Windows to Russia

Around the village are some very large pine trees and many of these trees show years of abuse and use. Pines are very useful in many ways and one of these ways is to gather pine sap and make resin from it. Water buckets, boats and anything needing to be waterproof can be treated withContinue reading Picture Day at the Russian Village… (September 16th, 2014)

Since all this sanction bull has been going on, I have been watching what is available and not available for food items… I have been pricing items as I pick them up and today was staple day, you know those items that are the bases for making food dishes and meals. Items such as milk,Continue reading Staple Food Prices at the store in the big Russian Village…

The U.S.A. is a Terrorists State… US President Barack Obama has threatened to wipe out Syria’s air defense system and topple the Syrian government if President Bashar al-Assad ordered his forces to shoot American planes entering Syrian airspace. He made the remarks during a meeting in the White House before his speech about Washington’s strategyContinue reading US President Barack Obama has threatened to wipe out Syria’s air defense system and topple the Syrian government

I decided it was time to eat, I had taken my pills after I got up at 5 am and then after walking the dog, I forgot to eat. For it started to rain and when it rains is the best time to burn in a burn barrel, at the village. So I burned andContinue reading Boza, Kitty and Toilet… (Photo Day – Sept. 14th, 2014)

Oops, you did not know that did you. Well it is and it is almost done… The first convoy was treated as a precursor to World War Three, but this time I have found nothing about it in the west. In fact the east is talking it up, but the west, has looked the otherContinue reading Second Russian Convoy of Aid Returning from Ukraine…

Trying to pace myself, but the good weather will hold only so long and I have to get it done. I have to accomplish the roadside part of the fence this year. Next year I will have a chainsaw, but this year, I just have a pruning saw and it works. I cut posts andContinue reading Building a Fence in the Russian Village… (Photos)

Those who think they know best what the world needs, will start a war, if that is what they determine is in their best interest. Worrying over it, discussing it no end, trying to figure the next move are all wonderful if wasting time is your goal. However while I sit and write articles andContinue reading Those who think they know best what the world needs will start a war…

In an interview for the ITAR-TASS project Top Officials Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Washington and some European countries had made a decision to isolate Russia long ago… Over the more than ten years in office as Russia’s foreign minister Sergey V. Lavrov has appeared at thousands of news conferences and granted hundreds ofContinue reading Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Interview by ITAR-TASS)

The bell rang today… I sat down a cried today, for the most beautiful sound in the whole world, rang out over the valley. The people came in cars, walking, riding motorcycles, riding bicycles and even in wheelchairs and crutches. They all came up the hill and they all listened to the most beautiful soundContinue reading The Bell Called for Worship Today and the People came by the Hundreds…

Today I give you an image of the monk (his head) and a bell. The bell is being raised and the monk is observing. There are six bells or eight bells? (According to who you talk to!) These bells are actually being installed as I try to watch. Oh how I would love to hangContinue reading Bells for the Bell Tower in the Russian Village…