First Snow!
You have to add five minutes to your journey time
to clean the snow and ice off your car.
The coat rack just doubled in size!
It's time to wear a hat again.
четверг, 11 октября 2012 г.
воскресенье, 7 октября 2012 г.
Something Russian - animals made from wood shavings
Spent some time with a friend today,
in the conversation he mentioned his former teacher,
who makes animals from wood shavings.
The owls beak and claws are made up of hundreds of layers of shavings.
He studies wildlife to make his models as accurate as possible. He even has a patent on his technique
He was offered 60, 000 pound ($100,000) for the owl, but refused to sell.
If you can handle Russian find out more here:
среда, 26 сентября 2012 г.
Book Club for three year olds.
Once Luda had the idea to get some friends together with their kids to discuss a favorite book the kids had read. This has now become a regular event - a book club for kids.
This time they discussed a book by the author Vladimir Suteyev. He was an animator who became a children's author, illustrating his own stories. He was also ambidextrous and could even write and draw at the same time!
One of his most
воскресенье, 23 сентября 2012 г.
Something Russian - Mushrooms!
Most Russians love Mushrooms.
Not the sanitised ones you buy at the supermarket, but wild ones!
Some love the hunt, finding hidden treasure in the woods.
Others just love the taste, and are prepared to buy them by the bucketload (literally) from sellers at the market, or at the side of the road.
Knowledge of the different types is passed down the generations.
Some need to be boiled first, some you can just fry in butter with a little garlic, and some potatoes.
You can also marinate them and keep them to eat on a cold winter evening.
вторник, 18 сентября 2012 г.
Wedding
It is hard to generalise about weddings. I can't say that this wedding is a "typical Russian wedding", most weddings here, take place in a registery office and followed by a boozy reception.
I can only claim to show you the wedding I went to recently, and point out a few things that are characteristic for most christian weddings I have been to here.
This wedding was unusual in my experience, because everything took place in the same room.
I can only claim to show you the wedding I went to recently, and point out a few things that are characteristic for most christian weddings I have been to here.
The bride and groom. Dressed like pretty much anywhere!
Everything starts with prayer.
The pastor preaches - he went long.
The couple make their vows and pray for each other.
Then the pastor gives the blessing and declares them man and wife.
This wedding was unusual in my experience, because everything took place in the same room.
After the wedding ceremony came the feast.
As well as congratulatory songs, usually there are some fun competitions
often at the expense of the newly weds.
Because every woman wants to marry a knight in shining armour!
понедельник, 10 сентября 2012 г.
Maths Games
Luda has collected and created a host of games that teach and train mathematics, we test them on our own kids.
On Saturday we were invited by our friends in nearby Divnogorsk, to run a session of Maths games.
It was a way to help parentss both inside and outside of the church.
The Church building in Divnogorsk
inside
You can just about see the view of the surrounding mountains
First the kids played
Then we drank tea!
Our team of helpers!
суббота, 8 сентября 2012 г.
Something Russian - Wood Carving
I don't even know what to call this apart from a wood carving! This is carved by a friend using a part of the tree where there is an aberration, a kind of "tree tumor".
Here is a still of the face.
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