She together with them

Autumn Early Morning at Mogosoaia

In this image a dear friend of mine and sweet little Karra, the youngest family member of two of my dearest friends!

Going Ahead

 

After a few days we celebrate a New Year... I do hope it will be a very happy, healthy and lucky New Year for everybody.

Soon I will check the list of objectives set-up for 2010 and draft the one for 2011. Personal and professional accomplishments, dreams come true, things I would have loved to happen, but still not...

I enjoy the friendships I strengthened and the new people that came into my life this year... Paths and people and dreams and hopes and love and smiles and tears from time to time and so much more... We have all the reasons to love life!!! :)

It's All About Communication! :)

In any given context, communication is essential! And like I said before, it is not the message the most important one, but what the others understand from the messages we transmit. 

Hard to say I am extremely sociable, but I like to think I developed along the years some communication skills... 

Manu, Alina, Alina and Ana didn't forget to smile despite the cold weather! :) And it seemed they enjoyed the time spent that afternoon at Mogosoaia Castle!
 

Fun Among Friends

Some know a lot of people, but have only a very few true friends. Present in their life for ages. Or "newer" friends, but there to stay for a life time.

Some call friends the people they met a few days or weeks ago... People that come and go... And they make new "friends" and so on...

I believe in friendships that last forever. I do not trust people who make "friendships" so easily and lose them even faster...

In the image... four friends that ignored the unfriendly weather and enjoyed the time spent together! :)

Mami and Tati

Mommy and Daddy... :)

Whoever wants flags, I can make some for them... :) With customized text and color, of course! :)

Beautiful Romania (6)

  

Location: Mogosoaia Palace or Brancoveanu Palace ("Palatul Brancovenesc"), Mogosoaia, Ilfov County

Mogosoaia Palace is situated about 10 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It was built between 1698-1702 by Constantin Brancoveanu in what is called the Romanian Renaissance style or  Brancovenesc style, a combination of Venetian and Ottoman elements. The palace bears the name of the widow of the Romanian boyar Mogoş, who owned the land it was built on. The Palace was to a large extent rebuilt in the 1920s by Marthe Bibesco. 

The Palace had been given to Marthe by her husband, George Bibesco, who later also deeded the land to her. She spent all her wealth from the many books she wrote in its reconstruction and it became the meeting place for politicians and international high society, a quiet retreat during the growing turmoil of the 1930s. Prince George died in 1941 and was buried in the small, white 1688 church on the grounds of the Palace.

The Palace is now a popular tourist destination, but although the grounds and gardens are beautiful, the interior of the palace itself is under reconstruction and presently houses a museum and art gallery ("Muzeul de Arta Brancoveneasca"). 

During the second world war, Prince Antoine Bibesco (a cousin of George Bibesco) and his wife, Elizabeth Bibesco, refused to flee the country despite their outspoken anti-fascist opinions. Elizabeth spent considerable time during these years visiting Marthe Bibesco at Mogosoaia and when Elizabeth died of pneumonia on April 7, 1945 she was buried in the Bibesco family vault on the grounds of Mogoşoaia. It may surprise visitors to see her grave here with its poignant epitaph in English - "My soul has gained the freedom of the night." Neither Elizabeth Bibesco's husband, Antoine, nor George Bibesco's wife, Marthe, could be buried beside them, as they both died during the communist regime.

References taken from here. :)

Stairs to the Past

Past is important! But... “Don’t let the past steal your present!” – Cherralea Morgen

Hunters... Photo Hunters

Really nice to begin Sunday among your friends... no matter the early hour... :)

Chat Above All

Lately we rather meet each other on Internet (blogs, social websites etc.) instead of cafes, pubs, parks. We post photos of us on Internet (where else?!) so we keep pace with time. Perhaps soon enough our real life will be replaced by a cyber one...

I remain faithful to the classic rendezvous. :) 

Pot pentru ca vreau...

Avem uneori impresia ca suntem inconjurati de urat si totul este in continua degradare. Vedem doar mizeria de pe strazi si oamenii cu suflet hain. Auzim doar vorbele grele aruncate intre noi. Consideram ca acestea sunt elementele definitorii pentru societatea in care traim.
Invatam sa dam vina pe context si factori externi pentru nereusitele noastre. Ne dorim sa obtinem totul cu minimum de efort si intr-un timp cat mai scurt. Parca am uitat sa apreciem reusitele... cat de mici sau mari ar fi ele... Am uitat sa luptam pentru ca ne este mai usor sa spunem ca nu putem...
De curand o prietena imi povestea ca a pierdut multe din cauza unor evenimente nu tocmai fericite... dar are o putere de laudat (nu de invidiat... prefer sa aprecizez decat sa invidiez) si va castiga totul din nou, chiar mai mult decat avea anterior. Ca ingrediente: putere, determinare, gandire pozitiva, ambitie, curaj si actiune! Si un pic de rabdare. :) Si ea le are pe toate!
Nu spun ca toti putem schimba lumea la nivel macro, dar putem aduce plus valoare in jurul nostru, de asta sunt convinsa... Daca putem sa ajutam, de ce sa nu o facem? Daca putem fi buni, de ce sa fim rai? Daca putem, de ce sa nu vrem?

Un fir de rostopasca crescut dintr-un zid a inflorit si este plin de boboci care vor continua sa se desfaca toata vara...

P.S. Rostopasca mai este denumita in popor si "Darul cerului", iar alchimistii visau ca vor obtine aur din petalele ei. Considerata una dintre cele mai puternice plante, rostopasca este recomandata ca remediu in peste 150 de afectiuni.