As I said, snow is here and even more coming within next days. Which is a good thing as there is also a promise of -30C for the middle of next week.


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I don't watch TV much, preferring to find out news on Internet, and so while I am aware about forest-fire situation, I never paid much attention to what officials say they are doing. But yesterday father wanted someone to rant at and I was readily availiable. One of the things he said had my jaw dropping on the floor - up until recently MChS ( ( Read more... )

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Hot water cut-offs are annoying, sure, but they are something everyone who lives in former Soviet Union got used to and sees them as a normal part of live. Twice a summer for two weeks you have to get up earlier than normal to heat some water and wash in a bucket or a basin. Lately it is even 10 or 7 days instead of two weeks. But for the rest of ( Read more... )

As i don't have any photos for photoschallenge, I'll just post some photos from dacha. Flowers, a bird - that was a pain to hunt down - and a general view. I really should take a new set of view photos, there were changes since last year.

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