Windows to Russia

I received a comment by e-mail and after thinking about what it said, I decided to post said e-mail. No name, but the person who sent it will know who they are… Beloved friends; After reading comments this morning regarding Obama,Iran,voting etc. I mentally folded up my keyboard in disgust. Our country is almost completelyContinue reading George Knows…

Nikolai hugged me and said goodbye, Larissa; who at the beginning was wary of me, has changed and become a friend of mine also. Larissa even shed a tear for leaving, I know that she finally realized that Nikolai and I were friends and enjoyed life together, when we went to town… They made me,Continue reading Nikolai and Larissa left today / Avto Magazine is done for the year and Coffee is so good…

The outside comment system I was using got attacked and crashed three days in a row. The company will not allow me to use them anymore, for they received some interesting threats, from the good ole USA government, in the form of DDoS attacks and some legal issues being raised to stymie them from allowingContinue reading Comments system attacked by my “friends” in the USA..

I have been an early bird most of my life. I found that I am able to accomplish more in 3 to 4 hours in the morning than most people do all day. But I accomplish the same as those people all day, if I get up too late. I also find that sleeping beyondContinue reading That is why I get up early…

It is raining and then it rains some more. Then after it stops, it decides to rain some more and then after some more, it rains again, just to make sure you are wet… 😉 But work does not stop, just slows down and today I am going to repair some fence. I have aContinue reading What can I say? But Rain!

4:30 a.m. and the sun is showing her colors as Boza and I walk. I am not the only early bird of the village. The lady in the white home is up and wheeling her cart around gathering goodies from all over the woods. Vova is a night owl and he sleeps until noon halfContinue reading Sunrise is coming…

I looked around yesterday and realized that the fields have gone brown. I looked at images I have taken and it seems that in the last week, the grasses have gone brown. The lush fields of green are gone, the flowers are gone and the trees are dropping their leaves… I have said many timesContinue reading Brown almost instantly…

Tuesday is the day I definitely go to the market. Nikolai’s and Larissa’s ride did not show up and will not show up for a few more days, thus him and his wife needed to get more food. He went with me and stocked the cupboards again with potatoes, apples, tomatoes and other goodies. HeContinue reading Market Day Tuesday…

I always think of the “The Ant and the Grasshopper – Aesop’s Fables!” I think about how easy it is to be the grasshopper and ignore what is coming, just for the pleasures of the moment. I have decided that we can still have the pleasures and get things done, I just pace myself andContinue reading Gathering the firewood…

At 5:30 a.m. it was 10 degrees above zero and the breeze drifted the fresh air into the house, at a leisurely pace. The sun poked its head up and I saw a moon that was simply huge and realized that this moon was a “SuperMoon” that comes around once in awhile. Tonight I willContinue reading The weather is perfect and those coffee thoughts…