Month: November 2018

3 kilometer round trip for my water…


Interesting discovery happened (after coming back to Moscow) from the long term staying at the Tiny Russian Village… I came from America and was use to the chlorine in the water. Just a fact that most water in America is chlorinated to make it safe to drink. In Moscow the same, it is chlorinated and […]

My Beautiful Sweet Pea…


This is in the empty lake bed of our Tiny Russian Village lake. Svetochka and I were walking the dried lake bed and came near the edge of the lake. The grasses were tall and beautiful… Svetochka loved the tall grasses as they whispered in the breeze… I wonder what they were telling her? WtR

Svetochka did not let me forget Thanksgiving…


But… No pumpkin pie for us trying to stay thinner. I did not say thin, I said, “Thinner!” Which implies that we have extra padding to work with… Amazing how fast time flies….not sure I like flying time though… I bought a pumpkin today and will boil it, part of it, for us to have […]

This is Russia – 4


This is the Tiny Russian Village I talk about on this blog… Only -16 and time to walk to get a bus or taxi to Big Village… It stands on top the world around this part of Russia. The image is taken from near the river and in the valley that the river runs in…it […]

Things in my life that are different… (2)


In America the below items that are expected in Russia are not very often expected in America….sometimes it is proper, but most of the time not… a. Bring a Gift: This is practiced somewhat in America, but more often than not, you just go visit and take nothing. Unless the party is BYO (Bring Your […]

This is Russia – 3


Sveta and I got caught in a speed trap. Everywhere, but at this particular spot that we got caught speeding is 70 kilometers an hour and many times 90 kph. We were doing 78 kilometers an hour and that is fine. Except at this spot, hidden behind another big sign, is a speed limit sign […]