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This morning at around 5:30 A.M. Boza and I were walking down by the river. Now, the river bottoms is a flat expanse of land that stretches as far as you can see, jammed packed full of green tall grass. Boza was standing next to me, when he pointed out tracks in the surface of the sand road at our feet. They were deer tracks, small deer, but many of these tracks, leaves me to think a herd was around somewhere. Boza sniffed the tracks and then sniffed the air. That started the fun for today…

Boza started to weave all over the field in front of me and he simply dissipated out of sight in a few minutes. I did not call him, for yes he would have come back, but there is nothing better to a dog than when they are on the scent of an animal and I knew that he would be surprised when he discovered these animals. To be honest I was not sure what would happen, who would run first, Boza or the deer…

I waited and watched, occasionally a Boza head would spring up above everything and once or twice he looked to see if I was still there. Then, it all happened at around a kilometer away from me. Boza found the place where the deer were bedded down for the night and they were still home…

I am here to tell you that life does not get any better than this. Last year Boza discovered a duck and Boza tried to catch him, but that was nothing compared to this time…

http://windowstorussia.com/photos-of-russian-village-06-25-2014-and-a-story.html

Too make a short story even shorter; The deer (eight of them in all) headed across the field straight toward me, I stepped back behind a fir tree along side of the road and watched. The deer were making squealing noises as if the devil himself were after them. Then leaping like a frog after mosquitoes, here comes Boza running for all he is worth and trying to clear the grass in a single leap and bound to catch them. The deer were faster, but only just a tiny bit and Boza must have been charged on adrenalin at that point, because I have never seen him move this fast…

Now what kind of buddy would I be if I did not help my favorite hunter?

The deer did not see me and they were coming straight at me. I was behind a fir and dressed in blues and greens for clothing color. They had no idea that I was around and they were running for dear life, those poor dear deers. They reached my spot and I stepped out waving my walking stick. The deer froze like statues and out of the eight deer, three fell and Boza torn through the middle of them and almost fell near me, because he could not stop in time also. Then the deer with a chorus of squeals, took off back the way they came. Boza looked at me and I said, “Net!” Which means “No” in this part of the world and Boza stood there and watch the deer disappear into the morning mist…

Now I fed Boza extra goodies when we got home and he is sound asleep under the bed right now. I was impressed with how he was able to track them to their bed and even more impressed with how fast he is. For Boza is a good dog and would never hurt anything, but when it runs, it is fair game to chase. An animal that does not run, is left alone by Boza. As many cats have discovered with him. He is not a fighter, but he is all for fun and games and these deer in his mind wanted to play and run. Once he reached me and everything reversed direction, he knew it was time to end the fun part and laugh at what we saw…

Boza s the best dog I have ever owned and Sveta found him at a gas station. She just could not leave him there after the station people said he needs a home. I think she saw a kindred soul in him and we took him home with us. I have owned many dogs and had many favorites, but Boza is the top of the line and has a soul and spirit of a true genial animal, that looks at life as just a big bowl of cherries, even when the cherry pits get bit by the teeth and it hurts…

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Had to hibernate for the last few days. The bottom fell out of the temperature, thunderstorms constantly, electricity down for the most of two days, I broke my left pointing finger (rebuilding the front gate and caught my finger in a tensioned wire twist) and I got very sick with fever also. Therefore, I feel much better at this moment and Boza and I are going to take a long walk. It is still raining slightly, but the sky is much brighter and less dense with clouds, that means life is good… 🙂

The worst thing was not all the above, it was the winds that became relentless while all the above was happening. The winds became harder and harder, which caused the temperature to feel colder and colder. That is what got me and once chilled, I was in trouble. Broken fingers is part of my life, as I have broken many a finger, or should I say, “I have broken more than 50 bones in my life, for I have been full of rambunctiousness all my life!”

Last year if you remember, I drove a nail almost all the way through my right foot. I guess I have to do something every time I am down here, for if you remember also, a few years ago, I burned my belly really bad with a grease fire. It still is trying to finish healing after all these years. I have to say that I have a permanent huge scar on my belly from that incident…

Just another acquisition in my normal life on this planet. The balm above is the best stuff I have ever come across and Sveta is the one that found it for me. She bought me three tubes of it and boy am I glad she did…

Well Boza and I are going to take a walk. He has been short shifted lately, because I was not able to go anymore than a few minutes at a time. He is a good boy and tries his best to understand, so he deserves a long walk today. I have on three long sleeve shirts, long underwear, wool pants, coat, hat and gloves. Boza has his fur coat on, so we are set to go…

Have a nice day, for we sure will…

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Kyle

Last year the gates for the bell tower laid on the ground all summer. This year they have installed them and like everything else in Russia, no paint has been applied and they are rusting, more and more everyday. That is Russia, for people just do not paint and when they do paint it usually is a wild color, like bright blue or green or yellow and whole villages are painted in that same color. Sveta said that is because they only get a shipment of that color and everyone uses the same color of paint. Thus, many do not paint at all…

