a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Summer days.... I love summer so much...love everything about it...love being outdoors...love wearing no make up...Is there anything that beats weekend in the summer time? Summer Sunday, now that even sounds  good! How was your Sunday? I've finished mine with a nice long walk with my puppy. She is so full of energy that I have to walk her a lot...and already I work with her, training her every day, which I don't mind because I really like animals. Besides, one day she will be a really big dog and I must be able to handle her by then....btw I really like this top so much, my mum made it...isn't she great? xoxo If you have any questions or want to comment on something....ivana.kardua@gmail.com Kako volim ljeto! stalno biti vani...ne nositi šminku...Ima li što bolje od vikenda ljeti? Ljetna nedjelja...kako to dobro zvuči:)  Kakva je bila vaša nedljela? Moje je završila sa lijepom dugom šetnjom sa malom vučkom. Tako je puna energije da je moram često šetati...i već sam počela r...

If you want to protect yourself against the sun, a summer hat is worth a consideration. Not only are they stylish, they can protect your skin. According to US National Library of Medicine, most skin cancers are caused by sun exposure. They actually recommend wearing a hat and sunglasses. As you can see, I cited them below.  Wear a Hat and Sunglasses Wide-brimmed hats that shade the face, ears, and back of the neck provide the most protection. Tightly woven fabrics, such as canvas, provide the best protection; straw hats with holes that let sunlight through do not provide adequate protection. A darker hat may offer more UV protection. In addition to a hat, sunglasses that block as close to 100% of both UVA and UVB rays as possible can provide extra eye protection. Most sunglasses sold in the United States, regardless of cost, meet this standard. Wrap-around sunglasses work best because they also block UV rays from the side.* * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK247163/ Here's an...

(sorry today's post is only in Italian)  Che dire di Spalato? Mi stancherò mai di questa città.   Spalato  è un luogo da vedere.... Oggi voglio condividere con voi le mie fotografie ... e alcuni fatti da la mia città. Spalato  (in  croato   Split ), dal latino  Salonae Palatium. (  La Spalato romana è rappresentata dallo sfarzoso  palazzo dell'imperatore   Diocleziano , fatto costruire nel  295 - 304  d.C.) Spalato è  capoluogo della  regione spalatino-dalmata , principale centro della  Dalmazia  e  seconda città del Paese ( Il primo  è Zagabria, la capitale) . Spalato è anche sede  universitaria  e  arcivescovile . Spalato è famosa soprattutto per il  Palazzo di Diocleziano , la  porta Aurea  e la cattedrale con il suo celebre  campanile .   Certo il  Palazzo di Diocleziano  è da vedere. Ma è soprattutto da vivere:...

No, I'm not talking about that famous film starring beautiful Monica Bellucci but rather about something (someone) quite different. Malena happens to be the name of my new puppy! Isn't she just adorable? Almost immediately I took her to the mountains. She is a German Shepard so exercise will do her good. This breed is not your stay at home dog for sure. I think when you decide to take a dog, you should check the breed standards (if it has any) and do you best to provide it with best care and a lifestyle that fits the breed's standards. I'm an outdoorsy type so I think this dog and I will get along just fine. Ne pričam o onom poznatom filmu sa prelijepom Monicom Bellucci nego o nečemu (ili netkome) posve drukčijem. Malena je ime moga psića! Zar nije preslatka? Skoro odmah nakon što smo je dobili, otišli smo u planine. Pošto je Malena njemački ovčar dobro će joj doći takva rekreacija. Mislim da ako odlučite imati psa, trebate se i brinuti o njemu, pa se tako i upoznati ...

I will cut down on talking (i.e writing) as I'm going to share a bunch of photographs with you. One beautiful day and three beautiful Croatian cities... Neću puno pisati jer ću sa vama podijeliti hrpu slika...jedan lijepi dan, tri prekrasna hrvatska grada. JELSA                                                                        STARIGRAD                                                      SPLIT

Hello, there! In this post, I will do more than show you what I wore. I'll recommend a movie and a book to you. The End of the Affair is a novel by Graham Greene. I watched the movie and read the book for a class at the University- and I was very grateful to my teacher for the discovery of both.  Do you wear summer hats? Most of the time I do. I figured out that this way I feel a lot more cool...and I mean that in the literal sense of the word, in the sense of "not feeling overheated." Besides, isn't there something romantic about hats? Especially the lady- like hats? Speaking of which- Have you seen the film  " The End of the Affair"? If you haven't, you might want to do it. I LOVED IT. It's really, such a beautiful love story. A HAUNTING QUOTE THAT DESCRIBES WHEN THE PROTAGONIST REALIZES THEIR LOVE WAS DOOMED  “I became aware that our love was doomed; love had turned into a love affair with a beginning and an end. I could name the very moment whe...