This year in Russia it has been a very very harsh winter…

Old Man Winter loves to torture us and this year he has included everything, not just humans in that torture…

I am actually hearing bricks crack as I walk. This morning I stepped on some bricks in the sidewalk and heard popping noises. I realized that as we are having thawing, the bricks are soaking up water and as it freezes solid every night, crack…

Remember I talked about fence posts in the Tiny Russian Village exploding?

You want cold! Tiny Russian Village…

So we have a mess in our sidewalks and everything else to be exact…

Asphalt holds up much better…

WtR