Year: 2015

I finally found it and it only took all summer to do it. Boza and I found the eagle nest…

I was walking through the pine forest and all of a sudden I realized that we were in a maple forest. Then I happened to look up in awe of all the maples and there was this huge pine tree amongst them all. Then I saw it and out of it flew an eagle, when I started to whoop and holler…

I know that was stupid of me, but then what can I say…

From pines to maples, but then after the eagle nest, I found a birch forest and a oak forest…

What a wonderful walk, Boza and I had…

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Windows to Russia…

Why are we (USA) training and/or creating terrorists in Syria and many other parts of the world?

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Windows to Russia…

I was not sure what else to do, so I improvised. The window was broken and no one cared. Anyone who could care are gone and since it rains everyday, I decided to care. I do that many times and I hope no one gets upset by my caring? For I have to trespass, but I know that trespassing in Russia is a whole different situation than in America. I just have American blood in me and have been trained improperly by my past. Thus, I did not trespass, I saved a home from the ravages of winter…

Therefore, this morning after a long walk at 5 a.m., Boza and I gathered the stuff needed and walked back down the hill and fixed the window, or I should say, covered the broken parts with plastic and stapled that plastic down. I also nailed the window to the house, so that it will not fall out again…

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Get it done in the next few days! Gonna go below zero and winter has woke up, officially. I saw myself, personally, how autumn never showed up, summer left early and spring is scared to death of all of the above. Old Man Winter rules the roost in Russia and his nap is over and he has decided to give us eight months of winter this year…

Nice guy, huh?

Oh, I base what I know on reading “Woolly Worms!” The woolly worms are huge and pure black, no other color and I have seen hundreds of them in the last few days. Not a single stripe of brown even, just pure black, fat and sassy Woolly Worms…

Russia has warned Europe and especially Ukraine, It is going to be a long hard winter and Ukraine is far and away from having the gaz (gas) fuel needed to care for herself, much less transporting any gaz to Europe. I have been noticing that Europe has been stockpiling gaz like crazy, for they know that Ukraine is a psycho sick-o and winter is coming fast…

Boza and I are ready… 😉

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Sveta wants to go to a far away land and swim in the warm oceans. I am fine with that, so I will be going to Moscow in a week or so and get ready for a trip. Then I will come back to the village and settle in for the winter. I need to get a few things done to the car, such as new front tires and replace some radiator hoses. Then I will stock the car up with bulk foods in Moscow and Boza and I will start our winter blogging…

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The days are short and getting shorter; Boza has a different pattern now that we walk in the dark more. Boza now walks near me almost at all times. He lost me the other night, he took off chasing a cat and I kept walking, after a few minutes, I heard a whimper, then I heard a whine and then I heard several scared noises. I then felt sorry for him and called him. He heard my voice come around the village home and he ran to the opposite side of the house. He had lost me and could not find me. He started to panic…

I let him contemplate the issue for a few more minutes and then sneaked around quietly to surprise him. When he finally found me, he acted like I had been gone for years and he was so happy. Then I explained the situation to him and since then, he won’t let me go too far when it is dark. Daytime is different, he can see me a long ways off, but at night, I see better than he does and if he loses my scent,then I am gone…

Boza did not like me to be gone and Boza likes the comfort of the village home at night…

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I have to say one thing; I never thought that America would be run by such a moronic group of people as we now have elected to run America. We actually admit with no remorse or feelings, that we really trained terrorists and classify them into different levels of terrorists. Now America is going bat %^$# crazy and telling the world by her spoon fed media…

(WSJ) The U.S. and its allies were angry at the Russians on many scores: that they are supporting Mr. Assad; that they aren’t coordinating their actions with the existing, U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition; that they provided terse notice only an hour before their operations; that they demanded the U.S. coalition stay out of Syrian airspace; and that they struck in areas where anti-Assad rebels—not Islamic State—operate.

“It does appear that they were in areas where there probably were not ISIL forces, and that is precisely one of the problems with this whole approach,” said Mr. Carter, the U.S. defense chief.

And this below is the icing on the cake…

U.S. Sen. John McCain said Thursday that some Russian airstrikes in Syria were aimed at CIA-backed groups fighting the Assad regime, echoing claims from activists…

Thank you McCain for being so honest only because you are mad at the world, but; It means for you people who do not want to think…

Russia is killing all terrorists in Syria, even if they were trained by America or not. Russia knows that there is no such thing as a moderate terrorist and all will die. America is having a heart attack that their planted CIA trained terrorists (and most likely a few (or maybe a lot) of actual real agents) are being slaughtered as you read this…

Yes America, we have many people infiltrated in other countries, playing games; “Oh My!” you say…

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Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!
For only America can say!
If you are a terrorists today!
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!

