoulder.

I feel it
in my breath...

The waves
wail and struggle
and call for your arms.

I feel it
on my skin...

I'm near you
but you are free.

My veins...
my breath...
my skin...

Silence!

Your freedom makes me
love you
more.

Woman

2007-10-20T11:21:00.000-07:00

The shapes,
can they bring
the essence
of the universe?

If you call,
the silence fills
the space
of harmony.

If you touch,
the emptiness
blooms.

If you look,
the shadows
replace the bright
of the world's face.

If you
love,
you have the answers
of the shapes
in the universe.

Manastirea Barsana, Maramures

2007-10-04T07:26:00.000-07:00

Sunt locuri unde lumina se aseaza,
iar linistea canta melodii domoale...

There are places where the light sits,
And the silence whispers soft songs…

Caldura lemnului sporeste
ecoul gandurilor

The warmth of the wood enhances
The eco of thoughts

si securea , uneori, lasa in urma
dantela si culoare.

And the tomahawk sometimes leaves behind
Lace and color.

Asfintitul inmoaie verticala
si Cerul mangaie crestetul turlei.

The sunset comforts the heights
And the Sky caresses the top of the spire.

.
Pelerin la intalnirea cu toamna...

Pilgrim meeting the autumn…

Colors, my melody

2007-09-22T13:39:00.000-07:00

guitar,
my eyes
searching
through your strings

trying to find
what is the color
where
it all begins.

trembles
that come
from nowhere
or
from
the place where
everything has begun.

music,
makes color
in the universe.

colors
and
melody

paradise.

Thank you AR

2007-09-13T10:30:00.001-07:00

I have received today a wonderful gift from my dear friend AutumnRose.
Thank you AR for such a delicate sign of friendship.
I'll put the heart near the PC, to have it here when I 'll be on line.

Turquoise

2007-09-10T11:37:00.000-07:00

Here I find that the other name of turquoise is Capri,
here I understand that " ocher" was created in Italy
here my eyes, blue and thirsty
drank from the see and the sky
and
felt only
the soft breeze...
and
they are still
charmed.

(first version, unfinished)

Arad

2007-09-09T01:58:00.000-07:00

A short business trip to Arad .
It was a rainy day and very cold for this time of the year.
Even so, I found a beautiful city , old and modern in the same time.
In the west of the country life seems to be more "occidental".

Giving you shall receive

2007-09-03T11:42:00.001-07:00

Giving you shall receive

Blind, unwise, and of a narrow mind as I am, I was not foolish and unknowing enough to believe that Christ asks us to give from our surplus: that, even the pagans do. I was however unskilled and lost in the darkness enough to think - what seems entirely in accord with Christian teaching - that we are asked to give from the little we have, if not even from the very little. I even went as far as agreeing with the idea that from the parable of the two talants thrown by the widowed woman in the offering box (Mk 12:41-44, Lk 21:1-4) follows that we should give all we have, our entire possessions.

It was needed that I stumbled upon reading, a while ago, a text of the French poet Henri Michaux (1899 - 1988) to understand, trembling, shuddering, that Christ asks something entirely different: to give what we do not have.

How blind, unwise, and of a narrow mind I was. And locked in the chains of the most lamentable common sense. How could I imagine that Christ-God who accepted to take on a body and be crucified on the cross lust like the unhappiest and most wicked of mortals, would ask us to give from the surplus or the little possessions, or even to give their entirety? How would He have called us to actions so simple, so of this world, that is, so possible! Did not Paul Claudel define God for us, attributing to Him the saying: Why do you fear? I am the impossible who looks at you.

Christ, thus, asks for exactly this: the impossible: to give what we do not have.

But let us listen to Michaux: in the monastery where he would like to be received, a simple candidate to monasticism shows up. He confesses to the geronda: know, Father, that I have neither faith nor light, nor essence, nor courage, nor trust in myself, and I cannot be of any help to myself, much less to any others; I have nothing.

It would have been logical for him to be rejected at once. Not so, however. The geronda (abbot, as the French poet says) replies: What does that have to do with anything! You have no faith, have no light; giving them to others you will have them, too. Searching them for another, you will gain them for yourself. Your brother, your neighbor and fellow man, him you are duty bound to help with what you do not have. Go: your cell is on this hallway, third door on the right.

Not from the surplus, not from the little, but from your unpossession, from what you lack. Giving another that which you do not have - faith, light, confidence, hope - you will acquire them as well.

"You have to help him with what you do not have."

