Windows to Russia

Finally got Sammy the Volga done! She is one pretty girl…

I tuned Sammy up, new plugs, new wires, new fuel filter, new oil filter & oil and waxed her twice. Sammy is one happy Russian car….I have to say that our Volga 310221 wagon is the best car I have ever owned. Not the fanciest, but the best. Maybe for someone in a huge city she is not the best, but when out in the middle of nowhere, being able to repair your car yourself (using what ever you have laying around) is priceless…

We do miss the propane and the cost factor of using it, but to put propane back on her is not cost effective. Be nice though…

All around the yard as I work are very busy birdbrains. I hammer, they hammer…

They work harder than I do….any post top that has cracks in it, has plum pits stuck in them. The birdbrains use the cracks to hold the pits and crack them open. Then you can here the sigh, as they enjoy their treat…

I think what amazes me is that these birdbrains can put two and two together and utilize the cracks to help them eat. Seriously, there are so many humans who cannot do the same & we think we are the smart ones on earth…

All day long, hammer hammer pop crack and aahhhhh…

I finally got to the Big Village and found a place to get nuts and washers for my threaded rod. Then yesterday, I climbed the ladder and drilled holes and installed a rod to hold the Y together of the maple tree. I have weathered several terrible storms this summer holding this tree together. I hope I have salvaged it? I cannot hang on to it all winter! Too Cold…

I did a plum tree also and ended up having to put in two rods. I found another limb cracking. We just had a wind storm and almost lost a big limb. Never ends in TRV…

I will seal the huge crack in the plum tree with ? and over the next few days make sure that the bolts do not loosen up and then paint the wounds…

I tried several years ago to seal the rear gate, yet I found that just did not hold up, so I decided to paint the rear gate and do some maintenance on it. This is the way in and out to the home that is utilized literally 95% of the time. It just works perfectly and is smooth to operate…

I find that the back of the home, with barn, car and sheds is the place I spend my time. Big lilacs and maples provide the shade and protection needed to enjoy life. It is like I have the front yard to present to the world and the back area to do my work at. I guess that is natural, yet that has evolved over the summer. At first I utilized the front area, then after finally getting the barn cleaned out and the sheds cleaned out….everything changed and I realized that I set the back of the home up as my domain to work…

Must be a subconscious thing. I never sat down and said, “Self, only work from the back yard!” 😉

WtR

It is Sassy….now remember Saakashvili, you do what you are told, no more and no less…

My favorite Western Puppet leader: Saakashvili is being told again to stir the waters in Georgia. It is always the same, thrown crap up in the air and see what sticks to something as it falls back down…

Head of the Executive Committee of the National Reforms Council under the President of Ukraine, ex-President of Georgia (2004-2013) Mikheil Saakashvili has said that he is returning to Georgia, where he intends to continue his participation in political processes.”During these seven years there has not been a single day that I was not interested in affairs in Georgia. I know that my work as president was not in vain, and much of what we have done is preserved and works today. But when I hear about the events in Georgia, I know for sure that we can live much better, and every Georgian can be much richer. And together we will succeed. I’m coming back! “Saakashvili said in a video message posted on his Facebook page.The video message was made in Georgian, the politician published its translation into Ukrainian on Facebook.

Source: Saakashvili announces his return to Georgian politics

The USA would be so happy to get Saakashvili back in power in Georgia and as always I follow what this guy is doing. Ever since he ate his tie, when he pissed Russia off and tried to destroy South Ossetia….following Sassy has been interesting. He is a character and a bonafide puppet of the west…

~~ As I have said many times, “You gotta love this guy!” ~~

He keeps doing what he is told and never learns. Who knows what will happen? I guess his new orders are to stir it up with Georgia again and again…

WtR

Navalny: when a western stooge loses his usefulness for his western masters!

