Three days ago, was the hottest day in Kyiv.  On record.  Ever.   Record heat.  Dreams of air conditioning.  Thoughts of winter.  But thankfully, we have been blessed with three days of record cool.  Today’s high is going to be 73.  Yes, 73.  Here’s a look at our next ten days… August has brought so […]

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

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

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