FINALLY…cooler weather. We’ve gone from mid-90’s to high 70’s and low 80’s. SO THANKFUL!!! We’ve even been having rain and thunderstorms. GREAT WEATHER! We just got finished making pickles. 10 BIG jars (6 liter jars). 2 sweet and 8 dill. So we’ll have fresh, homemade pickles for a while! Since we love pickles that’s a […]
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It’s been quite hot here the last week. In the 90’s. I know, I know, it’s much hotter than that in much of the USA right now. But we don’t have air conditioning in the car or in our home (or on the bus, the metro, most buildings, etc). So it’s just hard to ever
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All of our houseguests are gone. Robin and Kathryn made it home after an uneventful trip home to America. It seems so quiet around here! The news from Ukraine today is pretty non-exciting! We resumed regular Russian lessons today. Mary and I left the house at 8:15 to catch our bus. It is kind of
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Mary’s sister, Robin, and our niece, Kathryn, have been visiting since June 22. Of course when they got here 2 weeks ago it seemed like it would be plenty of time to get everything in…but today has arrived and the time has flown by. Family visits are great. Here in Ukraine, it can get a
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