Anything goes including poisoning during flight, after flight, during car ride from airport and so on… It was acceptable for Russian doctors to let him go without close watch, he was not poisoned. Yet after the groundwork has been laid; Even in a German hospital he could be poisoned and who will say it wasn’t in Russia. He could be poisoned by foreign agents in Russia or anywhere else to accomplish the same thing. It could be self induced by Navalny himself….It’s easy…

People not in the Western Empire sphere of influence, must stop assuming any fairness/trustworthiness within our highly political motivated exchanges between West and East…

Power of fake baseless propaganda spun on assumptions and lies can trigger international conflicts…

In times of fake news and in time of strong desire to find something to discredit Russia:

Time to grow up…

WtR

Good luck finding what you need for that saw blade in Russia:

In general you can find anything, yet in general you must work overtime to get what you need. Nothing is easy for the most part and when you ask for something, you get that look back at you like you are growing devil horns out of your head as you ask for the item…

I guess what I am saying is; you can buy a wonderful reciprocating saw and it is perfect for the job. The price is fantastic and the device is flawless. But as with 99% of items bought, the item comes with minimal supplies. So to use your saw properly, you have to get better blades and more of them to do big jobs. I am cutting up firewood from lots of scrap lumber and the blade that comes with the saw is not going to last very long. It is the bear minimum to do the job and that is expected. What is not expected is typical when you are in Russia…

I went to 10 stores in the Big Village, they all carried reciprocating saws. Yet no one and I mean no one thinks to carry saw blades to fit the saw they sell….not even a basic replacement blade to cut wood with. They literally sell the saw and the thought process ends there…

What this means?

It means you have to be smarter than the average Joe and think ahead. But sometimes you buy something while in the middle of nowhere and while that something was available, the accessories are not available….makes no sense to me…

Yes, I will get my blades and they will be ordered from China and delivered pretty easily. Yet, as with life in Russia, you always have to delay what you are doing. That is a big issue and where Zavtra (Tomorrow) comes into play. Which Zavtra are we talking about?

Zavtra is one of the most favorite words of a Russian. It literally means tomorrow, yet it actually means, sometime tomorrow within the next year of so… 😉

Ma & Pa stores:

I grew up in America and we all knew that hardware store owned by the grumpy looking guy who worked and lived at his store. But, he had everything and if he sold it? He had everything to make that item better. If he sold a saw, he had every blade that could be used for that saw. Not just a basic blade, but all blades to utilize that saw to its potential…

I realize that corporations have taken over such places all over the world, yet, my fond memories of such stores are strong and I could always rely upon grumpy store owner to have what I needed. Now in Moscow I could find what I need. But in a Tiny Russian Village you must be ahead of the game…

Svetochka says, “Russians have no imagination!”

Potential:

If I was seriously wealthy, I would be seriously very very wealthy in Russia…

The potential to succeed in Russia is just like the potential was in America 50 to 70 years ago. If you are will to work and have imagination, you will find yourself very successful and you will find that the Russians will cater to your business with gusto…

Finding a store with the owner working it in Russia is like finding a needle in a hay stack. That social media competent worker, who loves to communicate and do nothing all day, does not know anything more than what the owner allows and they do not have any more desire than to paint their finger nails and look at the Huawie phone all day on Vkontakte the Russian Social Media Platform…

So as many outsiders that come to Russia, you will hear from them that, “If I was rich, I would be so stinking rich in Russia!” You would just open a business and give customer service, stock items appropriately and open & close the damn doors on time as per the hours posted…

It is that simple and oh yes, toss a bit of imagination into the system and ask yourself, “Would I ever need extra saw blades for that saw I see?”

Therefore:

I guess that this situation has taught me several things….I have learned patience, I have learned to be self-sufficient and I have learned that you have no one to blame but yourself, for in the end, no one cares and you must be ahead of the game…

Again, I have learned much, while frustrating and it makes no sense, I have learned that life is slower in Russia and that has made my health much better…

Don’t worry be happy…

Robin Williams, Bill Irwin and Bobby McFerrin acting the fools, made me smile and the song made me happy!

