Windows to Russia

Svetochka sent me a link to an ad that is run in a local website. The link on the ad goes to the link farther below. It is a site about our monastery… Николо-Бавыкинский мужской монастырь Скопинской епархии Русской Православной Церкви = St. Nicholas Monastery Bavykinsky Skopinsky diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church At website…Continue reading St. Nicholas Monastery Bavykinsky; Skopinsky diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

Sometimes walking has benefits… Boza found a hedgehog and this hedgehog told us in his hissing voice like growl, “Please leave me alone! I am out looking for a girlfriend and they are hard enough to find, much less if you two are hanging around!” Boza and I took a picture and left. For lifeContinue reading Mr. Hedgehog…

Yesterday, a bulldozer came up our hill. The operator circled around the bell tower area and I thought he was going to fix our roads. I heard him shift the tractor into high and he started to take off down the hill. He was leaving and I hollered and ran after him. He saw meContinue reading What does a bottle of Vodka buy?

Bye bye, Butterfly. RIP the greatest… Died at 74 and in my eyes, this ended the era of the greatest heavyweight boxing times… Lots of memories in Ali fights and I followed him to the end. He was a great statesman and tried to change life and make things better. His actions and deeds extendedContinue reading Mohammad Ali Died…

Boza and I got up at 4 a.m. and after about a half an hour and a cup of coffee, we walked to the bell tower and Boza did his thing. He likes doing doggy functions at the bell tower. Then we walked home and watered the garden. Ten buckets later, everything was watered… IContinue reading Up at 4 a.m; smell that coffee…

Finally the ducks are starting to accept us and this morning they decided not to all run away. I have tried for weeks to get images of them and they have done nothing but run. This morning though, they all ignored Boza and I and they played in the duck pond… The back side ofContinue reading I finally found the duckies…

I still have the fan shroud to put back on and clean up the car. Sammy the Volga is leak free now. The old water pump was a surprise when I pulled it off; it had been JB Welded for cracks and half packed with gasket sealer. Sammy never ran hot, but we had aContinue reading Today I finish Water Pump on Volga…

Svetochka left Boza and I to fend for ourselves. Sveta came a the best time, Boza needed her and I needed help to care for Boza. Boza was very sick and Sveta came in perfect time to save the day… Sveta did two things that made all the difference in the world. Walked Boza andContinue reading Svetochka is gone for now… 🙁 but 🙂

You can not imagine some of the shock I felt in the past as Russians stared starry eyed and asked, “Is America really paved in Gold?” I have seen a transformation and to the best for Russians about the fallacy that is America… To be honest, I think that it is less than 1% andContinue reading Hmm…. I have talked about this before and thank goodness…

Life is a series of hills and mountains! We take them all as they come, but I noticed that a simple thing as a grain of sand or rock, in your shoes will send everything to hell in a hand basket quick. Boza, Sveta and I just emptied our shoes from the excess sand, asContinue reading Boza thanks you and so do we!