Botanical garden, greenhouses and Dorian Gray

Hello, yesterday I visited Botanical Garden.

Oh I was really in the mood for it.

Especially for visiting a greenhouse

which is there.

Lately I watched two series

where a greenhouse appeared

(and was meaningful for a plot)

and I really mentally needed to visit it myself.

Both stories were situated during

Victorian Times.

This post is not supposed to be about movies

so quickly...

Penny Dreadful

I started it because of ...XIX century- London,

Dorian Gray and vampires..

but really finished loving it :)

It is Dorian who likes visiting greenhouses.

Especially seeing beautiful, but dangerous exotic plants.

Second series is anime.

I think first anime taking place in Victorian era

which is decently realistic-

Emma- a Victorian Romance.

The greenhouse in this movie

is the part of currently non-existent The Crystal Palace.

The place makes a good background for a subtly developing 

main characters' love.

Crystal Palace music motif from the anime

here

(as a background music for my pics :))

For this occasion

I put on my biggest straw hat

(for the first time) coordinated with

Marie Antoinette jsk and a white underskirt.

Botanical garden

And with other Lolitas :3

And now inside the greenhouse

Unfortunately we have not met

Dorian Gray,

but well we were absorbed

in decadent pleasures

like... taking selfies.

Don't you think... Dorian would love selfies?

It is not only about being vain,

but rather about doing something completely useless.

And as Oscar said

simply pleasures are the last refuge of the complex.

More pics 

Oh I forgot to mention

yesterday was Kamijo's birthday!

Best wishes for him! Be even more spoiled

Because

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

I made roses cakes

to figuratively spoil him even more :3

Bday present, cooking and macaro(o)ns

This post's aim is to show

the absolutely gorgeous late Bday present

I recently received :3

I am so in love with it :3

:3

Cooking set :D

Recipes notebook!

It has bookmarks for different kind of recipes.

This oven glove

was made in collaboration

with Disney,

so cupcakes have Mickey Mouse ears!

The package with lace

complements it all :3

With such things

nothing but cooking!

Lately I mostly concentrate

on eating lots of vegetables 

like broad beans, zucchini, sprouts, spinach...

(well spinach- always -I am addicted to it)

Of course cakes

are an obvious thing.

But not that fat and caloric.

Dietetic Brownie

Coconut macaroons

(I adore the smell!)

Carrot cake

One cake is better, one is worse,

but I enjoy it so much :3

To end this sweet post-

macarons

( do not mix with macaroons!)

which I received as a present

from Paris :3

Oh Ladure, oh Paris

I miss you so much..

Angels and street theaters

The same like last year

this year as well

I attended the

Festival of Street Theaters.

Oh dear,

already one year has gone?

Here is the post from last year.

But something does not change.

The same like last year

I attended it together with Imaginary :3

The same like last year

I was able to find a starting point

to daydream about old times

and travelling theaters

which arrive to every village and city

gathering crowds.

C’era una volta - Ondadurto Teatro (Italy)

The first performance I saw was fairy tale- inspired.

Different tales- even Andersen's red shoes appeared!

Most hilarious?

The Prince on white... Vespa :D

Because white horse is so overrated :DDD

Corazon de Angeles - Theater Tol (Belgium)

For the end of Festival

angels' arrival was prepared.

Closely it looked trashy and ridiculous,

but from afar quite impressive.

Specially on the background of Cracow Town Hall Tower :3

Bye bye

I go back to my Tracy Chevalier's Fallen angels :3

Sleeping beauty, Maleficent and ballet

Finally I went to see Maleficent.

I wanted to do it earlier,

but it was going to be a reward after completing

all school duties.

I planned to wear

Aurora-inspired outfit:

a blond wig, pink (or blue, but I still opt for pink

if you know what I mean xD) dress etc., but

the hot weather (and rain)

was against me so I chose

my fav non-lolita outfit.

Perfect for hot days.

It was a little ballet inspired.

This skirt looks ballet-like and also socks match it very well.

Details.

Ballet-shoes earrings

And ballerina necklace

When I think about it now,

it was even a better choice than "Aurora's cosplay".

I can not even consider Sleeping beauty idea

without the ballet-connotations.

Ballet adaptations will always be my favourite.

Whenever I think about the image of princess

sleeping among roses on a silk-covered bed

I hear the yearning sounds

of Tchaikovsky music.

Only taken it together I can fully experience this story.

As you probably remember

his music was also used in Disney's adaptation.

And I was going to write about Maleficent

and as always I simply followed my own path ...

Anyway I have nothing against such fairy tales reinterpretations.

I quietly enjoyed it 

as developing the character of the bad witch

(and being able not to lose the fairy, naive and escapist atmosphere!)

was something that seemed absolutely natural

and was strongly needed in the nowadays popculture.

Sudden revelations and naive lands-

that is what I look for in tales.

Simplicity can be the best escape.

But this simplicity should have dark cracks

which give it the strong primitive and

purgatory power.

The vision of Sleeping Beauty

being already dead

after the Prince's arrival

is something always present in my mind.

Her dead body among roses

and the Prince dancing his lonely anti- wedding pas de deux

in her chamber is so appealing..OMG so much!

Such an awful beauty.

Aesthetic pain.

Yeah dancing..

here we come to ballet once again.

With David Hallberg as the Prince.

The prince is never going to come. 

Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead.

The Vampire Lestat

Mountains and Dixit

I would like to post a few pics

from our PhD trip.

As I rarely visit mountains

the pics are really worth the attention xD

Yes, I do like mountains,

but long walks.. well..

it is not about getting tired

(ballet is much more tiring),

but probably about getting dirty,

worms and moths

(yes, maybe moths are the strongest argument).

Anyway the view from our cottage.

Swing :3

The cottage was surrounded

by animals e.g fallow deers <3

We played one really amazing game!

I am not really fond of games,

but this one <3

It is called Dixit-

you play cards,

but how gorgeous these cards are.

Like straightly from fairy tales.

I would bough them just to write stories about them <3

It really moves your imagination

and playing such a game

when being surrounded by mountains

I will keep on the shelf of dear memories.

(link)

Nostalgic violin sounds

So The Krakow Opera decided to show Fiddler on the roof.

What is the most important it was performed in the open air.

As I perceive open spaces as the main way

to really open opera-

to make it more popular

and less highbrow

I was even more excited.

Especially that I really do love this musical.

This pic was taken

in Jewish-stylized cafe

before the performance.

The scenery was perfect.

It was not only situated in Jewish district,

but also in former municipal gaswork.

I dare to say that better scenery can not be found.

I am not objective

as I truly love this musical

and I was simply excited by every piece,

but still I think that Opera really did a good job this time.

It was humorous, but still kept in a proper atmosphere

with a hint of nostalgia.

Nostalgia for Jews who USED TO live here.

It reminded me about the campaign

"I miss you Jew"

when people were writing this sign

in places when Jews USED TO be present.

Such a thought was strongly expressed here as well

making it bitter-sweet in its taste.

As I saw the movie countless time

in the childhood

my personal nostalgia

followed the path.

As in the childhood

still now I had tears in my eyes

during Chava sequence.

Well, sunrise sunset,

but some things do not change.