"Giving what you do not have, you acquire too, the naked, the deserted, that which you lack."

"With what you believe you have not, but which is, which will be in you.

Deeper than the depth of your self. More mysterious, more covered, clearer, fast spring which flows unceasingly, calling, inviting to communion."

Yes, only in this way you will be able to speak as a servant of Christ, of the One full of mystery: paradoxically (as he always has taught us: if you want to rule, serve; if you want to be exalted, humble yourself; if you want to save your soul, lose it for me; if you want to recapture your purity, admit your guilt) and amazingly (if you will give what you do not have, you will also gain what you have given others).

I think that nowhere, except for the Gospels, have more clear and more Christian words been spoken than in Michaux's little poem, which stupefied and enthused me. Maybe in some fragments of The Brothers Karamazov and The Demons, maybe Cervantes creating El nuestro Senor Don Quijote, El Christo espanol, maybe Albert Camus in the text about Oscar Wilde (titled The Artist in Prison) and about the way to Christ not through suffering and pain (a good way, though an inferior one) but by an excess of happiness and moments of euphoria (a superior way). I think nowhere a poet or writer has spoken more closely of the unapproachable One.

Giving what we have no, we gain by rebound what - with unimaginable outrageousness - we have dared to give to another. The lesson is valid for any Christian, clergy or laity. For the monk, especially. Let him not worry, not fear, not be anxious, the monk who feels his inner-self deserted, haunted by lack of belief and weakness, full of darkness and aridness; let him not mind these in the least. Temptations of hopelessness, unbecoming tricks of the evil and dry one. Let him give those who come to him, in his cell, in the monastery garden, on the porch of the guest-house, at the alter gates - so they can find faith, strength, light, and a ray of hope, that which they expect from him and which he very well knows that in that moment he may not have. Let him give them. And, giving them, they will also refract back on him and he will be benefited by the gift made unto others.

"Giving the light you do not have, you, too, will have it."

Do Michaux's words, perhaps, not clarify in more depth the text from Matthew 25 about the fearful Judgment? Perhaps, have not the good ones given the thirsty from the water they lacked; the hungry from the food they did not have, the naked one the clothes they themselves were straining after?...

The secret of monastic life shows itself to be: to dare to give that which, temporarily, you may be lacking. Here then, is the Christian paradox in its entirety, splendor, and virtue. But here is the amazing promise: giving what you do not have, you gain what you knew to give from the emptiness of your being. The supra-natural gift is reflected on you, comes back to you like a boomerang, like a ray of light projected at a mirror, and enriches you, fills you up, overwhelms you.

Of course. If could not be otherwise! How could we think, even for a moment - not to say anything about years - that Christ wants to give from what we have: the surplus, the little, everything. Big deal, worthy endeavor! Too human, the poor, pitiful work! Something different is asked from us: what seems to be impossible. Something else is promised: what which cannot be conceived or believed.

Let every fear, uncertainty, shyness, fear of hypocrisy disappear from us, the monks: the monk is meant to give others faith and light even if he may be lacking them a shorter or longer while. Even if he is in a crisis of listlessness. Even if he were guilty of a weakening in the zeal and steadiness of monasticism.

Could he? Could he fulfill the miracle? Of course, since he is part of those about whom Christ says that "they are not of this world, as I am not of this world" (John 17:16). And again, "But not only for these I pray, but for those who will believe in Me through their word." (John 17:20). And in the Book of Acts (20:35) Paul also says: "You have to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus: it is more blessed to give than to receive."

Truly, giving above nature, we receive grace above grace. Let the weak, thus, say: give me, Lord, when I am lost and naked, strength and impudence to be able to give from what I do not have. And You make this gift of mine - paradoxical, absurd and daring - return to me through your mercy which counts human wisdom ad madness and the adage "Nemo dat quod non habet" sounding brass and clanging cymbal. You who ask only the impossible and do only what the human mind cannot understand.

