A Russian Observant Windows…
Just some pictures of what we are looking at in the village. Sveta likes to take pictures of everything in sight. She has a good eye for what to photo. I will be posting lots of images of the work being done on the monastery this summer. It looks like they are going to do
I realize this morning while sipping piping hot cup of coffee, that we have forsaken our roots for material items and instant comforts. That is not to say that we should not live comfortable, but maybe we are living way too comfortable and need to get back to reality, plus our roots… To be truthful,
Memories, nature, humans, karma and all existence are like the bridge and so is everyday life. Things get washed away but with a little patience, effort, and pure luck they can be rebuilt and or mended. Our bridges on the river at the village, are all like life at its best and this morning that
Life in the village is simple and good. Water is gathered from what Russians call wells, but I call it a cistern. A well is always with water naturally and a cistern has to be kept full of water by an outside source, such as a well. A cistern is what we have and on
Up at 6 AM and out walking the village this morning with Boza. Sveta always sleeps in until noon when we come to the village and in fact that brings up a conversation that I had last summer with the men living in the village; their wives always sleep late and the men get up
Within the next two days, we are going to the village. It is May Holidays in Russia, so Sveta has a week off and she will spend that time in the Russian Village (with Boza and I,) that beautiful Russian village! Then I will stay the summer in the village and work on the garden,
10 skydivers to jump out of the plane. Daniel Pharr, a man diving with and being trained by Steele, enjoyed a minute of free fall as the cold air rushed by… “He (Steele) pulled the chute,” Pharr said. “It got super quiet. It’s eerily quiet up there… I made the comment to him: “It’s surprising
And it all started with Windows to Russia several years ago. The links below are from the past and Windows to Russia has suffered from being blocked by Ukraine several times. If I wrote something that was just too much truth about Ukraine, they blocked the site… http://windowstorussia.com/ukraine-is-blocking-windows-to-russia-on-a-permanent-basis-tuesday-august-16-2011.html http://windowstorussia.com/interesting-happenings-in-kiev-ukraine.html http://windowstorussia.com/windows-to-russia-is-back-online-in-ukraine.html http://windowstorussia.com/gosh-darn-blocked-then-golly-gee-willikers-unblocked.html http://windowstorussia.com/answering-e-mails-on-site-blocked-and-a-cup-of-coffee.html http://windowstorussia.com/coffee-and-blocked.html This is
Hello, Today we continue to read stories for kids what were written by Nikolay Nosov. These stories were published first in the magazine for children “Murzilka”. Then many of them make up the foundation of the Nosov’s first collection Rat-tat-tat (Тук-тук-тук), 1945. CUCUMBERS comments always welcome
Mead? Not sure, some say it is and some say it is not! Cheap? Yes and it can be quick and dirty, or slow and pure! Made at home? Why yes it is and can be, though it can be bought off the shelf in the store and less hassle, but not as satisfying… I