Home sweet home- Casa, dulce casa

Va las sa descoperiti din imagini ce frumuseti am vazut in concediu... Dar va avertizez. Au fost 12 zile de concediu, in diferite locatii, ca atare sunt multe fotografii.

I am letting you to discover the beauties that we saw in our vacation... But I am warning you. We had 12 days vacation, different locations, so there are a lot of pictures.

A quite and peacefull Easter for everybody! Un Paste linistit va doresc!

Ceva mai tarziu voi uploada si fotografii cu noile noastre plante (la postul anterior), dar acum vreau sa urez tuturor ortodoxilor "Paste Fericit!".

Later today I will upload some pictures with our new plants to the previous post, but right now I want to wish to all orthodox people a "Happy Easter!".

Prieteni, dragi prieteni, avem 2 date religioase importante, Craciunul si Pastele. In aceste zile, ne aducem aproape familia si prietenii si suntem fericiti ca sunt alaturi de noi in aceste momente magice.

My friends, dear, dear friends, we have two important religious dates, Christmas and Easter. In these times, we are bringing closer the family and friends, we are happy that we have them around us when we are celebrating these magical moments together.

Sper ca fiecare dintre voi va aprecia fiecare minut deosebit si se va gandi la sacrificiul lui Hristos, sacrificiu facut ca noi sa fim astazi aici.

I am hoping that you will appreciate every quality moment and you will think that Jesus made its sacrifice for us, to be here today!

Noi vom pleca intr-o mini-vacanta, asa ca ne vom revedea saptamana viitoare!

Fotografia o puteti considera o felicitare oferita voua, cititorilor mei, cu mult drag!

We will go in a mini-vacation, so we'll meet again next week!

You can consider this photo an Easter card especially for you, my dearest readers!

PASTE FERICIT!

HAPPY EASTER!

Another 5 plants in our garden! Inca 5 plante in gradina noastra!

Oooooo, da! Ieri suna interfonul, pe la 6, cred. "Sunt domnul cu plantele, am mai adus un pin superb, va intereseaza?" Raspuns: "sotul meu trebuie sa ajunga cam in 10-15 minute, puteti sa asteptati sau sa reveniti peste 30 minute?". "Aaaa, nu, il asteptam, nu e nicio problema!"

Ooooooo, yes! Yesterday, somebody call me on the interphone, around 6, I think. "I am the man with the plants, I brought another gorgeous pine, are you interested?" Answer: "my husband will be here in 10-15 minutes, can you wait or can you come back in 30 minutes?". "Aaaaa, no, it's ok, we'll wait for him, it's not a problem!"

Evident ca asteptau, ca doar cati clienti sunt dispusi sa investeasca niste bani inainte de Paste? Hehehe... poate doar Dani.

Of course they will wait, how many clients are willing to invest some money before Easter? Hehehe... maybe only Dani.

Concluzia? Inca 4 Thuja in gradina noastra si un pin superb! Inca nu am facut fotografii, dar daca nu reusesc astazi, sigur maine le veti vedea si pe acestea!

The conclusion? Another 4 Thuja in our garden and a gorgeous pine! I dont't have any pictures right now, but if I will not make some today, tomorrow for sure you will see them!

Ca atare, oamenii incoace si incolo, unii la cumparaturi, altii fac curatenie, unii gatesc, altii isi fac bagajele pentru mini-vacanta, nooooooi, nuuuuuu, noi plantam copaci!!!! Iupiiiiiii, cine mai e ca noi???

So, people are here and there, some to shopping, others with cleaning, some are cooking, others make the luggage for the mini-vacation, weeeeeeeeeee, noooooooo, we are planting trees!!!! Iupiiiiii, who is like us?

Dupa cum spun deseori, la noi ca la nebuni!!! Tot timpul! Dar e fun, traiesti viata la maxim si te bucuri de fiecare clipa! Voi ce ziceti?

