55 potato plants in the patch at TRV

Yesterday, before the sandstorm hit and all hell broke loose. I started early and finished the potato patch. 55 potatoes planted and watered. Nice, clear and beautiful day….then… The day went to hell and I spent six hours trying to save the trees… Gusts of 40 meters a second winds… (That is 90 mph and […]

A dust storm covered the village of Sarai (Big Village). Old-timers do not remember this

Yesterday, dust storm, winds trying to take the roof off. That was what TRV was being attacked with also… В среду, 29 апреля, В Сараях ближе к обеду разыгралась настоящая пыльная буря. Пыль стояла в воздухе, как дым или туман. Такого не помнят старожилы.– Скорость ветра сегодня достигает 21 метра в секунду, – говорит Татьяна […]

Well that was easy to predict…

So tiring and so old hat… Time to plant the garden for American elections: Russia, China…China, Russia… (Rinse & Repeat)….hell that garden has been growing for years now and they keep fertilizing it with lies… Sow in a little Iran, Venezuela, EU, and North Korea and toss in a tiny bit of abused Cuba to […]

Walking TRV and a treasure…

Another mans trash is another mans treasure… I have been trying to figure out what and how the kind of cable to anchor the barn with. Buying a cable strong enough to put serious tension on is expensive and I was trying to gather the items that would allow me to span the front to […]

Life in the Tiny Russian Village…

The garden must be done! Three times is the charm as I use our new little tiller (6000 rubles cost). It is amazing how good this tiny thing is and it just destroys the ground. I dug up lots of rocks, rags and trash. This area is at the barn and it was full of […]

Out and About in TRV

My phone spit out a video to me. Still not sure where it came from, but it is of my images I take as I walk and they called it, Out and About… I like it and after much trouble trying to get it in a size and workable format… Well there it is. My […]