The Cat in the glass case

2005-04-02T10:00:00.000Z

The bull in front of the BullRing, Birmingham. Look at him! He's sooooooo furious! Well, quite a pleasant thing to see in front of a huge construction of steel and glass. And, besides, he's quite friendly, can't you see? :)

2005-03-27T11:10:00.000Z

Today it's Easter. Happy Easter dear reader! I didn't know what to say to you today, so I decided to remember last summer I was in Wales and took a picture of the churchyard after the service. I simply love the celtic crosses and the simplity of the chapel. Christ has risen indeed! ;) Where are my choccie eggs?

2005-03-26T21:51:00.000Z

Near the biiig bear at "Bear Factory", Bullring, Birmingham, February 2005. You can make your own bear and buy clothes for him! You can get a birth certificate for him :)

2005-03-25T14:22:00.000Z

"Soare si nori imbracati in purpura si vise de nebun". It's Good Friday, bank holiday for the UK, and I am terribly happy. Why this dark picture? Maybe because of the clouds. I love clouds, I like to see them, but in the same time I like sunny weather. Do I really have to make up my mind? Hope not. Contrasts are nice and they offer a path to progress. Too deep into thoughts today, better have a walk outside and maybe take some pictures.

2005-03-17T10:48:00.000Z

I miss the Welsh daffodils. Their strength and grace is good to follow. Or maybe it's just a warning... "Look at me, but don't think of me as something weak". Spring is near us, huh?

2005-03-06T12:39:00.000Z

A "Beautiful" combination of architecture styles. Between a 1930s nice building and another 1950s (I guess), there is an ugly 1990s elevavor and two towers and lots of glass and lights and... It doesn't fit in there. My opinion. This is Aston University in Birmingham. ;)

2005-03-01T08:57:00.000Z

1st of March is the celebration of spring almost everywhere in the northen hemisphere. For Romanian people, the first day of spring comes together with a special name, Martisor. It is known that God of Mars was celebrated in ancient Rome as a symbol of revival, green fields, flocks and love. And because Romanian people has Roman roots, we also celebrate Mars on the first day of the spring. Each spring, we offer the Martisor (a little Amulet, tied with red-and-white thread) to the ones we love, especially women. They wear the amulet for 8-12 days, after which they hung it on a branch of a tree in bloom. For further reading, and more information, please visit http://www.meetromania.info/uk_martisor.html. Happy wonderful spring to everyone! The picture with the snowdrops was taken in my parents' garden, under the walnut tree, last winter/spring.

2005-02-27T14:46:00.000Z

Street in Central Birmingham. I love those huge busses, but I never went upstairs to see the city from there. Too shy to do that? What's shyness got to do with it? Nevermind. Clouds, many clouds, red buildings I like, many cars, people. Oh, yes, and traffic lights.Well, not a very bad view, after all, huh?

2005-02-24T11:02:00.000Z

Yesterday we had a lot of snow. Unfortunately, the temperature of the ground is above freezing point, so the snow doesn't fall out at all. It has been snowing the whole day yesterday, last night as well, and today. In fact, it's snowing from time to time, but if you look through the window from time to time you have the impression that it is snowing every minute.I like it, although it's different from what I've experienced in the past. But life is full of surprises, don't you think?

2005-02-18T23:58:00.000Z

This picture is dedicated to all those who said my pictures are sad, lifeless and, in a way, away fro everything that means energy and motion. Yes, I know this picture does not suggest motion, but I took it in a gift shop somewhere in Central Birmingham. What I liked very much was the diversity of shapes, colour, dimensions, materials... and prices :) Would you like to pay a hundred pounds for a presse papier?

2005-02-16T00:19:00.000Z

Oh, what a day! Spending some time in Birmingham, especially in the Aston University area, I caught this fountain in a picture. Former fountain, now some sort of a machine moved by water force. Those two corns you can see at the top end of the fountain pour water into those two pieces of metal which look like chutes. In fact, they are three, but the third one is hidden.They move rhythmically ten times per minute, I guess, but the impression you have when you look at it is something I cannot describe. I had a feeling that I was in front of "the engine of life", which thing is strange, because I cannot imagine life in a piece of metal. Feelings... :)) Behind the fountain you can see Aston Business School.

2005-02-14T17:58:00.000Z

The Punch House is the place where there are rooms for punchers. I punch you with sausages (erm... is that possible?), you punch me with a roller (that's not fair!) and in the end we together go to the publican and ask for some punch to drink!! Let's punch each other, right now, oh yeah, in sweet harmony! Note: Picture taken in central Monmouth, near the Shire Hall, from a balcony at the first floor of the building.

2005-02-13T23:24:00.000Z

Maybe one of my favourite pictures. It represents the Nature, with capital N, and two persons I love and respect the most in this life. Tomorrow is St. Ballantine's Day and this is some sort of a tribute to both of them. Thank you for everything you did to me, for me and with me! I love you.

2005-02-12T14:56:00.000Z

A huge tree and a small Cat near it :) Anyway, you can see a part of the sky and it's not cloudy at all. Hmmm, sometimes the weather's nice in this part of the world.But why only sometimes???

2005-02-10T17:30:00.000Z

So many colours and people and nice clothes at this carnival :) While I was wearing jacket and long trousers and I was cold, these people were enjoying their Hawaiian party :) Brrrrrr

2005-02-09T12:27:00.000Z

Is this the road to Hell? Prolly. Well, in fact, no. It's just an ordinary small road in the Brecon Beacons, on a "lovely" morning. I am wondering why I upload depressing pictures when I am so hyper... Maybe it's just compensation, who knows? Smile, tomorrow it's going to be worse :D

2005-02-08T11:48:00.000Z

Although this house is very, very old (was built at the beginning of the 20th century), I do like it a lot. A good part of my summer holidays I've been there, playing with all my cousins and giving Grandma lotsa concern, cause we've were very naughty and disobedient. I really, really miss the place. And my childhood, to some extent. Ou sont les neiges d'antan?