Monk Nicolae Steinhardt

Translation from here

A word

2007-09-02T12:58:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged by AutumnRose. Just take the first word, and add one more…

1. Yourself: optimist
2. Your spouse: loyal
3. Your hair:original
4. Your mother: old
5. Your father:dead
6. Your favourite item: colors
7. Your dream last night:none
8. Your favorite drink:coffee
9. Your dream car:Smart
10. The room you are in: study
11. Your ex: away
12. Your fear: snakes
13. What you want to be in 10 years: painter
14. Who you hung out with last night: hubby
15. What you’re not: ordinary
16. Muffins: chocolate
17. One of your wish list item: nenuphar
18. Time: morning
19. The last thing you did: eat
20. What you are wearing: tshirt
21. Your favorite weather: sunny
22. Your favorite book:poems
23. The last thing you ate:ice- cream
24. Your life: gift
25. Your mood: happy
26. Your best friend: Alexandra
27. What you’re thinking about right now: Capri
28. Your car: green
29. What you are doing at the moment: typing
30. Your summer: wonderful
31. Your relationship status: fulfilled
32. What is on your TV: nothing
33. What the weather is like: cloudy
34. When was the last time you laughed: now

I tag: Corina, Teodo, Dora, Teodora, Daniela, if they are in the mood for this :).
Tomorrow I'll be back at work:( . I wish you a very good week. Take care.

AutumnRose

2007-08-30T10:30:00.001-07:00

In my journey this summer I was thinking about you AutumnRose, my special friend from the internet. I think that our spiritual and artistic universe are very close. These images are dedicated for you and were taken thinking of you.

Capri

2007-08-28T12:30:00.000-07:00

About Italy ...only this for now:
I found Capri!
A land built as a gift for my eyes.
Just watch!

This is the place where I would definitely return someday!

Memories from Italy

2007-08-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

We are back home now.
Italy was a wonderful destination this summer.
Florence, Pisa, Rome, Naples and Capri, those were our places to go and we discovered an interesting, charming and full of history land.
Here are some pictures and others soon in my album.
You can find also beautiful photos from our trip here
It's nice to be at home again but Italy is still on my mind.

Time for travel

2007-08-18T04:08:00.001-07:00

Roses for you, all my friends, and see you in ten days.
La revedere!
Bye bye!
Ciao!
Sma

Aiud

2007-08-12T10:42:00.000-07:00

Aiud, an old town
with dusty memories
sad streets
a lot of questions
about the future
and a prison.
Only the old fortress
tells us a story about
old times
and brave men.
A short business trip
and some pictures.
Holiday begins !

"How internet connects people"

2007-07-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

"Isn't it interesting how internet connects people?" said Henk.
Yes, it is!
In a very hot Sunday,Corina and Henk, with their WONDERFUL, SWEETEST LITTLE GIRL Miriam, entered in our home.
Corina is one of my friends from the internet and I was very happy to meet her and her family here in our house. It was a very nice afternoon with them and Miriam was one of the most intelligent and beautiful children we have ever seen. Liviu, my husband was her favorite friend.
Thank you for your visit my friends and hope to see you soon! Have a nice summer in Holland ! Hugs , Hugs and SPECIAL HUGS for Miriam!
XX Sma

Italy, here we come !

2007-07-28T02:14:00.000-07:00

This morning, on the terrace preparing for our trip in Italy.
I'm so excited to see this sight of the world, where sun is so generous and people so nice.
August is the period for holidays but we are already in the mood for trips.

Flowers for those who love them :)

2007-07-21T11:59:00.000-07:00

Here is VERY, VERY, HOT !!!
I try to save some flowers from the oven and offer them to you .

I'm afraid to make pictures using flowers like models.
But the colors are so tempting .
I'm still thinking of this...

Desire

2007-07-11T11:50:00.000-07:00

we try to be like angels
and
prayers give us
wings.

raise up your arms and
sing .

you'll start to climb
over the clouds
up
in the light
of Love.

Garden colors

2007-07-07T23:17:00.000-07:00

It is the most beautiful period in our garden.
Colors and flowers are everywhere!
If you like the drone of been,
the rose's fragrance
and the light of mornings,
come and have a rest here.
The sky of night is speckled
by the dust of stars,
and we know
the eye of God
is above.

Painting , poetry and photography

2007-07-01T10:48:00.000-07:00

Alexandra shows me this today.
I think he's right.

“La peinture est de plus en plus proche de la poésie, maintenant que la photographie l’a libérée du besoin de raconter une histoire.”

[Georges Braque] Peintre français

The Wind in the Willows

2007-06-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Wind
Willows
Window

air
green
blue

breathe
life
trust

7 things about me ;)

2007-06-28T13:00:00.000-07:00

Am fost nominalizata de Dora sa scriu 7 lucruri despre mine si apoi sa nominalizez alte 7 persoane sa faca acelasi lucru despre ele. Sunt curioasa ce veti spune despre mine... si despre... voi ;).
Iata ce am de zis :

Imi plac diminetile.
Sunt dependenta de culori.
Admir originalitatea frantuzeasca dar stilul british ma face sa ma simt bine.
Am 3 Sf-uri preferate: ET, Substanta verde si K-PAX.
Citesc poeziile cu emotia din adolescenta.
Cand stau in fata sevaletului ascult Katie Melua.
Nicolae Steinhard mi-a aratat calea catre Dumnezeu.

