Growing Brain

Today, I was reading Reader's Digest (Slovene edition) and I came accross a very interesting article about juggling. It said that juggling is supposed to increase the volume of your brain and sharpen the ability to memorize pictures and process the data about moving objects. Since I love photography and cars, I could do with a little "brain-expanding"! ;-)

So, I got out my "juggling kit" and now I'm off to "renew" my juggling skills! Wish me luck!

(The photo is also posted on my Flickr site.)

The Unknown Deck

This is a deck of cards I bought some years ago. It's been lying around the appartment for years. Initially, I bought these cards because they were so different - unlike any cards I had seen before. Eventually, I put the deck away and forgot all about it. Recently, I re-discovered it and I started studying them. However, I have no idea how to play the game with this deck! All I know is the name of the game in Slovene: "briškula" (brishkula). On the box there are 2 more names: "triestine" and "triplex". The game is very popular in Italy and Istria. Perhaps it's played somewhere else, too? :-)

Well, I would love to learn to play it, so if any of you out there know the rules, you're welcome to comment this post and explain the game! I will be very grateful! :-)

The photo is also posted on my Flickr page.

Family Treasure

A couple of days ago I was "exploring" one of our cupboards and I "discovered" the Symphonion. I decided to take some photos (which can also be seen on my Flickr site). This little music box is more than a hundred years old (from the middle of the 19th century) and it belonged to my great great grandma. When my mum was a kid, they would take it out every Christmas and the whole family would sit around and listen to the sweet music coming from it. Later on, the box was handed down to my mum, so it ended up in our family. The Christmas tradition was continued when I was a kid. I could also play the records whenever I was sick and lying in bed - just to take the pain away and keep me busy. Getting it out after all this time brought back all those beautiful memories...

Silver / Gümüş yılan ;-)

It's been quite a while since I posted anything on my blog, but I had a reason for my "pause": my exams. I've been learning like crazy for the past 4 months or so, putting everything on hold, and today I passed another one of my exams. I only have one more to go and then I'll be able to enjoy my holidays!! Until then, I've decided to post the leading shot on my Flickr page. So far, it's got 324 views and the number is growing :-) Quite an achievement, don't you think?