Relaxed Kite Flying at Rabbit’s Grove

‘Twas a nice Sunday … sunny, windy … just made for some relaxed kite flying. So we took our kites to Zajčja dobrava (‘Rabbit’s Grove’), a small landscape park on the eastern part of Ljubljana. There is not much to say; the place is less than ideal, a grove of trees just behind us did … Read more

New Guy in the Sky

We are oftentimes waxing poetically about our first KAP kite, the Venerable Blue Rokkaku. The constant praising of the old kite even while flying new(er) ones, and an opportunity of someone of us having a birthday, prompted the indomitable Janez Vizjak, founder, chief kite designer and kite maker of Dr.Agon kites, to make another Rokkaku … Read more

The Old Guy in the Sky

It wasn’t much of a KAP session… and we were back at the location we had flown over so many times before that we could make a fairly long movie just using the photos as frames. But this time was different – the old guy was back in the sky! This venerable blue Rokkaku was … Read more

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

Fold your legs, let’s roll … When the inimitable Sandro Macchi, KAP master, inventor, kite designer and a member of the illustrious 30 kite club from Genova asked us if we’d drive for 1.350 km just to fly kites for a couple of hours, we said – yes, of course! But we weren’t going to … Read more

Island at the End of Summer – Part 1

We always arrive under the cover of the night, and the stars and the dark sea make the island look farther and bigger. In the light of the Dalmatian sun the island is rather small and close to the mainland; there is a little town with a little port and a little church, with small stone houses on narrow winding streets. Yet all this sweet little cuteness hides a huge volcano of imagination.

Bragging Time – Winning a Prize at the Wiki Loves Monuments Photo Contest

It’s time to braaaag! 🙂 Every September the Wikipedia community organizes a global photo challenge called “Wiki Loves Monuments”. It’s a huge photography competition – actually, it’s the hugest in the world, according to Guinness Book of Records. Participants take pictures of local historical monuments and heritage sites in their region, and upload them to … Read more