As I say very often, we are like in a madhouse!!! All the time! But it's fun, we are living life to the maximum and enjoying every minute of it! What do you say about that?

Whom can you call a real gardener? Ce inseamna sa fii gradinar adevarat?

Voi ma stiti... si daca nu ma stiti, ma puteti cunoaste pe Creata la Patrat. Dupa cum am scris si in antet, sunt o tipa amuzanta, haioasa, cinica, libera, corecta si lista poate continua cu inca o multime de alte asemenea.

You know me... and if you don't, you can get to know me on Creata la Patrat. As I wrote there, I am a funny girl, happy, cynical, free, fair and honest, and the list can go on with a lot of these.

Am tot stat si m-am gandit daca sa scriu acest post sau nu... Nooo, nu va agitati, ca n-am gandit mult!

I sat and thought if I should write this post or not... Noooo, don't get excited, I didn't thought too much!

Ce inseamna sa fii gradinar adevarat? O persoana care are gradina de legume este mai "sus" decat una care are doar o gradina cu plante si flori? Daca ai pomi fructiferi in curte te poti considera un gradinar mai de soi? Daca ai gradina si altii au doar o mica "sera" in apartament, te crezi mai destept?

Whom can you call a "true and real gardener"? A person who has a vegetables garden is "higher" than a person who has only plants and flowers? If you have fruit trees in the yard you can call yourself a better gardener? If you have a large garden and others only have a little garden in the apartment, do you think you're smarter?

Hmmm... dileme... pentru unii! Pentru mine este foarte clar! Gradinaritul este o pasiune frumoasa si care iti aduce multe satisfactii. Daca ai plante si flori in apartament, pomi sau arbusti in curte, tot gradinar te numesti!! Ca sa fiu putin (sau mai mult, voi decideti) cinica, voi da trei explicatii din dex.

Hmmm... dilemas... for some people! For me it's clear! The gardening is a beautiful passion, which brings you many satisfactions. If you have plants and flowers in your apartment, trees or shrubs in the garden, you can call yourself a gardener! To be a little bit (or more, you decide), cynical, I will give three explanations from the dictionary.

Gradinar - persoana care se ocupa de cultivarea unei gradini
Gradina - suprafata de teren arabil, de obicei ingradita, pe care se cultiva legume, flori sau pomi fructiferi, in vederea obtinerii unor produse.
Cinic - care denota sfidare; sarcastic, sfidator, insolent, nerusinat.

Gardener - a person who cultivates a garden
Garden - an arable land, usually with fence around it, where you can grow vegetables, flowers or fruit trees, in order to obtain products.
Cynical - indicates contempt; sarcastic, insolent, shameless.

Aceasta dorinta de frumos, aceasta dovada de iubire de natura, aceasta pasiune, dupa cum spuneam mai sus, trebuie sa uneasca oamenii si sa ii innobileze. Dupa parerea mea, avem parte de competitii toata viata noastra. Daca ne referim strict la subiectul gradinarit, competitia nu isi are locul. Adica, da, te uiti, afli, intrebi, ai vrea, ai prioritati, te inspiri, muncesti, dar totul trebuie sa ramana in spiritul unei competitii pozitive, daca imi permiteti licenta. Asa vad eu lucrurile! Daca participi la competitii cu lalele galbene, nu poti sa nu admiri concurentul care a inventat o lalea in picatele portocalii cu dungi albastre!

Din pacate, intotdeauna vom gasi persoane pe care pasiunea declarata cu voce tare peste tot nu ii innobileaza!

This desire for beauty, this evidence for nature love, this passion, as I said earlier, should bring people close to each other and should ennoble them. In my opinion, we participate in competitions entire our lifes. If we are narrowing to the gardening, the competition is out of order. I mean, yes, you are looking, find out, asking, wishing, have priorities, inspiring, working, but everything should stay in the spirit of positive competition, if you are allowing me to use this license. That's how I see things! If you are participating in a competition with yellow tulips, you can't stop yourself to admire the contestant who invented the tulip with orange dots and blue stripes!

