Culture Patrol by Chippewa: Chippewa & me

...two adventurous Sagittariuses ...

castle Lobor Bijele Stijene

CHIPPEWA ...

... wuf – wuf – wuf ...

Chippewa (2 months)

Chippewa (pet name: Chippie) is a Border Collie bitch, now already a “middle-aged lady” :-) (born 05/12/2002) but still very playful, cheerful and, above all, voracious. Unlike almost all other Borders in Croatia, that are working short-coated type, Chippewa is a long-coated show type whose ancestors came all the way from Australia. She’s done some shows herself and, after winning almost everything worth winning (Cro Jr Ch, Cro Ch, Mediterranean Ch, Jr Club Ch, multiple BOBs etc.), is enjoying her, well earned, retirement from show world. She spends most of her days with my dad, also in retirement, and they spend their time walking ‘round Jarun (Zagreb’s quarter and lake). When I’m not working and when the weather allows it, Chippewa and I, we wonder and hike on the Mount Medvednica and sometimes we go somewhere further away in a search of new adventures.

Chippewa visiting castle Zelin, 2008.

Chippie loves:

food, food and food above all and then cats (lookin’ only!) :-)
to walk ‘round the woods in a search of a stick (which she masacres afterwards)
get petted (of course)
sleep on the bed or on the balcony, but under the table is ok, too

LITTLE ME ...

... all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by ...

island Šipan

I always “love it” when I have to write something about myself. It’s easy when I have to tell it, but writing it down is not really my “thing”. So, here goes…

I got MA in archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science in Zagreb. After different work experience (both office work and field work), I’ve decided to work on my own so I’ve started a firm for archaeological excavations and survey and now I do fieldwork (when there’s something to excavate :-) ). In my free time, I wonder around, I visit archaeological and other sites, I hike, explore, spend my time online, read books, watch TV (correction: movies/TV shows on my laptop), go to the cinema and (pretty regularly) to the theater. Oh yes, and I also love to cook (and explore cuisines from around the world) and to sleep. :-)

Medvednica - Velika Peč peak Veliki Risnjak

I love cars (with an accent on “classic” 4WD – not modern SUVs and “normal” classic cars – the older, the better :-) ), ships/boats (especially wooden sailboats and shooners) and planes (sport planes). I love SF (Star Trek, Star Wars, The X-files etc.) and find astronomy very interesting. Once upon a time I was soccer-crazy, today I’m a bit (lot) rusty. I love animals but hate beetles and spiders (butterflies, ladybugs and other cute beetles excluded). I have no fear of mouses, rats and snakes. The height and I, we don’t get along very well, but I’m constantly working on our relationship. And the last, but not the least – I love to travel. Travel above all. If I would win a lottery, I would probably spent the most of it on traveling around the world.

There, a lil’ bit of everything...

island Hvar - Purkin kuk island Lastovo - hill Hum

I don’t believe in things like horoscope, but some time ago (in high school) I’ve bought a booklet on Sagittarius and, reading it, it seemed like they were describing me. So here are some quotes that can definitely apply to me:

loves freedom and does not stand any coercion
is attracted by unusual and exotic things
thinks highly of the intellect and tries to enrich his mind and culture
is reasonable and logic (sometimes I would really like to be a Vulcan! :-D )
loves to travel; for him, life is fun and recreation – loves changes and traveling
jobs that require a lot of movement suit him – due to the “restless spirit” and temperament, is not suited for office work (definitely – tried and proved)
loves to live a high life (money, money, money :-D )
he’s of a restless spirit, constantly in a search of something new

Female Sagittarius

many of them would love to get a pilot license if they would have the time, the money and the plane (I’ll definitely get that one day, even if I have to save till retirement!!!)
loves the danger
prefers cosmetics in spray form as everything needs to be done quickly
if she doesn’t find what she wants, she sits in a car and rushes off – she’ll eventually find what she needs somewhere so she doesn’t wonder if she has to cross more than a few kilometers to get what she wants
loves to travel and cannot be kept in a place where moving around is not possible or is hardly accomplished
the ideal present might be different sporting equipment, adventure travel organization (I would add: any trip anywhere), funny presents, stuff for their pets together with many other things connected with traveling and movement

…there… definitely like someone was describing me, so I don’t have to say (write) anything more ;-)

And for the end, a few more photos: