4 seasons - (late) spring

I promised I'd take pictures of path by Kolpa river (Radenci - Damelj) in all 4 seasons. Autumn turned out great. Winter was kindof shitty, cause of shortage of snow. And it seems I waited almost a bit to long for spring pictures. In only few days, geographical summer will begin.

And just to confirm that, today I took first swim in the river. As with all things, first things (even in year) you tend to remember, and this occasion is no different. Water was really good, with 23 C just the right temperature, although if I could choose a bit cooler water wouldn't hurt. But the good thing was, that there were almost no other swimmers, so I was left with my thoughts and smell of fresh cut hay and field flower fragrances... Absolutely per-fect. It's a bit shame, that next few days are going to bring cooler weather with rain, but that's how things go. It's only May, and this spring swim was just a sample of what's in store this summer. Like a first stolen kiss...

2 blog or 2 blog

Neverland Times was officially on blogging vacation for last week. Nothing special- I was just so busy at work & involved with our tamburica group I just didn't find time to write anything. And no, I didn't join Hare Krishna. :-) As for good news- the weather is fine, it's warm, sunny, perfect time for barbecues, and basking in the sun. Last thursday our tamburica group was recording a song which (if it's going to be picked) will be competing on festival Melodije morja in sonca in Portorož (link Slovene language only). The song was written by Jernej Mihelič, and is sung by his brother, Gašper. It's a nice ballad, called "Spomin na Julijski večer" ("Memories of July night"... or something similar).
Anyway- keep you fingers crossed we'll be chosen for main festival!!!

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The one with the deep thoughts....

Due to the late hour and lack of will from the side of the author of this blog this post is officially postponed to a later date. However, since I don't want any reader of this blog to end up wondering what the f*** is he (the author that is) talking about, I just want to point out that this blog entry should be about wondering if something that never happened should be considered as a missed oportunity, or an event happening in paralell universe, or nothing at all. And when does something that happened between (let's say) two people- which at some point one of those two chose to forget- stop being actual fact, but a made-up fantasy of the other one. In the end, to the outside world- we are what people around us decide we are, n'est pas?

May holidays

This year has to be the best year considering public holidays in Slovenia- they all come on week days (Monday - Friday). Which basically means a lot more of free time. For example- the Day of fight against occupation (27th April) came on Friday, Day of work (1st & 2nd May) came on Tuesday and Wednesday. And if you could take a day off on Monday you got to be home for 6 days.
I didn't take full advantage of it though. I mostly lazied around this time- sleeping late, going to pub for couple beers and stuff like that. Completely enjoyed it though. On Friday we (people from our folklore group) did the "Watermill path"- walking path from Damelj to Vinica (it's similar, but a bit further down the river as a path I walked in November) by Kolpa. And in the evening we completed it with celebrating golden prize on national tamburica competition- we played tamburicas at local pub, and emptied some 5 beer steins. Well, it doesn't sound much considering we were a group of 12, but considering half of people there were women, and each stein holds 6,5 liters I think we might call it extraordinary. ;-)
Anyway, the day I enjoyed a lot was Tuesday. Together with my nephew and niece we went walking down the river from Vinica- all the way to Dejani (Balkovci). It was a glorious day- here are some pictures, so judge by yourself...

Dam in Zilje

Dam in Grduni

View from bellow

Vista as we came out of the canyon