Photography (and DIY headpiece) / Fotografija i uradi sam ukras za kosu

spring in full bloom/ Proljeće u punom cvatu

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

Riverside / obala rijeke





“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.” 

 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Gdje Neretva hladna teče...


MORE TOLKIEN QUOTES:

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

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 “We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed only by myth-making, only by becoming 'sub-creator' and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he knew before the Fall. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil.”

where the cold river flows...

Mostar

“Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed. Yet after the fall of Sauron their power was ever at work, and where they abode there mirth also dwelt and all things were unstained by the griefs of time. Therefore ere the Third Age was ended the Elves perceived that the Ring of Sapphire was with Elrond, in the fair valley of Rivendell, upon whose house the stars of heaven most brightly shone; whereas the Ring of Adamant was in the Land of Lórien where dwelt the Lady Galadriel. A queen she was of the woodland Elves, the wife of Celeborn of Doriath, yet she herself was of the Noldor and remembered the Day before days in Valinor, and she was the mightiest and fairest of all the Elves that remained in Middle-earth. But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cirdan knew to whom it had been committed.

Thus it was that in two domains the bliss and beauty of the Elves remained still undiminished while that Age endured: in Imladris; and in Lothlórien, the hidden land between Celebrant and Anduin, where the trees bore flowers of gold and no Orc or evil thing dared ever come. Yet many voices were heard among the Elves foreboding that, if Sauron should come again, then either he would find the Ruling Ring that was lost, or at the best his enemies would discover it and destroy it; but in either chance the powers of the Three must then fail and all things maintained by them must fade, and so the Elves should pass into the twilight and the Dominion of Men begin. And so indeed it has since befallen: the One and the Seven and the Nine are destroyed; and the Three have passed away, and with them the Third Age is ended, and the Tales of the Eldar in Middle-earth draw to then-close.”
The Silmarillion

Neretva

DIY headpiece

Today it is time for photography again. Having lived next to such a beautiful river for some time, I can entirely understand Tolkien's fascination with rivers and fully appreciate those extremely poetic descriptions of the rivers in the mythological and fantasy world of his creation. As the month is coming to its end, I always remember all the things that I wanted to share with you on this little blog of mine, but there just isn't a time or a place for all of them. (and I yet have to find and post photos of some DIY stuff). This last photograph is of a DIY that I have already posted about (necklace that can serve both as a headpiece), but one more feature won't hurt. The spring is in fool bloom along with temperatures that are more appropriate for the summer. Sudden changes of temperatures are always stressful for our immune system, so try to take as good care of yourselves as you possibly can in this period. The health risk is especially great for those in the areas that have been flooded recently, so we need to remember them first.

Danas je ponovo vrijeme za fotografiju. Živeći već duže pored tako lijepe rijeke, mogu reći da posve razumijem Tolkienovu opčinjenost rijekama i nanovo cijenim veoma poetične opise rijeka koje teku u mitološkom i fantastičnom svijetu koji je stvorio. Kako se mjesec približava kraju, uvijek se prisjetim svih stvari koje sam željela podijeliti sa vama na ovom malom blogu, ali nema ni vremena ni mjesta za sve od njih. (a fotografije nekih DIY projekta moram prvo pronaći). Zadnja fotografija je jedna ogrlica koja se može nositi i kao traka/ ukras za kosu. Već ste je imali prilike vidjeti, ali još jednom neće škoditi. Proljeće je u punom cvatu zajedno sa temperaturama koje su prikladnije za ljeto. Nagle promjene temperature su uvijek stresne za naš imunitet zato pokušajte se u ovom razdoblju dobro brinuti o sebi. Zdrastveni rizici su pogotovo veliki za one u poplavljenim područjima, pa se njim moramo i prvih sjetiti.