Have a nice day, I have work to do…

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Windows to Russia…

It is all happening at once. The small lake is being harvested, the big lake is being harvested, the Ravens are going nuts and Jr. Eagle is doing some contemplating about life. He is just standing around like he does not have a care in the world and watching the Ravens. Then the Ravens started to come over to say, “Hi!” and he flew up and came down fast at the group of Ravens. They left with a, “Caw – Caw” and Jr. sat around another 10 minutes and gawked at the guys harvesting the pond…

The last I saw of Jr., he had a huge fish in his claws and flew home to eat a meal…

I just took pictures like crazy, it is very cloudy and very cold. The wind is blowing like crazy and I froze. Gonna stay inside now and get warm, got my images and am a happy bear…

Boza says, “Hi!”

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Eagles and Hawks, plus a few daring Ravens…

The ravens are cool and they get right in and mix with the big boys and girls. Though it is just the biggest ravens and they can not fly as high as the eagles and hawks, I have watched and today, I caught them all play the circle game. They just fly around and around in a tighter and tighter circle and then explode outwards and start over. The big bird in the last image, That is Momma Eagle and she is huge…

The three biggest birds are momma, papa and one kid. The rest are hawks and ravens. Two of the eagle kids are on the ground fishing and that is the second image. This year, big mama had three kids and they look very healthy to me. Momma did a good job…

Looks like rain again today and it is wet and cold already…

Have a nice day…

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Windows to Russia…

This is through the window I am repairing. This home in the village had a window explode and it gave me a chance to look inside another village home. Just by the window, for I will not crawl through, that is wrong…

The heat source is the metal fireplace you see between the beds. In the other room, I could see an old style hearth sleeper fireplace and stove. This is normal to have two separate heat sources. One is a stove and oven and a heater, the other is just a heater. That way usage in the summer will not heat your sleeping room…

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Windows to Russia…

Who we respect shows us who we are!

Respect is deep admiration of someone or something or some anything. Example; I respect momma birds that care for their babies to grow up and survive in the world…

Respect is an internal thing, a mental thing and yes even a physical thing. What, who and how you show respect is very important and someone who throws their respect all upon movie stars, singers, royalty and politicians; that should ring a bell in your head as to what is wrong with the world…

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This morning as I walked Boza, we came upon a brother and sister! Eighty year old plus brother and sister. They were startled at the sight of Boza and exclaimed almost fright at the sight of him coming around the corner. Boza just stood and stared at these people and waited for me to catch up. Then I stepped into sight and they recognized me…

Immediately the woman, who is about 84 years old, smiled and said, “Svetacha doma? or Svetlana at home in village?

I said, “Net, Svetacha Moscow!”

Then she clucked like a chicken and came over to me and hugged me and told me how sorry she is that Sveta is not here… 🙂

I just grin ear from ear when I hear her do this and I always make sure Sveta knows about when she asks me where Sveta is…

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Then as I walked on, it struck me what the two siblings were doing. They were building a fence! Now understand; they are both way over 80 years old, it is 6:00 a.m. and frozen this morning. These two were out clearing the ground, digging holes for posts and stringing chain link fencing…. No help and did not want or accept help. For I went back to see and they made it clear that the work was too hard and they would take care of it…

I smiled and nodded in agreement. Then went on thinking about how tough they are and how much I respect them. Therefore, “Who we respect?” was born in my mind…

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I respect very few people; one of those people in the world that I respect without a doubt, is Sveta. She is the epitome of respect and if the worlds populace was like Sveta, then we would have a very wonderful world indeed…

I am not able to say that about myself, for while I earn respect through my actions, I also can be your worse enemy if you attempt coercion against me or ones close to me. Some would respect that and others just fear. I guess that is what is meant by, “Respect through force!” I thus earn respect both ways; by actions of care and actions of demand, according to the need for the situation…

I am not a sweet beautiful soul as Sveta is, but I defend such souls against repressions. Thus I have my place in the world and admire such wonderment as Sveta and the brother and sister this morning…

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I respect life somewhat like Boza does. Boza respects me as the Alpha, but challenges that position time to time. I respect that and show him who is boss and Boza respects that also. neither of us challenge Sveta for she is the woman, mother and angel of our life. Both Boza and I respect that equate equally…

I am a human, but a human that realizes that he is an animal, not superior to animals and not the supreme ruler of the planet. I am an animal or a creature that has the earth for a home and I need to take care of my home. For it is the only home I or we have…

Thus I respect nature, God and all that is visible and occult in our world…. But I have issues with seeing the viability of humans and their purpose on this planet. Thus, I respect very few humans and their actions, desires and needs…

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To respect is an important trait of humans, just respect the ones that deserve to be respected. Because, like the term “hero,” we abuse the term “respect” and apply it to people that do not deserve such a title…

Have a nice day…

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Windows to Russia…

I am at 126 X Zoom, as far as my camera can take a picture and it will be any good to look at. He was a little dot in the distance and I thought he was a rock at first, then that rock moved and I decided to look at it through the camera. I found Mr. Eagle and he was just standing and minding his own business…