I find that black, white and green are common colors that I can find in our big village, but it is all oil based enamel and the idea of latex enamel is unheard of in the villages. Now in Moscow we can get latex enamel and we painted our village home with such paint…

http://windowstorussia.com/village-home-before-and-after.html

The house was wild at that time in its life, in the link above and below is a picture of the home right now. Two summers of me living here in the village is starting to show…

But back to the paint issue. yes some homes are painted in our village and that is good, a home has the highest chance of being painted over just about anything, though I have noticed that in the big village, people are painting their fences now. that has shocked me. Our village has actually a variety of colors and it is unusual. Most likely it is because of no one living here and no store is located in our village anymore. The people in the summer bring paint from all over, like from Ryazan and Moscow, which has a huge variety of paints available…

I suspect that the gates will be several years before they get painted and will have rusted a bunch by then. If you look at the image on top, you will see that originally they sprayed the gates with black from who ever made them. Nothing since then has been done to them. I say it is a miracle that the gates are up and still not laying on the ground like all last summer…

This is just another part of Russia that I love and I notice when someone paints, for it stands out in Russia and sometimes makes others decide to paint also…

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Last night I had about three or four Nightingales singing me a lullaby and they decided to sing all night and are still singing early this morning. It is beautiful and I tried to record their music, but only one cooperated, for I know they could see me and I could not see them. They were right outside the window and happy as could be to play with me in the dark…

Maybe I will get a better recorder, since they seem to want to sing me to sleep. I need to record them without me moving to get close enough to hear them. They are all over the yard and yesterday, I found several nests. I made sure not to disturb those areas as I cut out scrub brush, for I want lots of singing birds in the village yard…

It was funny last night, I sit up to record them and they shut up, then I lay back down and they sing and sing and sing. They also follow me around the yard in the daytime and tell me what to do, how to do it and why I should do it this or that way. Bossy little things…

At least one of them sang a little for me, but as soon as the others shut up, he then did the same himself after a few seconds. I will get a better recording, for this time I will be ready for them…

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Not long ago; Saakashvili was sent to Ukraine to help the poor people to recover from Russian invasions, yes many many many Russian invasions and those invasions just never stop… (~Sarc~)

Russia just keeps sending an armada across the border and poor little Ukraine is barely able to stop the beast of a bear. Why Ukraine must build a wall against Russia on the border and Ukraine needs lots of money and weapons to help fight against Russian aggression… (~Sarc~)

I wrote this article in the near past and got attacked server wise over it by the TSA and DHS in the U.S. – Rinse, Repeat, Rinse & Repeat…

Now Senator McCain has been asked to join Sassy in his endeavors of saving Ukraine and help stop these Russian invasions that happen daily, sometimes hourly, according to western news… (~Sarc~)

Georgia’s fugitive ex-president Mikhail Saakashvili and hawkish US Senator John McCain have been approved as members of the newly-formed International Advisory Group that will help Ukraine’s president in “conducting reforms.”

Saakashvili has been appointed as head of the new advisory group, says the statement on Ukraine’s presidential website.

Now lets get serious a moment; the image of Sassy and McCain is of two of the most pathetic terrorists on earth. These two terrorists are supported by the U.S. and allowed to run loose on the world. Sassy has been curtailed somewhat by all the arrest warrants for him, but McCain still roams freely from terrorist group to terrorist group, handing out money and promises of support by the government of the USA…

Is it me only or has anyone else noticed that when peace is prevalent in an area of the world, McCain shows up and talks with US supported forces and miraculously money appears, weapons appear and the direction toward peace switches and death rears its ugly head again?

McCain is one sick person and should be sent ASAP to an mental home. Yet we support his right to waste tax payer money and travel all over the world supporting terrorists…

You wonder who really is running the U.S., because it sure is not our president and it makes me claim once again, “The USA is run by thousands and thousands of wannabe Hitlers and Napoleons!”

It really is time to clean them up and out of politics…

Have a nice day…

Post by Kyle Keeton
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I was surprised this year that the fish village workers all have uniforms. They have never been made to wear them as long as I have been watching and that has been 8 years now. This year though, they are wearing a common uniform for manual labor workers in Russia. Same thing worn as by the road crews and city maintenance workers…

The images are from my new camera and I am trying to get use to it. I suspect the images will get better as I use it more and trying to use a 63X zoom is hard…

Other than that, I am going to try to get some work done. Boza and I walked twice already and the second time he was bored by me stopping and taking so many images. I took two hundred photos this morning and now that the fun is over, it is time to get to work…

Have a nice day…

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John Kerry in a whirlwind of activity, ascended upon Sochi, Russia out of the blue. The saving of U.S. international face and deeper internal depression financially has come home to roost. It squatted as a 600 pound chicken, right on top of Obama’s head and has stayed there. As all the U.S. administration’s dirty laundry is coming out and the lies are being exposed one at a time. The administration has found that taking Russia on was just a bite too big and is choking them to death as everything else slaps them silly daily back home…

