A survivor of six heart attacks and a brain tumor, a grumpy bear of a man, whom has declared Russia as his new and wonderful home. His wife is a true Russian Sweet Pea of a girl and she puts up with this bear of a guy and keeps him in line. Thank God for my Sweet Pea and Russia.

Such Beauty…

I was walking through the yard this morning and looking at mowing the yard. Then I came upon a flower that I have never seen. In the middle of the yard… Half lavender and half white flowers. A weed, as we many times like to call them. More beautiful than most flowers we grow, as […]

Blame the Horsefly…

Posting defunct today! Went to Big Village, got bit (more like swords of death driven deep) on the right top of my hand by a horsefly. Hand is swollen now. Taken antihistamine for it. Itches like crazy. Grouchy and grumbly! Then a horsefly bit my left elbow and now it is swollen, itchy and I […]

Yuck, but wonderful…

When I was a little kid, grandpa handed me a small shovel and bucket. He then pointed at the outhouse and told me to clean out the pit… I was fascinated and scared at the same time. I had visions of monsters that lived in the bowls of an outhouse and ate all given to […]

Unraveling like a poorly tied knot…

Biggest, bloodiest and or whatever Mass shooting/killing “ever” in America? Not really, but lets pretend it is for the sake of less arguments. Just think American Indian and that will focus your brain… “Bloodiest mass murder in US history at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, federal officials said…” It is not the headlines […]

What I do as a Hobby…

Sveta picked up a old Samsung smartphone so that I could use GPS and have a always carry camera. Well neither worked properly and since it was Symbian operating system, there was not much I could do with it. Literally junk, until I thought about installing android in it. I knew that the phone had […]

Put up old fashion clothesline…

I put the poles one meter deep and supported with a brace driven at an angle over two feet each into the ground, then nailed to the main post. That way I was able to get some tension on the lines, without pulling the poles over. The sandy soil takes extra work to get things […]