Now I need to get his better half and get her to pose with him… 😉

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I have four boxes of Boza’s dog food to pick up and I have some food staples to gather at the stores. I have three tanks of propane for emergencies and I now have enough food to last the winter for Boza, plus I am stocking essentials for me. I call them luxury essentials. Such as sterilized milk for coffee, packs of quick noodle soups and cookies. That is some of the goodies, as I call them. I can live without them, but life is oh so sweet with them… 😉

Being almost to the point that it will be freezing everyday, means that storage for food is easy now. The world is a refrigerator and the mudroom is now a big cooler. I have potatoes in a covered bucket under the house and I plan on adding a whole bunch of potatoes for the winter down there. The home has a basement, kinda fit for a hobbit, but I make do with it…

I have a five month supply of dog food for Boza and I will keep buying enough to keep it at that supply before I tell the lady at the pet store to stop getting it for me. I am her favourite American customer (the only American customer,) all summer every week 4 to six boxes of dog food. Half of my budget has gone to dog food every week, but Boza is my buddy and I will tell you something important; I would not hesitate to eat this dog food, it is that good and if the going gets rough, I will eat what Boza eats…

To be honest, I do not want to go to town, but I need to keep stocking items (can goods) and I need a few things from the hardware store. It is raining and I finished my fence in the rain yesterday, so I need to stay dry and warm today…

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They are setting up the cranes and such for the fish harvest. This year there are two cranes, lots of fish. I showed the low level manager of the lake the video of the helicopter and he did not know that they used the water from the lake to put out the fire, his face turned white when he saw what they did. That is pure profits up in smoke, literally…

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Several windows around the village were blown out of the houses, just like our was months ago. I put them back and will take plastic to staple over the broken glass. I will finish them today, for it will only rain worse and worse, until the snow flies, deep and drifting…

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I built a parking / delivery space for our car and if we need to have trucks drop off items and such. I still have to haul a bunch of sand to fill in the dips and bumps, then I will design and build some car ramps to allow me to work on the car and save even more money.  The gate is a drop gate, of the same style that we used on our farm and it is heavy, but it works really good. The design is such that it does not even look like a gate, but it is…

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Last but not least today…

My tea/coffee corner and I found the kettle upstairs in the attic. I cleaned the kettle up and made some tea. Oh my! So good…

The red bucket is a plastic food safe bucket and I use it to store fresh water in, for Boza and I. This area will be the kitchen this winter, for the stove is located next to the bed…

This is the stove I rebuilt a few years ago…

Rebuilding stove…

That is it for today, Boza and I need to walk again and then I am off to the Big Village…

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Yesterday I was working in the yard and putting up another new section of fence. Then a huge boom and whoosh, the grass around me went flat and the windows on the village house rattled. The next thing I heard was another whoosh and the wind changed direction, the opposite direction and pulled the grass back upright…

The image to the left is the start of the fire after the first explosion. The image below is after the second and third explosion. At this point it looked as if the whole village was on fire. The village is called Sysoev; just say Sisoy…

I called Sveta and told her about what was happening and I then packed a bag and got some basics together, in case Boza and I had to run. The air became full of terrible chemicals and it looked as if the fire was going to spread faster than what they could contain…

Sveta started looking on-line and she sent me links to the Emergency Ministry

On September 28, at 2:15 p.m. the fire was reported near the village of Sysoev Sarajevo area. According to preliminary information is burning 11 buildings. In place of the left 12 pieces of equipment, 40 personnel of the State Fire Service. (Here)

Then just when it looked like they were going to lose the battle and lose the whole village, along came the calvary (helicopter) and saturated the village with water, that did it…

Before that the fire trucks had to run down to the river and fill up and drive back to fight the fire. They were not able to keep up…

On September 28, 17 hours and 30 minutes, it was reported the elimination of fire near the village of Sysoev Sarajevo region Ryazan region.

Fire damaged 11 buildings, of which 4 houses. No injuries were reported. Cause of the fire and damage are established. At the scene working group of forces link territorial subsystem SPARES Sarajevo region Ryazan region in the composition of 62 people and 19 pieces of equipment, the helicopter Ka-32 Russian Emergencies Ministry.

Dear Ryazan! Observe the fire safety requirements. Do not make fires, do not throw cigarette butts and matches unquenched, do not use open flames. Remember that careless handling of fire can cause a serious fire.

If you are a participant or a witness to the tragedy, to call the fire and rescue call – 01, mobile communications – 101, the single emergency number – 112.

Single “hotline” Main Directorate of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Ryazan region – 8 (4912) 21-63-04.

The above quote is the final report (so far) from the Ministry of Emergency…

The video has Vova in the background laughing about the fact that they are scooping up hundreds and hundreds of fish in the water to dump on the fire (about 10 trips.) Then it hit me, the lake is wall to wall fish, big fat carp. Oh My!

Therefore, Ryba Ryba (fish fish) in the sky! Talk about from the frying pan to the fire…

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PS: This morning the sky is clear, it is cold and the village of Sisoy is smoke free. No one was hurt and the cause has not been given yet…