Remember it was the U.S. who came running to try to stop the hemorrhaging of precious red blood and it was the U.S. that started the whole death bleeding in the first place. Nothing has been done by Russia except protect herself against aggression that was intentionally done to provoke war. Crimea was a byproduct of “American Aggression” in Ukraine and when it is all done, America will regret ever trying to bully Russia. We came damn close to war and as long as the U.S keeps illegal soldiers in Ukraine under the guise of training, war will stay on the forefront, above all else…

This surprise visit by Kerry came after a visit by Merkel of Germany, America lost its grip and mind with that meeting of Merkel and Putin, looks like isolation became the western issue not Russia’s. The Victory Day Western boycott fiscal failed and sent shivers of fear down the yellow spines of western leaders, as the backlash from boycotting is being felt all over the world. Rewriting history against the largest participant of World War Two just does not make sense in anyway. Russia was responsible for 3 out of 4 Nazi deaths and Russia lost around 26 million (?) people to that war. No matter how you want to look at it, the Russians themselves without hardly any weapons, fought back against germany and won. (Yes America did supply Russia with material and food items!) Sorry, but Americans dying in WW2 is nothing compared to Russian deaths. China holds the honor of second place and I bet you never heard that fact before?

You need to think of your grandma with a pitchfork killing an invader with a gun to get the picture in better view…

So after degrading ourselves (U.S.) to the max and looking like a horses ass in front of the world, again, we decide to try to slow down the bleeding of our souls to the devil himself and ask Russia whom we have treated like dogs tied up on the porch, to play games some more with us and be nice to the failing Western Empire…

What I see happened is; Russia was polite as they always are and listened to the line of drivel coming from Kerry’s mouth and sent him away with no results, whatsoever. Russia has redirected her ship and the west has lost the chance of a lifetime. It seems strange that the western world has hung itself and I guess the old adage of, “Give enough rope to hang yourself!” is true…

But Russia will out of politeness, be civil and work with the U.S. in limited processes…

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Last year we bought a small simple washing machine. I put it to use today and cleaned all my nasty dirty clothes, then after I was done and happy with the results and half the clothes almost dry…. Mother Nature decided a flash thunderstorm is in order and flooded the place…

I guess that is good for now my clothes are rinsed very well, but they will not be dry until tomorrow now…

The little machine does a great job and having air dried clothes brings back helping my grandma do laundry, she hung everything out on the lines outside, no matter what the season was…

Of course as you see in the image, Boza helps me do the laundry, his job is to stand in the path and get in the way. He does a great job at doing just that… 🙂

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The neighbor up the hill from me plays his music loud and proud every night. He likes to enliven the village as he presumes and in fact, his music is great, it is old Russian folk music 90% of the time. It is part of what makes the village the village and I would have it no other way…

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This is the old dormitory of the original female monastery. They are getting ready to rebuild it and turn it back into rooms like it was originally. It also housed blind and deaf kids, when during the Soviet times it was a school. They say it was in good shape for many years, until a fire broke out and burned it down. Though the walls are over three feet thick of brick, so the fire did not bother the main structure. Just the floors and roof…

I am looking forward to them starting on this building, I know that this building will be one of the easiest buildings to rebuild…

The monastery has just about removed all remains of the school. It seems to be a very important issue for the Orthodox church to make sure that only the original buildings and or foundations are left of the female monastery. Anything associated with the schools that were here are razed and destroyed…

I find that interesting…

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Well that is it for now, the rain has stopped and Boza and I will take a walk. The sun popped back out and it looks to be a beautiful evening. Have a nice day…

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6:15 a.m. we came home to eat and drink; Boza had three packs of his favorite dog food and I am starting my first cup of coffee. It takes a few days but we will settle into our groove and get a pattern going. Therefore with coffee comes writing and that is part of that same pattern…

I found a perfect chunk of log this morning to help prop up the car when I work on it and dragged it home also. I know Sveta will roll here eyes at the idea that I need to bring anything like wood home with me, when we have a yard full of wood, but the perfect log to stabilize a jacked up car is important and I found it… 🙂

They have installed a brand new lake pump and it is beautiful. I will try to get pictures of the new pump when I am able, they watch it like a hawk and I would imagine that it cost a pretty penny. Bright blue and it seriously can pump some water from the river to the lake. They started the pump last night and this morning the lake had risen over two feet and still climbing this morning. It is now fuller than last year and it was really full then. They are making money at this carp farm and that makes me happy…

Mosquitoes are waking up and that makes me even grouchier, but that is life! Therefore, I have to get the mindset ready to deal with them and learn their patterns. Everything in nature has patterns and all you have to do is figure out that pattern and you can make a go of life with ease and survive…

I also noticed that the Cuckoo birds are now in full mating season and the air is full of cuckoo clock sounds everywhere. It is really fantastic and as you walk the woods, you can almost feel like you are in the Black Forest in germany. In fact I think that we are much richer in Cuckoos than they are in germany now and if I was rich, I could create a new place to make cuckoo clocks, out here in the Russian Village. We have a bunch of Cuckoo birds…

So it is 6:50 a.m. and time for Boza and I to get busy. We have lots to do and unless I get off the computer and get another cup of coffee, Nothing will get done… 🙂

Have a nice day, for I sure will. For even grouchy bears have fun…

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