Iata-i pe cei 7 nominalizati de mine:Rodo , Silvain , AutumnRose , Freddi , Teodo , Pia , Jo in NZ

I have been tagged by Dora to post seven random facts about me and then to tag seven other people.
Here are seven random facts about me:

1.I like mornings.

2.I’m addicted to colors.

3.I admire the French originality but British style makes me feel good.

4. My 3 favorite SF movies are: E.T., Soylent Green, K-PAX.

5.I enjoy poetry as I did in my teenage years.

6.When I’m in front of my easer I listen to Katie Melua.

7 Nicolae Steihardt has shown me the way to God.

And now, the other 7: Rodo , Silvain , AutumnRose , Freddi , Teodo , Pia , Jo in NZ

Cozia

2007-06-27T08:38:00.000-07:00

The monastery "Cozia" (1386-1388) .

wall-painting

Prayers for family and friends.

The wings of morning

2007-06-22T12:59:00.000-07:00

Visele mele

vorbe nespuse,

pasari albe

cautandu-si cerul.

Ochiul inchis

de teama sa nu piarda

imaginea albastrului

abia rasarit.

As vrea sa iau cu mine

Aripile acestei dimineti

Si sa le daruiesc inserarii.

My dreams

Unutterable words,

White birds

Looking for the sky.

The eye shut

For fear of losing

The image of the blue

Just risen.

I wish to take with me

The wings of this morning

And give them to the night-fall.

In the sun

2007-06-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

What shall I choose?
moon or sun...
light or shadows...
song or silence...
I wonder.
But when I think of a bird
I hear a song
coming from
the sun
through
the light...
Dancing,
rolling...

and a feather
in my hand.

Out of the box

2007-06-16T20:02:00.000-07:00

I decided to get out of the box.
Last days I" imagined"a little poetry wrote by a Romanian poet, Nichita Stanescu, who impressed me when I was a student and now as well.
Love is the feeling who brings us in a mood, where" she" and"he' are as fragile as glass.
I used fabrics painted with natural methods, using onion, walnut leafs and gooseberry.
Look, this is the poetry :

"Daca intr-o zi ti-as saruta talpa piciorului,nu-i asa ca ai schiopata putin de teama
sa nu-mi strivesti sarutul?"

"If one day I would kiss the sole of your foot, wouldn’t you limp afraid of crushing it?"

And here is my imagination's work:

Despre Ingeri- About Angels by Andrei Plesu

2007-06-12T11:59:00.000-07:00

Sa razi cu hohote cand citesti despre ingeri?
Sa-ti doresti cu febrilitate sa deschizi din nou cartea
dar sa-ti planifici totul in asa fel incat lectura sa se intinda cat mai mult posibil?
Teologie, spiritualitae,filosofie...
cursuri si conferinte..
Asa se numesc, cred.
Pentru mine,
Cartea e intalnirea cu ingerii.
Multumesc Domnule Plesu!

This book is the meeting with the world of Angels,
that whorld wich represents the space between us and God.
Not quite theological
But so open to our human way of thinking .
Mr Andrei Plesu shows me
the way to My Angel.
Thank You Mr Plesu.

Fulfill

2007-06-10T02:21:00.000-07:00

I am sure that love is
something that
God loves.
I think that love IS God.
I believe that love
never ends.
Love fulfills our universe
and
an angel
Must be
the guardian
of each love.
So,
Love needs three.

I colored this, after I've read the article "l’Amore non può essere a due"
on Freddie's blog. Thank you br Freddie for the theme.

Summer dream

2007-06-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

It's a dream about colors and scents.
Each element of this dream has a name
but
names are not important for me.
Only the shapes,
near the water
and the sound
made by a nightingale
in the middle of the night...
My village
under the black velvet
and the dream
about a hot summers day.
A drop of ink from the sky
sprinkles the ruff
of my house.
And the dream
flows
on.

