great news.

As you can see I'm changing my blog title into "*the great thursday" as I think it's time for a change and thursdays have always been great for me.
This day of the week has something magical about it - the rain on the balcony handrail in the morning, the cherries on the tree through the bus window, the skylines and the colors, the sun beam in your friend's eyes, the black umbrella and the library, the evenings and the shadows on the quiet table, the sigh and the step outside, ..
So I decided to dedicate my blog to my thursdays. The great thursdays.
From now on the address of this blog will be:

thegreatthursday.blogspot.com.

Don't forget to follow the new web address in your Reader + RSS Feeds!!
xoxo
Ak.

dream vacation.

photos and info via My Modern Met

As summer goes by I'm thinking what would be your dream vacation?
I've just found this project of the luxury underwater hotel that is going to be built in Dubai - isn't it amazing?

It will have 21 suites that are 10 meters below the surface and, with the hotel's ability to rotate, guests will enjoy incredible views of the ocean down below. A special lighting system will illuminate the sea life outside and guests will be able to zoom in and take a closer look at all the tiny creatures using macro photography.
That would definitely be my dream vacation!
More information if you'd like.
xoxo
Ak.

yoga.

photo via Pinterest

As I don't do anything very productive this summer, I decided to do some sports. I never was a sports fan, but perhaps as I grow older, I get a little clever and I think it's important to take care of your body and health.

Last summer I did some aerobics, instructed by Deanne Berry and since then I practiced it from time to time. Later a friend of mine, who's working at the gym, created a personal workout as I asked her for 3 main things: that it wouldn't be hard, that it would exercise my whole body and that it wouldn't last longer than half an hour. Yes, I was very accurate about that. After couple months she made my workout more difficult.
And now I downloaded yoga basics at home video and started doing it. I have to say - it's so different from aerobics, so slow, so relaxing, so it's kind of hard for me to concentrate to the breathing when I'm used to listening to loud music while doing sports. And also due to the fact that I'm not flexible at all. But it's a nice change.
P. S. I hope I will do it someday.
P. S. P. S. That's just wow.
xoxo
Ak.

wonderful hair color.

photo via Pinterest

My hairdresser would never let me this (she always praises my hair color every time I come to her, saying she has never seen such color and that she has seen A LOT of them, haha), but I'd love to dye my hair this way, it's a novelty in the fashion world - it looks fantastic, don't you think?

Oh well. I'll have to wait until I retire.

xoxo

Ak.

Inspiration Monday.

photo Imgfave

Have you ever visited this brilliant Daily Odd Compliment tumblr?

The most coolest compliments I've ever read:)

These are my favorite:

 

I'm curious- what would you say if you ever wanted to say a really nice compliment?

I think I would go for something like this:

When I'm with you, I kind of feel like Douglas Spaulding wearing his brand new tennis shoes. And if you haven't read "Dandelion Wine", most important is that it says those shoes are like menthol on your feet. And what I want to say is that you're kind of like menthol on my heart.

Have a kind week, my dears!

xoxo
Ak.