Montgolfier obsession (oil and acrylic)

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My latest creation - travel ladder

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1. Am zburat prima data cu avionul cand aveam 22 ani 2. Am vizitat Parisul cand avem 23 de ani impreuna cu oameni minunati 3. Am sarit cu parasuta la apus de soare si am cazut printre nori 4. Am facut zeci de prajituri 5. Am vazut 12 tari 6. Am o relatie ce este mult mai mult decat prietenie/rudenie cu mama mea 7. M-am dat cu parapanta de pe o barca 8. Am gonit pe bicicleta pe malul oceanului 9. Am inotat un pic infricosata in apa de 30 de metri 10. M-am indragostit nebuneste 11. Am dansat desculta pe plaja 12. Am urcat un varf de munte 13. Am plantat un copac 14. Am fost in cel mai vestic punct al Europei 15. Am fost in cel mai nordic punct al Danemarcei unde se intalneste Marea Nordului cu Marea Baltica 16. Am stat pe capota masinii si am vazut o ploaie de stele 17. Am urcat in Turnul Eiffel, Turnul Londrei si Belem 18. Am cumparat ceva de la Harrods doar asa pur si simplu 19. Am facut baie in piscina noaptea 20. Am prieteni nepretuiti si sunt foarte norocoasa ca sunt in viata mea 21. Am fost atat la concerte rock, cat si de muzica clasica that rocked my world 22. M-am trezt doar ca sa vad rasaritul 23. Am vazut multe, dar nu suficiente curcubee 24. M-am dat cu placa de snowboard 25. Am mancat de la Mc' in fata la Luvru 26. Am mers cu hidrobicicleta, barca cu vasle, salupa, bacul si feribotul 27. Am zburat cu un avion de o capacitate de 10 persoane 28. Am mancat si sushi si iepure si caprioara si alge si melci 29. Am stat pe meridianul Greenwich 30. Am vazut pinguini in realitate 31. Am plans la sfarsitul unui serial, dar si la cateva filme...deloc lacrimogene 32. Am construit mobila de la 0, din scanduri pur si simplu 33. M-am dat cu tiroliana 34. Am vazut piese atat de teatru, de opera cat si balet 35. Am fost la o piesa de teatru si la un concert intr-o alta tara 36. Am fost la un eveniment de gaming 37. Am pictat si pictez in continuare 38. Am mers pana la mare doar ca sa vad rasaritul 39. Am lansat lampioane de hartie 40. Mi-am scris scrisori cu cineva 41. Am vizitat atat Camp Nou cat si Santiago Bernabeu 42. Am vazut un meci de fotbal pe stadion 43. Am facut si autostopul si babysitting si karaoke 44. Am fost la Salina Turda, canionul 7 scari, pestera Ursilor, Cimitirul vesel 45. Am vazut si Castelul Corvinestilor si Bran si Peles 46. Am ras pana la lacrimi 47. Am avut fluturi in stomac si am simtit ca nu pot sa respir de fericire 48. Am alergat si m-am sarutat prin ploaie 49. Am un portofoliu de retete de bucate in permanenta extindere 50. Am fost domnisoara de onoare 51. Mi-am creat haine pe care le-am purtat 52. Am stat cu cineva in spital 53. Am organizat petreceri surpriza 54. Am trecut granita nu doar cu masina,avionul,autocarul,cat si cu trenul 55. Am scris o poveste pentru copii 56. Am avut prima slujba full time la 22 de ani 57. Am savurat cafea si croisante in Franta si ceai si fish and chips in UK 58. Am gasit si savurat cea mai buna cafea din viata mea (de pana acum) 59. To be continued...

From a not yet written book…

I always loved to travel, go places, so in my darker days I used to say that “where I lay my head is home” – very metallic thought, part true, part not – it’s a complicated equation: the place itself + other, please specify X (value of other). Comfort has many facets. Through the years I realized that things are never easy (at least not for me) and most of all I am a very complicated specimen. I still love to travel, be on the road, see the world, not standing still and always see and experience new things. There is always a huge smile on my face when I plan an escape and it appears that by the passing of the years “talpa imi arde” more and more. And I would visit Peru, Cuba, Australia or Thailand, but would I live there? Mom always told me “careful what you wish for”. One of my favorite Christmas songs says “try to imagine a house that’s not a home” – kinda hard; a pool, a piano, expensive furniture and latest technology don’t make a home or do they? It’s like those cliché commercials – half of the screen shows you only the objects, the other half shows you with whom you share the joy of a parachute jump, a beach walk, a great drink, a silly movie, sharing the last slice of pizza, a sunrise, who do you run to tell a great news, a funny joke, show the picture of a fluffy dog, the next level at Minion rush or sad news, deep thoughts that don’t let you sleep and hidden “monsters under your bed”. Makes you wonder "Who do you wanna wake up next to?" All the money in the world won’t compensate a good laugh or making somebody giggle. I love that look in people’s eyes when something very small makes them very happy. "Home is where your heart is” – I believe Pliny the Elder first said it, very true, we kinda value things when they're gone. I never had a 5 year old plan, but I think ahead of the Christmas that has to come and always at the next travel destinations, its painful not to see beyond a certain day, its like the oracle stop its prediction. I always liked that line “We can never see past the choices we don't understand…you've already made the choice. Now you have to understand it”. Decision, decisions, decisions – how if I go to bed thinking yes and wake up thinking no...

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