Windows to Russia

Yesterday was a beautiful day, cold as hell, but beautiful. The sun tried its best to warm what it can, but when father frost is fully awake, she just has to take second fiddle during the winter. The issue is that the sun never stays around long enough to make a difference. I guess she […]

This morning while we walked it was -10 and snow blowing like crazy. The wind was flying at 11 m/s and Boza and I fought drifts as we walked around the tiny Russian village. Our home is fine and drifts are small in our yard, due to a fence, but the roads were deep and […]

I have not said much about this subject and have simply watched to see what America and Europe would do about their lies. I would so very much love to believe that this was Russian propaganda, but we all know at this point that this western lead war is a farce and that ISIS is […]

Boza and I walked deep into the woods. We decided to see what is happening with the forest creatures. Not much was happening, but we did find sign of life; A damn beer can in the middle of nowhere… We had walked uphill, downhill and all around the hills and in the deepest part we […]

Boza and I walked in the snow this morning, so dark and so cold! The shortest day (December Solstice (Winter Solstice)) is coming of the whole year; right now sunrise is 8:26 and sunset is 15:55 and the shortest day (December 22nd, 2015) will be about 9:00 to 16:00, almost exactly a seven hour day […]

I know I say that allot, or so it seems, but I do not rest much. But today, I will force myself to rest. In the distance, I can see a bank of snow being driven by the wind. It will be here in less than an hour and it looks to be interesting, for […]

Режиссёр: Дарья Ботезат http://vk.com/dasha.botezat Хореограф: Наталья Голуб http://vk.com/id9341685 Оператор: Михаил Неверов http://vk.com/mishkanatawka Исполнители: феодосийцы Феодосия, Крым 2014 #crimea #HAPPYDAY Director: Dasha Botezat https://www.facebook.com/dasha.botezat Choreographer: Nataly Golub http://vk.com/id9341685 Camera: Michel Neverov http://vk.com/mishkanatawka Crimea, Feodosiya, 2014

Up at six a.m. and walked until 7 a.m. Then went back to bed, Boza agreed and we both slept until 9:30 a.m. and Boza is still sleeping, off and on. I am going to write a post and Boza just sneaked upon the bed and is hiding in the blankets, hoping I do not […]

My favorite words right now are, “Silly Rabbit!” They upset Boza and he can smell them when they get into the yard. We had three and now there are two. One white one and one brown one. The third decided that he did not like a dog chasing him all the time and left for […]

Sbiten is a hot drink made from spices and herbs with honey or sugar. The drink they say goes back to about 1100 AD. Sbiten is considered a Russian national winter beverage. In Russia, sbiten is often poured from a large shining copper urn called a samovar. The same device used to serve hot tea. […]