C’est un rêve de couleurs et de parfums.
Chaque élément de ce rêve a un nom
Mais
Les noms ne sont pas importants pour moi.
Seulement les formes,
Près de l’eau
Et le son
D’un rossignol
Dans la nuit...
Mon village
Sous le noir velours
Et le rêve
D’une journée toride d’été.
Une goutte d’encre du ciel
Arrose le toit
De ma maison.
Et le rêve
Continue à couler...

translation by Rodocrozit

FANNY

2007-06-03T12:34:00.000-07:00

Casa Trandafirilor are de azi o mascota.
E papusa Fanny.
Ea vine azi in mov ca florile parfumate de lavanda pe care le contine rochita ei .
In curand o veti vedea in alte toalete si cu alte accesorii.
Azi si-a pus palarioara pentru ca a avut o zi insorita.
Va invitam sa o vedeti la ea acasa: www.casatrandafirilor.ro

P.S. De azi, Casa Trandafirilor s-a imbogatit cu un serviciu de newsletter. Va asteptam sa va abonati si veti primi pe email ultimele noutati.

TIME OF ROSES

2007-06-02T11:44:00.000-07:00

Roses and lilies at House of roses

Sad days :(

2007-06-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

I like dreaming.
It's my way to pass
another life deep in my mind.
Most of the time
my dreams
come trough.
And
I now
that my guardian angel
is near by.
Today I put two lamps in my garden
and hope
that the angel will turn his face
on me
and on my dear sad friends.

Imi place sa visez.
E felul in care traiesc adanc in mine.
De cele mai multe ori
visele mi se implinesc.
Atunci stiu ca ingerul pazitor este aproape.
Astazi am pus doua felinare in gradina
si sper ca ingerul isi va intoarce fata
catre mine
si catre prietenele mele triste.

Mysterious forest

2007-05-28T08:58:00.000-07:00

Listen...the voices
Smell the skin of the trees
and think.
You are alone,
you and your emotions,
deep in the forest.
Look up,
there are blue shadows...
The fingers of God.

Ecoute… les voix
Sens la peau des arbres
Et pense.
Tu es seul,
Toi et tes émotions,
Dans la profondeur de la forêt.
Regarde en haut
Il y a des ombres bleues...
Les doigts de Dieu.

A blue spring

2007-05-22T11:02:00.000-07:00

In a blue spring...
in the middle of a storm,
I was searching for a certain blue.
A blue of trust...I think...
A color to confirm all my beliefs.
That's me.
I am always ready to open the window
through my world!
If you are blue come in!

Intr-o primavara albastra...
In mijlocul unei furtuni,
Cautam un anume albastru.
Un albastru al increderii...cred...
O culoare care sa confirme toate parerile mele.
Asta sunt.
Intotdeauna gata sa deschid fereastra
spre lumea mea.
Daca esti albastru...indrazneste!

sperand ca furtuna a luat sfarsit...

The flower of the day

2007-05-19T06:29:00.001-07:00

At House of Roses
I spent this morning with my flowers again and
I decided to choose one of them to be
The flower of the day.
This is IRIS, the king of the pond.
And mine is a wonderful one.
With petals like velvet and
the smell of a lemon ,
it inspired me to make a bouquet
to bring the peace in your souls.
Have a wonderful day!

La Casa Trandafirilor
Am petrecut dimineata cu florile mele si
am decis ca una dintre ele sa fie floarea zilei.
Este IRISUL , regele baltilor.
Cel din gradina mea este minunat.
Cu petalele de catifea si parfum de lamaie
m-a inspirat sa aranjez un buchet ,
care sa va aduca pace in suflete.
O zi frumoasa va doresc!

Casa Trandafirilor

2007-05-15T13:00:00.000-07:00

Casa Trandafirilor , The House of Roses is a dream come trough.
This is our home full of joy and friendship, of flowers and colors.
And above all full of love.
Come with us and be a friend of Casa Trandafirilor ,House of Roses

Flowers

2007-05-12T10:01:00.000-07:00

Flowers from my garden
for you, all my friends
who are reading my page.
Have a nice week end!

Flori din gradina mea
pentru toti prietenii
care imi citesc pagina.
Week end placut!

My garden, my soul

2007-05-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

Some flowers in my garden ...
It is sad.. because last nights came with hoarfrost and some plants were seriously affected.

Cateva imagini din gradina. Dupa trei nopti cu ger si cateva luni de seceta inca mai poate inflori sarmana. E locul in care ma incarc de energie.

In the market

2007-05-05T07:20:00.000-07:00

Yesterday in the market.
Photos made for my friend Smaranda
Smaranda, am facut cateva poze la piata pentru tine asa cum am promis.

Tulips

2007-05-05T06:53:00.000-07:00

A photography made by my special friend Rodocrozit (my daughter)

And a picture made by me.
A gift for a dear friend.
Lalelele noastre fotografiate de Alexandra, alias Rodocrozit
si transformate intr-un dar pentru o prietena draga de mine.

