
Good Riddance, 2020 - and Happy 2021!
What shall we say about this bizarre, long, awful year? And it started so well ... Girls dance at the opening ceremony of 31st IKF Gujarat 2020; Saputara, Gujarat, India. Photo Ragvanj Nikuni We had such a fantastic time flying kites in Gujarat, India ... we met old friends and made new ones, and the while trip was completely unforgettable ... we were flying giant kites and were stars of Indian TV (though the real stars of kite flying are these girls and guys (article in Slov

Flying Kites on Independence Day
On 26th of December Slovenia celebrates Independence day - the day in 1990 the results of a plebscite showed almost everyone living in Slovenia (95 % of those who voted and 88 % of all eligible voters) wants it to be an independent country.. So the day after Chistmas is a holiday here - and after all those bleak windless weeks of November and December it delivered plenty of sun and wind. Even too much of the latter! Kite aerial view across the marshes towards Ljubljana, the c

Blue River
Days were passing by and the bleak November turned into the bleak december ... Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December ... and it looked as if you'd ask the Raven will the wind blow again o'er this wretched land, the ominous bird would just quoth ... Nevermore. But then, three weeks into December and over than a month of still, damp, dreary, windless fog covering central Slovenia, suddenly the flags on the Tower of Ljubljana castle started to flutter! Wind! Le