Rainy days and rainy nights

Sounds familiar? It does if you live in central Europe. This June sucks big time. I don't quite remember any June being that bad. Even if some day it's not raining from morning, there are bound to be showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Not exactly the best start of summer. In two days, on the 20th June, the longest day of the year shall occur. This is when our ancestors celebrated the power of sun with lighting big bonfires at night. Whole communities would gather even long after the Christianity was introduced. This was the night when magic things would happen, and nature ruled. Nowadays people don't even notice this nature's calendar... Isolated between with walls and watches... Hope rain stops this weekend. It would be nice to be able to take a long deep breath of fresh, clean air filled with fragrances of flowers somewhere in the forest on the longest day of the year...

Smell of summer

I realize I might be neglecting this blog lately. It's just that there's nothing to much to write about. Lately it seems each work day falls into a boring pattern, and it doesn't seem like I might be able to change it soon. And unfortunately, weekend is only two days per week...

I hope summer brings something new, and I hope this something new is going to be good. It seems like weekends are gonna be filled with playing tamburica- we're already booked solid through July, and at the end of August we're performing at the international tamburica festival in Kumanovo, Macedonia. And in the mean while- there's few goodies here and there- like weekend in Prague, and of course picnics, swimming, canoeing... Anyways, I attached few pictures of Kolpa river just to remind you and me of what's to come. I took it last weekend when my brother and I walked the path down Kolpa river all the way to Dejani. Last weekend Kolpa was still a bit coldish- with about 18 C.