2005-02-06T11:55:00.000Z

Would you like to live in that small house sorrounded by bushes and flowers? I wish I was a bird sometimes, to fly everywhere and see everything. Pretty stupid and weird thought for a Cat, isn't it?

2005-02-05T16:17:00.000Z

The Llandegfedd Reservoir, somewhere in the south-east Wales. There is some sort of a pipe, and the water spouts and gives you the impression of a flower. That small blue point in the middle of the flower is the pipe diameter.

2005-02-04T22:00:00.000Z

A narrow street in Hay-on-Wye, the town of books. You can see bookshops everywhere, in any place, corner, side. I like the way tower churches look like. All of them have clocks. Or most of them. Is that a must?

2005-02-03T19:26:00.000Z

Mmmm, hello Double :) How are you today? Not so bad, I s'pose. But do dogs wear ties and shirts? Or, better, do dogs drive? If don't, what were you doing at Coventry Transport Museum? I am waiting for your answer :)

2005-02-02T09:14:00.000Z

Surprinsingly or not, in Wales is not cloudy and wet all the time. A lovely day during Easter holiday, blue sky and freshness. Oh, and the wonderful daffodils. One of the mountains near the one you see is Sugar Loaf. Sweet name, isn't it?

2005-01-31T17:13:00.000Z

On the bridge on a lovely day. Clounds in the sky, wonderful shapes.Railway line. Grass. Small river. Hoses. A footpath to...?

2005-01-30T12:02:00.000Z

Daffodils by night in Coventry. In March. A beautiful sight, I can say. They don't quite look as Wordsworth's daffodils, "fluttering and dancing in the breeze", but they were a nice bunch :)

2005-01-29T18:19:00.000Z

Weird tree. I mean... the view. I was sitting on a bench, picturing around (taking pictures). And my eyes were stuck on this image. I think it looks like a cat, with one big horn. Strange.

2005-01-28T16:50:00.000Z

One of my favourite pictures. Forest, somewhere in South-East Wales. Don't know exactly where. Naked nature. A little bit muddy though. Birds. Silence. In fact, only natural sounds. A small river. Footpaths. Is this the return to Innocence? What Innocence? I feel like I lost it a few centuries ago...

2005-01-27T18:54:00.000Z

Opening times for a pub in England. Dos that mean English people don't like to drink and have fun much longer? Well, don't know. I don't know what "Late" means :) I hope it's after midninght or something. And why on Sunday is only from 7pm on? Do people have to stay at home most of the day? :)

2005-01-25T09:29:00.000Z

I miss the snow. The weather is quite cold now, but only yesterday morning I could see a few snowflakes. It was raining a few minutes ago... Ou sont les neiges d'antan, Maitre Villon?

2005-01-23T20:04:00.000Z

Flowers. In February! Trees in blossom, cloudy grumpy sky. A small part of my world.

2005-01-21T15:22:00.000Z

Love of my life, loveof my life... :) I like Mini Cooper cars. They're soooo cute and small and reliable.

2005-01-20T17:21:00.000Z

Welsh Love Spoons. A wonderful way to say "I love you" in wood. They have different shapes, motifs, colours, but those things mean something. I like the first one on the left side (upper row) and those with dragons. This picture was taken in the Abergavenny Market.

2005-01-18T20:04:00.000Z

The Romanian Astronomical Observatory, Bucharest. A cold February afternnon. But in that cold old building, there is a wonderful piece of precision and history: the telescope. The guide told us the lenses have been made by Carl Zeiss. And the same company make, today, the finest digital lenses for cameras. The telescope is more than 100 years old but, unfortunately, the building is in the very poor state. Let's hope somebody, someday, is going to give them some money to rebuild everything. Sad.

2005-01-17T15:54:00.000Z

Picture took in the morning, around 11 o'clock. Nice weather around Christmas in the Brecon Beacons, but a little bit too cloudy. Although it was pretty cold and it was snowing a few days before, everything arouns me was green. Is that the average Welsh winter in the Black Mountains?

2005-01-16T21:54:00.000Z

A cosy little pub in Hay-on-Wye. I liked very much the way they put together old and new. Old musical instruments and new... lights. Old style furniture and new technology for coffee. I would like to go back there, but not to buy so many books from all the bookshops there ;)

2005-01-15T12:17:00.000Z

Here is a mechanical calculator. Cannot find so many informations about it, because it's old and, besides, it's German. But this is the kinda machine my father-in-law used to calculate when he wrote his PhD thesis, sometimes after the second World War. Wunderbar! :)

2005-01-14T15:50:00.000Z

A nice place to "hang on". In fact, a pub in Bucharest, Romania. They have wonderful yummy hot chocolate and the atmosphere is excellent. Mmmm, chocolate anybody? :)

2005-01-13T09:45:00.000Z

Mmmmm, what a wonderful thing to do on a sunny day, when there's a carnival in your town ;) Oh, well, I suppose that beer had some pretty strong side effects! And, besides, that guy has beautiful arse... a rubber one!
This is a crazy, crazy world, don't you think? :))

2005-01-12T22:15:00.000Z

A wonderful place. I would like to live there. What else do I need? I have books, many books, thousands of books, I have a place to sit and read, some daffodils, a tree... :)

2005-01-11T23:13:00.000Z

This is the first picture of my photolog, which represents me. The picture.

2005-01-11T22:52:00.000Z

Hello,

I want to make this web log look like a glass case. I want to show you some things I saw and impressed me in one way or another. I had the camera with me, so I could take pictures.

Welcome to my world and, please, feel free to make comments! :)