HEATWAVE

These pictures are from a beautiful sunny weekend in Cornwall with Jack and his family. I went down to get away from the city for a few days whilst doing an internship in London to compensate a little for having to spend the two sunniest weeks England has (probably) ever seen in an office. How beautiful is the English coast?

Tyto fotky jsou z krásného slunečného víkendu v Cornwall s Jackem a jeho rodinou. Měla jsem stáž v Londýně a chtěla jsem se na pár dní dostat ze města, abych si vynahradila to, že jsem musela trávit dva nejzasluněné víkendy, co Anglie (nejspíš) kdy zažila, v kanceláři. Neni anglické pobřeží krásné?

PROVENCE

(Zara blazer, Forever 21 shirt and shoes, Arch skirt -- Zara top, Tally Weijl leggings, Forever 21 shoes, Mango sunglasses)

Four days in the South of France were a lovely refresher towards the end of exams, though I do feel that a few good meals and good bottles of wine later, it was no longer the weight of my hand luggage that concerned me as much as my own... Anyway, all worth it, right? (The last shot is of my momma =P)

Čtyři dny na jihu Francie byly krásným odpočinkem ke konci zkoušek, i když přiznávám, že po kopách dobrého jídla a pár flaškách dobrého vína už jsem se nezajimala tolik o váhu svých zavazadel, jako o tu svoji... Každopádně to stálo zato, ne? (Poslední fotka je mojí mamky=P)

SAN DIEGO

Forever 21 dress, H&M cardigan, Zara sunglasses

I'm finally getting through the last pictures from California (I apologise if these posts are getting a tad repetitive!), which has taken much too long! Life has been so busy recently with finishing up exams, travelling packing up my belongings in France and getting myself back over to England, where I am now happily planted with Jack and a whole summer to plan out =) I promise to post something a little more up to date very soon. (Please excuse the dodgy expressions on some of these shots!)

Konečně procházím posledními fotkami z Kalifornie (omlouvám se, jestli se tyto články už trošku opakují!), což mi trvalo příliš dlouho! Život byl v poslední době dost hektický - jsem neustále na cestách, právě jsem dodělala zkoušky, balila jsem si všechny věci ve Francii a nějak jsem se se vším dopracovala zpět do Anglie, kde teď jsem šťastně usazená s Jackem a začínám plánovat léto =) Slibuji, že sem brzy dám něco aktuálnějšího. (Prosím odpusťte ty podivné výrazy na některých z těchto fotek!)

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Forever 21 shoes, Zara sunglasses

I haven't even finished editing all the (thousands of) pictures from California and I'm already off to Marseille to take a few hundred more =) A picture of my shoes on sunny Laguna Beach in the meantime (and here's to hoping that the weather in France doesn't stay as dreary as the forecasts are promising).

Ani jsem nestačila projít všema (tisící) fotkama z Kalifornie a už odlétám do Marseille nafotit dalších párset =) Prozatím vám tu nechávám fotku mých bot ze slunečné pláže Laguna Beach (a doufám, že počasí ve Francii nebude tak pochmůrné, jak předpovídají).

HIGHWAY 1

Single-handedly some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever experienced. California is so so so lucky in its diversity - the first time I visited I went skiing and sunbathing on the beach in the same week, this time round we drove from windy San Francisco to desert heat in LA! The coast is unbelievable, it took us 5 hours to drive down a 2 hour stretch of the famous Highway 1 between Carmel and San Luis Obispo just because I insisted on stopping at every turnout to take more pictures! I'd say this trip also included some of my more admirable driving moments, seeing as my momma forgot her driving license! =P
P.S. Tigerheart is now a part of a Czech / Slovak online magazine called The Merge, so now comes my attempt at translating this into (what should be) my mother tongue! =)

