Photography
I have decided to share a few more winter shots from my time in Bulgaria this winter. All these photos were taken before the snow arrived, which is when I ran out of film. At the time all stocks of film in country seemed to have run out and I couldn’t even order online. So […]
I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture. Lord Byron This quote from Lord Byron really captures the feelings I experienced this summer. Spending more than three months in the countryside, I did become a […]
Ever since I came back to Bulgaria, I have been experiencing a connection with the land. There is so much that grows here and even around our house there are many fruit trees. We also have some raspberry bushes, so I enjoyed picking my own fresh raspberries. I have been working on a lot of […]
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. John Muir, Our National Parks
I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the imprint of a beautiful and useful truth would be taken. John Updike, The Centaur It is more and more difficult to keep beautiful nature untarnished by people, who […]
After living in Ireland for a year, I can finally say I discovered a place that lives up to my standards of tranquility. I travelled there at the end of July and spend the weekend there. Cong felt very similar to the Bulgarian countryside in the fact that it is so small and the land […]
Milena Penkova 