sea

Another bunch of pics taken with my mobile on my way back home. I can't take my eyes off the amazing views. The sea, the sky, everything is so different every day, changing minute by minute.
Today I was mesmerised by the waves...

the way back

Today it was fully possessed by fog...

rain

Windy, rainy day. I don't feel amazing either, so to say. Headache, sore throat, God knows what next.
I put my feet into a bowl of hot water, had some vitamins and I'm trying to relax, reading through the last pages of "Love in the time of cholera".
Early night tonight...
So glad I have proper wind-proof windows now :)

happy birthday Freddie

You'd be 65 today!

Amongst so many amazing songs by Queen, sizzling with excitement, my favourite piece is this calm one... So extra-extraordinary to me. Wakes up my imagination immediately. I love singing it in my heart when I walk across snowy fields or I pass them when travelling... And the sun hides behind the trees in the horizon.
It also brings back some old memories, the very first pictures of my childhood saved by memory - just single scenes from the forest in winter, playing with my sister.
The ice-covered lake.
Opening your mouth to catch snowflakes with your tongue.
The smell of cold air when the sky becomes dark blue.
Dogs barking somewhere far away in the darkness.
Coming back home and leaving a big wet snowy puddle on the corridor floor.

"It's a bliss..."

                             

carnival in snapshots

carnival time!

Three days' weekend is something you need muchly sometimes. In fact, I would not be bothered having it every month! :) And this time the extra day was urgently required... after moving on Saturday and settling (well - clearing and sorting my stuff) on Sunday, I really needed at least one day of total freedom and relaxation before coming back to work.
And I spent in a very extraordinary way, melting into crowds at Notting Hill Carnival. Lively streets full of colours, music, smiling faces and dancing. We had coconut drinks and some Caribbean food. After a whole day we got some rest in a nearby pub...
Back to reality tomorrow, but some pics coming soon!
If you want to watch a short video from the parade, you'll find it here.

My coconut drink!

another movie experience

Today my movie choice turned out to be much better! I watched "One Day", which just came to the cinemas.
I haven't read the book, so I cannot judge the movie with the heaviness of reader's imagination and expectations... Sadly I guess, because although that would have made me a more demanding viewer and I might have not enjoyed it so much, now that I watched it first, when I reach for the book, I will have the scenes from the movie before my eyes. But on the other hand not reading the book and not hearing about the story ever before let me watch it and absorb it as a separate piece of art... and I liked it a lot!
I understand that British audience is appalled by Anne Hathaway's accent, but come on, that's not the main point of the story, is it? In the end, this what happened between the two, could have taken its place anywhere in the world...
I think the story is lovely, and I want to read the book as soon as I get it. I can then compare both and give my opinion about the movie in relation to the novel. But for now, I think that the movie itself is worthwhile - by taking us through the journey of growing up and through different life experiences, it shows how people can change, what transforms within them and what remains the same, how powerful are love, friendship, fear, loss.
And Jim Sturgess' look... oh it can kill sometimes! :)