Unfortunately, we will always see people who declares their passion out loud, but this passion don't ennoble them!

Trebuie sa imi pun ceapa si morcovi in gradina ca sa ma ridic la nivelul celorlalti gradinari???? Sau sa trec la chestii "grele", gen broccoli, fasole roz si cartofi mov?????

Should I plant onion and carrots in the garden to rise up to other gardener's level? Or should I plant "hard" stuff, like broccoli, pink beans or purple potatoes?

Neaaaaah, raman la ce stiu mai bine, la ce imi place sa ingrijesc, la gradina mea, ca un adevarat GRADINAR ce ma aflu!

Neaaah, I stick to what I know best, to what I love to care, to my garden, like a real GARDENER!

PS: legenda pentru fotografii.

Le-am realizat din dormitorul lui Dragos, fratele meu.

Prima fotografie, palcul de conifere noi, plantate duminica trecuta.

A doua fotografie, aproape toata gradina noastra, de la casa parintilor mei pana la casa noastra, avand foisorul in mijloc, magazia in dreapta sus si, nu se vede, in dreapta jos, padocul Dochitei, ciobanescul nostru carpatin. In stanga, unde este nisip acum, a fost terenul meu pentru jocuri outdoor, anul acesta va fi transformat in loc de joaca pentru Mariuca si prietenii ei.

A treia fotografie, padocul Dochitei, ea la umbra, undeva in spatele custii.

PS: photos' legend
I made the shots from Dragos' bedroom, my brother.
First photo, coniferous part, planted last Sunday.
Second photo, almost the whole garden, from my parents house to our house, with the garden wooden tower in the middle, tools shed to the upper right and, you don't see, lower right, Dochita's paddock, our carpathian sheppard dog. To the left, where is the sand now it was my playground, but starting this year will be the playground for Mariuca and her friends.
Third photo, Dochita's paddock, she is on the shadow, somewhere behind the kennel.

Nu arata perfect, mai este mult de munca, trebuie sa replantam gazonul, sa facem curatenie in foisor, sa scoatem tot pavajul din fata casei si sa punem bordurile care sunt langa magazie, sa curatam fiecare copac si planta in parte, sa..., sa... lista ramane deschisa!

Doesn't look perfect, we have a lot of work ahead us, we have to replant the grass, to clean the garden wooden tower, to remove the pavement in front of the house and to put the curbs (right now they are near the shed), to clean every tree and plant, to..., to... the list remains open!

In incheiere, o sa va bucur ochii cu o fotografie a unei flori superbe, un alt tip de magnolia, pe care o au parintii mei in gradina.

Closing, I will make you happy with a gorgeous flower, another magnolia type which my parents have in the garden.

2 beautiful flowers in my home! 2 flori superbe in casa!

Sunt tare mandra ca au inflorit 2 flori superbe, una alba si una rosie. Cea rosie stiu clar ca este Anthurium, o floare care mie imi place in mod deosebit.

I am very proud that I have 2 beautiful flowers, white and red. The red one is - for sure - Anthurium, a flower that I like in particular.

Este mandra, pretioasa, ca un adevarat flamingo, cum este denumita popular. O putem gasi in varianta rosu, alb, galben si chiar verde. De fapt, spata colorata este o frunza modificata, care protejeaza inflorescenta din mijloc. Acelea din mijloc sunt florile, mici, multe, dispuse strans intr-un spic.

It is a proud, precious flower, like a true flamingo, which is the popular name. We can see it in red, white, yellow or green colours. In fact, the colored broad is a modified leave, which protects the middle inflorescence. The flowers are the one in the middle, small, many, tide up in an ear.