A trip in the mountains

2007-05-05T06:35:00.001-07:00

Last week end was a moment of meeting.
People, places and emotions.
The mountain can be seen from a little train
named mocanita which lets us feel the air
and smell the scent of fir trees.
Rustic and natural.
O excursie "pe Wasser" , Maramures , zona Viseu.
Trenuletul se numeste mocanita si ne lasa sa savuram muntele.
Rustic si natural, nu?

A day in the garden

2007-04-21T12:01:00.000-07:00

The gate was designed by me and I' m proud of it.
Saptamanile trecute s-a muncit din greu la noi la porti. Modelul l-am creat eu si sunt multumita cum a iesit:)

Today was a day dedicated to the garden.
Azi a fost o zi dedicata gradinii. O poza din livada unde au inflorit pentru prima data ciresii si alta cu rondoul de lalele care au suferit din cauza brumei de ieri dimineata:((

The plate

2007-04-21T11:43:00.000-07:00

This is an image of a plate made by a popular artist from Corund .

Debrecen

2007-04-16T12:22:00.000-07:00

A short trip to Debrecen (Hungary) in the second day of Easter.
Some pictures from this trip.

Happy Easter!

2007-04-05T11:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter for all of You!
Have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends!

Chat

2007-04-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday ,
when the sky was full of colors,
on a branch of an apple tree,
some flowers had a chat,
about the shining sun,
about the blue and violet clouds,
like the eyes of a girl,
who is as happy
as a spring day.
Her name is
Flower.

Creations at the "HOUSE OF ROSES"

2007-03-31T06:39:00.000-07:00

"House of roses" is the name of our house from now.
Why not? We have more than 100 pieces of roses in our garden.
That's why I made a decoration for the balcony .

The rabbits are ready for running and playing under the trees ( even if they have bodies full of roses petals and lavender).

And a piece of tissue agreed to receive the colors of my hyacinths and irises , partners for roses in a wonderful bouquet. The tissue was colored using unusual substances .

Blossoming

2007-03-28T12:59:00.002-07:00

Apricot tree, apricot tree...
Your are a gift in this cold spring.
For my eyes,
for my soul
and
for the bees,
guests of
my garden.

I put your colors
on a tissue.
And now
I hear the song
from your branches
in bloom.

Inprisoned spring

2007-03-09T11:36:00.000-08:00

Prison is the place where dreams are taken.
They say that.
But
I know
That there is another curse
Worse...
An empty soul.
My violets are confident
that their prison will vanish.

So they hope.

La prison est l'endroit où les rêves sont volés
On dit ça.
Mais
Je sais
Qu'il y a une autre malédiction
Pire
Une âme vide.
Mes violettes ont l'espoir
Que leur prison s'évanouira.

The scent

2007-03-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

Roses petals and lavender in a box.
I miss my roses and lavender too.
Spring is here .
But summer only in memories...
Till then I made a secret box
to keep the scent
of my summer nights.

Trees

2007-03-03T07:57:00.000-08:00

Today I worked in my orchard all morning. Trees are ready to start for a new adventure . In a week or two there will be a lot of apricot flowers. It means that this year We'll taste its fruits.

I was inspire by the branches of my trees and look what came out.

Spring

2007-03-02T10:33:00.000-08:00

Sleepy flowers ... This is the end of your dark dream!
You have the power to raise and smile !
In the name of sunlight I claim you to blossom!
SPRING IS HERE !!

My tulips

2007-02-25T00:52:00.000-08:00

Look at them! Wonderful skirts for a Spanish girl. When the garden is dancing with those lovely costumes some other visitors join the ball . So, let's start the music!

Tulips

2007-02-24T11:45:00.000-08:00

Thinking of the spring we expect I try to remember our garden last year ... Tulips are the first who paint in all colors and shapes. I wonder how many of them will bloom this spring....They are graceful ...

The bag!

2007-02-23T09:53:00.000-08:00

I'm so happy! My first bag is ready ! I think it's nice...I spent a wonderful time doing this bag and I hope Ale will be happy too. Look!! Isn't it beautiful... :)) ?

A bag for Ale

2007-02-22T11:26:00.000-08:00

I started a new project. A bag for Alexandra in "crazy quilt". I hope to finish in 2 weeks to bring it to Bucharest. Now some photos that were inspired by Sharon's site about her crazy quilt and needlework.