Russia and my Svetochka is why I am still alive after all I have been through health wise…

Go with the flow…

WtR

Okay video, had to 10X zoom it and so not as clear as I like…

The male who is very shy stays away. But he is very orange and bright. The female in the video is very pale in comparison and she follows me everywhere. This particular female bird, somehow got into the house one night. At 1 a.m. I was working at getting her safely back outside. She finally let me grab her and out we went…

Now she watches me from the trees and follows me around the yard. She makes that chirp noise and gathers bugs for he little ones….you can see her looking around for bugs and when she sees one, off she goes and never misses her target….her nest is way up high in a big Maple Tree in our backyard…

I just love my birdbrains here in the Tiny Russian Village…

I call her Tweet Tweet the Birdbrain…

WtR

PS: I have no idea what kind of bird she is. But she is small like a wren…

Russia is making it crystal clear that militarily it will protect the space of Belarus from western military forces. However, Russia is making it also very clear that in the political space it’s up to Belarus to resolve it’s issues…

Lukashenko has been riding two horses & has tried to be too clever, playing Russia off against the West. It’s now up to him to resolve the problems he has created. He will be coached but that will be the extent of the help he will get…

Family is family and sometimes little brother has to learn the hard way….Belarus will get help that is needed. But Lukashenko is not Belarus anymore…

Lukashenko is getting a taste of being “Friends” with the West, especially US and UK

This is what Putin has been doing, his finessed plans for Belarus:

He let Lukashenko get his ass in the Western ringer and afterward shout for help from whom other than the Kremlin, including the Military of Russia. He came running to Putin, to apologize and ask family for help. Family that he spit on just recently…

Putin has responded and while he will not bail Lukashenko out completely, he will help Belarus, for Belarus is family. He has quietly placed FSB/Military to “control” the changes that will now happen in Belarus…

He has guaranteed to Lukashenko, to the Belarus military, and to the individuals of Belarus that nobody will be permitted to abuse Belarus’ power, at any fringe or inside….this is for only Belarus and not Lukashenko personally…

The west and cronies by using the Media, supporting the security powers (NATO) and coordinating the control factors with NGO’s that hope and want to co-pick the resistance and choke the uprising paid for by the West, are currently “Russian” coordinated. Much to the chagrin of the west….thus the media games have exploded and the whining from all the west is very loud…

But as he realized, along with Erogdon in Turkey years ago, the west wants his death. Lukashenko is complying with the main “line” put forth by Putin/Russia, Belarus will join Russia in all associations. The Union State, EAEU, CSTO, SCO, anything Putin desires…

Russia has made it plentifully evident that this color revolution upset will wilt and bite the dust and Belarus will remain in Russian range of authority. The Poles and Lithuanians and other Baltic smaller people may trust in any case, yet the red line is drawn around the Belarus fringe. Nobody enters or they face the Russian military….much like the Crimea situation. Russia does not mess around when they have a red line…

The real Belorussian people do not want west or Russia as god, yet Russia does not want to be god, unlike the Western Empire, Russia will allow Belarus to be Belarus and decide their own political agenda. Smart people are able to look at the neighbor and see what Ukraine has become, a cesspit of failure. That the west now ignores and Russia waits until they wake up again from their slumber…

Lukashenko is an impermanent spot holder as the Belarus president. Another president will be affirmed by Moscow and that man will do the arrangements that Putin needs for Belarus, which means for the people of Belarus. Association State combination will profit Belarus. EAEU will profit Belarus. The Eurasian Integration (China improvement and exchange nexus) will profit Belarus. Belarus will benefit from what will happen, not just a handful of game playing fools…

What has happened to Lukashenko is all his own to live up to. The simple fact is that he fell prey to the almighty Dollar and promises of Grandeur (Like so may of us). But what he was too simple minded to understand is that death follows such promises by the Western Empire….it is time for him to go. He had his heyday and chose his own way out. I say time and time again, “Never Go Full Retard!”

Putin acted as a chess player. He let Lukashenko and the Western Empire make their moves. Lukashenko should have stayed playing chess and forget trying to learn checkers. At that point of the western move, trying to jump many opponents at once. Putin got the Queen, all the Belarus Knights. Since the west plays checkers, they have no Queen to go after and Russia already has the King crowned in this situation. Russia has allowed the rope to play out and waited….eg. Crimea any one? The crown of Ukraine…

Russia doesn’t need to send the military, for Russia already has all the assets in Belarus it needs and if more is needed, they are waiting. Russia just simply expresses that they will and that Belarus is a Red Line….Crimea and Syria taught NATO/USA a big lesson. A lesson that they are not happy with and only means that they will subterfuge all the more…

EU/NATO/US realize they will protect Belarus, be damned or not and have already gone into hateful propaganda mode, at the idea that Russia will invade Belarus and evil it to death…

