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

Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! How are you doing? Today I have a new reading recommendations to share with you: The Magellanic Cloud by Stanislaw Lem. Its original title (in Polish) is   Obłok Magellana.   The title of the book refers to dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky way galaxy.  As the title would imply, this book is about space travel and as such it falls into the science fiction genre.  This book was a  five star read for me. I absolutely loved it. I listened to an audio-version of it on repeat. Seeing that I didn't have an actual copy of this novel with me to take photographs with, I did some creative edits and collages with different editions I found online. The first outfit I shared is a recent one (another example of me shopping my closet) while the other outfits you'll see in collages are from my old reading updates.  Stanislaw Lem was a Polish writer of Jewish descent, mostly known for his science fiction writing. His works have been ...

Hello dear readers! I'm back with another TRAVEL WITH MY ART POST.  This time I'm taking you to Planinica hill in Bosnia and Herzegovina. You might remember this place from my numerous posts about it. Like Goranci , Planinica is only a short drive away from Mostar. If you are lucky, you might even come across semi-wild horses.  I've been meaning to paint Planinica for a long time. You know a friend of mine asked me recently whether I ever paint locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I do, but perhaps not as much as I should. There are definitely a lot of beautiful places in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I illustrated and painted some of them in the past, but now I decided that it is time to feature more of Bosnia and Herzegovina in my TRAVEL WITH MY ART POSTS. After all, this is where I'm currently based at.  This location painting is a bit different because it features an animal- a horse. However, this animal is definitely a part of this place. When I decided to paint Planinic...

 Hello dear readers! Today I'm taking you to village Goranci. I visited this lovely village back last July. Located in vicinity of Mostar city, Goranci is a great summer destination, especially if you're looking for an escape from the urban jungle.   I've spend my August solely in Mostar so far. I think you all know the reason for that (more info  here ). I hardly left the house in days, I haven't been feeling well at all. I've managed to do some painting and reading despite my health issues, but I haven't been up to much else. The regular travelling posts on this blog will have to wait. However, I still have some 'travelling content' in the archives, so there will be a 'local travel' post from time to time, even if I don't manage to do any actual travelling.  Anyhow, today  I will show you photographs from our July visit to Goranci. Moreover, I'll share photographs of my previous visits over the years. I do really visit this place a lot....

  Hello dear readers and fellow bloggers! How are you? Are you excited for the weekend? Today I'm back with another book review.   Elephant Moon  by John Sweeney is a novel that immediately drew me in with its cover. They say you can't judge a book by its cover and while that is definitely true, there is nothing wrong with enjoying the aesthetics of a well designed cover. While the cover itself was certainly inviting (who doesn't like elephants?), what made me buy this book on the spot was the summary- a tale of mixed race orphans fleeing from war horrors on backs of Burmese elephants. Who wouldn't want to read about that? Plus, I'm trying to to read more from authors new to me.  John Sweeney is certainly a new author for me. All I know about him is that he is an investigative journalist and an author of 12 books (both fiction and non-fiction). This was my first novel by John Sweeney and while I didn't liked it as much as I hoped I will, I still enjoye...