Bezesporu některé z nejkrásnějších míst, které jsem kdy zažila. Kalifornie má takové štěstí v její pestrosti - když jsem tam byla poprvé, byla jsem lyžovat a opalovala se na pláži ve stejném týdnu, a tentokrát jsem jela z větrného San Francisca do pouštních veder v LA! Jejich pobřeží je tak neuvěřitelně krásné, že nám dvouhodinový kus známé Dálnice 1 z Carmel do San Luis Obispo trval pět hodin, jelikož jsem se musela při každé příležitosti zastavit a fotit! Řekla bych také, že některé z mých obdivuhodnějších momentů za volantem se staly na této cestě, jelikož si máma zapomněla řidičák!=P
Mimochodem se Tigerheart stal částí online časopisu The Merge, proto se tedy snažím psát česky! V bližších dnech zde najdete i překlady předchozích článků =)

SAN FRANCISCO (PART 2)

The historical trolley ride through San Francisco was such a highlight - it reignited child-like sensations in me that I'd long forgotten, never mind making me question the sanity of the person who decided it would be a good idea to build a city on those ridges. I have no idea what San Franciscans did before the invention of automatic cars - I would have literally died if I had to take those hills on with a gear stick. Cheeky touristy shot with the Golden Gate Bridge at the end - but hey, sometimes being a tourist is fun. Actually, I spend most of my time being a tourist. The advantages of being a mixed background kid =)

SAN FRANCISCO (PART 1)

new macbook and photoshop! loving the retina display =Pmama's breakfast cafe, so delicious.our trolley driver!"hot cookie" - somme pretty awesome cookies and some pretty obscene walls.

As my time in the US draws to an end, I am finally sharing some photos with you. California is an incredible place (despite the fact that it didn't completely live up to its nickname of "the sunny state" this week) and I will most definitely be back as soon as I can! Hopefully I'll manage to jailbreak the loverboi from exams / work the next time=) These are a few shots from our first day full day in San Francisco - such an incredible city - we scaled pretty much the full length of its rolling hills on foot, what a workout! I'm flying back to the UK soon, but more from this trip to come!

JET SETTING

  Sorry for my (week long?) absence on here, but things have been uber busy! I'm in California at the moment (!!!), San Francisco more specifically=) It's such a fab city, I'm slowly but completely falling for it and I promise to share some of my (already) thousands of photos the minute I manage to migrate my files onto my new Mac (!!!). My old BigMac will be dearly missed - especially as it was the last white MacBook model ever=(

For now I'm sharing some photos of my packing endeavours and sending my love across the Atlantic to my loverboi, who should really be here with me.

DREAMING OF...

I realise this has been happening to most of central / northern Europe this week, but I still had a major WTF moment when the snow cloud hit us bang in the middle of a sunny (if freezing) walk. I'm stuck with a stuffy cold, can't move for the number of jumpers I'm wearing and all I can think of is running around barefoot on some distant summer beach... Flipping through my photos from Vietnam didn't help either, but as misery loves company, I'm going to share these with all you lucky wildcats. And I realise my face is an odd colour in that, I may have been a little sunburnt.

On a slightly similar but entirely different note, I have an overwhelming bank of inspiration images and photographs that I'm sure are contributing to the increasingly sluggish pace of my beloved laptop. I've therefore decided to start a tumblr for my collection of inspiration, which begins with something sunny... find it here:

TIGERHEART DREAMS // TUMBLR

tigerheartdreams.tumblr.com

p.s. You may have noticed the change in layout - I'm still playing around with bits and bobs, so please excuse the unfinished look =)

BEST OF 2012 + GIVEAWAY WINNER

I know this is late as ever, but 2012 was a good year and deserves adequate hommage in the form of a super-long blogpost (which took disproportionately long to construct). And I've put the winner of the giveaway at the very bottom so that at least someone is encouraged to read the post=) So, dear wildcats, here's my year in photos, I hope you enjoy them♥

At 00:01 on January 1st 2012. Look at us happy chickens.

From the first shoot of the year.

Confused-looking Cruella Deville

Newly ombre-dyed hair