Windows to Russia

The time spent in TRV (Tiny Russian Village) was simply too fast, to short and too busy… Now we have to gear up and get ready for Armenia. Time to make an important trip to… Armenia Cradle of Civilization Then when we get back… We have to get me to the doctors and get checkedContinue reading Back in Moscow…

I put up one big jar of Butter Plum Jam, that is for Svetochka and her sweet tooth. She then decided to pick purple plums and can then as jam and give them to family… Yesterday, I did two jars and nothing is more satisfying than to have the lids show a vacuum has beenContinue reading Been canning Plum Jam… TRV

Svetochka is taking pictures, as she is the best between her and I. She has patience, where as I don’t. She has little fingers, I don’t. She is calm and collected, I am not. 😉 I am a bear and my sweetpea is my compliment. It is always nice when she comes around to temperContinue reading Starting to wrap it up for the summer…

So Sveta and I installed the new latches on the swinging shutters I built and we left them open last night to discourage our little flying mice (bats) to roost elsewhere… Then we have to figure out how to keep them from this spot? Maybe I will build a Bat House for them… WtR PS:Continue reading Bats are kinda cute and useful….BUT!

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming it treats his country unfairly. “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Mr Trump said in an interview with Bloomberg News. The WTO was established to provide rules for global trade and resolve disputes betweenContinue reading But the USA created the WTO…

My wife and I live all alone, In a little log hut, we called our own… She loves tea, and I loves coffee… I tell you what, life is fun in the bothy… Ha ha ha, you and me, little brown coffee. Don”t I love thee… I know my brain is messed up at timesContinue reading Coffee and just thinking (singing) in TRV…

I bought four loaves of bread for Vova in TRV….black bread was 15 rubles (23 cents) a loaf. White was 18 rubles (28 cents) a loaf… These are 500 gram loafs of bread. That is a 1.10231 pound loaf of bread… Not bad, not too bad… WtR

Statement by the President of Russia on the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles 2019-08-05 15:00:00 On February 1, 2019, the United States of America launched a procedure to withdraw from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. The six-month periodContinue reading Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles

No place like home… Tiny Russian Village WtR

Yesterday was a big day… I had thought long and hard about changing things around. I realized that things had to finally become ours & well, I built a kitchen in Nikolai’s home… I still have to get a hot water tank, a stove installed and a few final touches done, but it is done.Continue reading I built a Tiny Russian Village Kitchen (TRV)