Windows to Russia

Duh! As you have gathered, I love to try (the word is try) to take images of birds, especially the big birds. I have thousands and thousands of images of eagle, but the perfect shot eludes me. I try though… Had to make a trip to the Big Village, Vova it seems promised a woman […]

This morning as I walked Boza, I saw happiness….No! Not just the coffee I was sipping… I am positive that in doggy heaven, dogs get to chase kitties all day and all night. There is simply just not anything in the whole world that is more important, than kitty chasing….At least to Boza… Boza is […]

Yesterday, was thunderstorms all day and the internet seemed incapable of working. I finally gave up and did other things. The internet was spotty last night and still is. We also did not have power for about twelve hours and it looks as if some transformers where hit by lightning… This morning I have at […]

By John Stanton Law enforcement officers ambushed and killed in Baton Rouge and Dallas by those using guerilla warfare style tactics. Is this any different that the Sunni “terrorists” who killed U.S. soldiers in Iraq? How about the Nice, France truck bomber? Was he any different than Timothy McVeigh who parked a truck bomb outside […]

I have to say something; Svetochka is about two weeks or less from becoming a “Babushka.” That means grandma in Russian and her mom is going to be a “Pro Babushka” or a great grandma. In Moscow Svetochka and her mother went to see the baby furniture that was bought by Sveta and her mom, […]

Two years since MH-17 was shot down and not a single word of facts; just propaganda and lies to convict Russia and they left out all the truth… Makes me go hmm… * * * * * * * * * * The U.S. is gathering lots of warships around the Chinese at the disputed […]

My experimental T-Rose is just about ready. After a rocky start it has really rooted itself and now actually has a total of 4 buds ready to bloom soon. I did not expect it to do anything this year and it was simply an experiment. The experiment will conclude next summer, if I can keep […]

Paradox: reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory. That is me to a Russian… Yesterday I talked with two young Russians. They were walking the monastery and the woman was wandering if Boza would bite. Then after I expressed that he was safe and nice, she proceeded […]

It is Sunday, the coffee is great and it is cooler this morning. I keep hoping the world will slow down and stabilize, but the powers to be have a different agenda… A failed “setup” Turkish coup, U.S. military operations out of Turkey’s giant Incirlik Air Base suspended by Turkey and No One, but No […]

The coffee this morning is perfect! Not as perfect as on a -30 degree day, but still perfect in all its glamor and glory. Coffee is, “Soooo….the flow of life within the body, mind and soul!” Coffee seems to transcend all boundaries, both physical and mental… * * * * * * * * * […]