Eu am pus-o spre sud-vest, dar in mod normal nu-i place soarele direct, dar caldura da, pentru ca este planta tropicala. Daca nu ma insel, e sud-americana.

I oriented to south-west, but usually likes the heat, but not direct sunlight, because it is a tropical plant. If I'm not wrong, it is south-american.

Pentru ca in mediul ei originar traieste la adapostul copacilor, iar florile ies in evidenta prin coloritul viu, si-a dezvoltat o protectie de care trebuie sa tineti seama si voi, mai ales daca aveti copii sau va vin in vizita familii cu copii: planta contine anumite substante care pot provoca iritatii ale pielii. Nu e nimic grav, dar poate fi neplacut pentru cei mici. Nu ii lasati sa se joace cu ea sau sa ii rupa frunze.

On native environment lives under the trees, and the flowers needed to develop a protection because of their beauty. So you should take into consideration that the plant contains a substance which can irritate the children's skin. So if you have children of your own or the friends are coming with children in your home, please don't leave them to play with the plant or to sever the leaves. It's not something serious, but can be unpleasant for the kids.

Noi, de exemplu, avem multe plante in casa care pot provoca iritatii sau sunt otravitoare daca li se ingereaza frunzele. Monstera, Dieffenbachia si Philodendron, care, culmea!, fac parte din aceeasi familie cu Anthurium - Aracae. Dar cu Mariuca am stabilit inca de la inceput ca nu are voie la plante. I-am repetat, timp de vreo luna-doua, de mii de ori, pana a inteles ca nu e de joaca cu ele. E indicat sa stabiliti reguli, mai ales daca stiti ca aveti plante de genul acesta.

We, for example, have a lot of plants which can be irritated for the skin or they contain poison. Monstera, Dieffenbachia si Philodendron, which - curious! - are part of the same family as Anthurium - Aracae. But I established some ground rules with Mariuca since from the beginning. She is not allowed to play with the plants. I told her, over and over again, for one or two months, and after that she understood. It's very good to make some house rules regarding your plants, especially this type of plants.

Tipul raspandit in Romania se numeste Anthurium Andraeanum si este planta specifica insulei Hawaii. Chiar mai devreme am vizitat un blog si am vazut fotografii din Hawaii, cu diverse plante, printre care si Anthurium.

The common Romanian type is called Anthurium Andraeanum and it is specific to Hawaii island. Earlier I visited a blog and I saw some pictures from Hawaii, different plants, among also Anthurium.

A mea este inca tanara, am primit-o anul trecut de la Cris, ca atare florile sunt inca micute, dar a avut o evolutie spectaculoasa. Si anul trecut a facut flori, cu toate ca nu ma asteptam, iar acum, caldura solara a stimulat-o si are deja 3 flori.

Mine is still young, Cris gave it to me last year, so the flowers are small, but with a spectacular evolution. Last year excel my expectations and had flowers, and now, the sunlight heat stimulate it and has already 3 flowers.



Cea de-a doua planta am cumparat-o anul trecut din Hornbach, era la reducere, pentru ca nu avea flori. E a doua oara cand imi bucura ochiul cu florile ei albe, dar, din pacate, nu stiu cum se numeste. Ca atare, ca am vazut ca v-a placut concursul ad-hoc, organizez un alt concurs. Premiul este acesta:

The second plant bought it last year from Hornbach, with a discount because it was without flowers. Is the second time that it please me with the white flowers, but unfortunately, I don't know its name. So, as I saw you liked my ad-hoc contest, I am organizing another one. The prize is this:



Floarea este alba, frunzele sunt verde inchis, cu striatii. Stie cineva cum se numeste? Daca o cunoasteti, va rog sa lasati un comentariu la acest post, cu numele ei, prenumele vostru si adresa blog-ului/site-ului propriu.

The flower is white, as I said, the leaves are dark green, with striations. Anyone knows the name? If you do, please leave a comment to this post, with the name of the flower, your surname and your blog/site web address.