~~ Yes, of course the west is a land of unicorns and fairies and is a wonderful place to live.  ~~

In the mean time, the US decries Russia/Putin with the Navalny bogus story. Lamentable at the least…

WtR

Tidbit of info:

On 9 August 2020, presidential elections were held in the Republic of Belarus. According to the results of the elections, Alexander Lukashenko was elected President of the Republic of Belarus. The elections were held in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Code of Belarus. The election process was transparent, competitive and reflected the free will of the citizens of Belarus. Many international observers, including representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States, observed the election campaign. Facts that could question the legitimacy of the held elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus had not been revealed. We urge all states to respect the sovereign choice of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus. We are convinced that artificial escalation of the situation related to the election results contradicts the letter and spirit of the international law. We reiterate the inadmissibility of interference in the internal affairs of the state and oppose any attempts to destabilize the socio-political situation in the Republic of Belarus. All issues should be resolved constructively and in accordance with the current legislation. We are convinced that the people of the Republic of Belarus will act wisely at this important moment to preserve peace and stability for prosperity of their country. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia. Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko is First Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia.

Source: Statement of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia on the results of the presidential elections held in the Republic of Belarus on August 9, 2020

I sat this morning and sipped my coffee as I listened to a nest of baby birdbrains chirp for food. Mom and dad were busy gathering bugs and feeding the little ones. I am not sure what type of birds they are, but they look like a wren…

Then I realized that these little creatures, that I call birdbrains, are so perfect in my world. They have adapted to me and watch me as I work and putter around the yard. I talk about all the little birds….they know I like them and they sit near me watching as I rake the yard and cut wood and burn trash…

The yard is a symphony of sounds everyday. A chitter here, a chatter there and a beautiful song among it all. These little birdbrains are very special to me. They are life at its best…

I am amazed at how adaptive birds are to what you do. They watch you and when you stir the ground, be it to plant a garden and or even cut the grass, they swoop in and gather the bugs that you send running away from your destruction of that habitat that they lived happily in…

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” ― Robert Lynd

In my eyes that little birdbrain who sings to me as the sun comes up and chitters at me as I saw wood and swoops down on my porch and looks at me as if I need to get in the yard and stir some bugs up….is perfect. Perfection has to be the fact that you can live only off the land, sing about it everyday, fly to the clouds, raise little birdbrains on a tree branch and still find time to tell a big bear to get busy…

My life would be complete, if my Sweetpea was here in the Tiny Russian Village and all I had was birdbrains to sing their symphony of sounds everyday…

Life really is that simple…

WtR

“You ever get the feeling the world’s filling up with bastards? I do. What I want to know is what happens when all the bastards run out of people to crap on? What happens when all that’s left in the world is bastards? . . . The golden rule. Screw unto others before they screw unto you.” ― William Hoffman

Please stop crapping on us little people…

WtR

Money: It can be described as a substantial accumulation of wealth, or metaphorically, as the devil. We have bartered our essence (whether literally or metaphorically is inconsequential) to this devil. Why do many nations choose to remain silent regarding the USA as they murder innocents?  Answer is money. This silence is a result of their subjugation to the forces of international finance. They hold an unwavering reverence for money, which has become their deity. In an era of history where virtually everything is at our disposal, we possess significant power. This phenomenon is not unprecedented; it is even referenced in the Bible: the adoration of the golden calf serves as a pertinent illustration. Additionally, the episode involving Jesus and the temple further exemplifies this notion. – kKEETON…

(Money is my favorite example of an alternate deity.)

WtR

Fogbows – sometimes called white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost rainbows:

Very foggy this morning and yet as I walked the lake dam, I stepped out of very heavy fog and found a area that I could see and in front of me was this wonderful and ghostly beautiful white rainbow. Small and I just wanted to touch it. But alas, it always moved just away from me as I kept walking. I could see the beginning and end and never found any pot of gold? Maybe, because no color in the bow? Finally the bow was swallowed by heavy fog again…

It was about 5 a.m. and so wonderful to see it. I like Ghost Rainbow as a term to use…

I know! I should have looked for white gold instead of yellow gold….that is my fault!

WtR