Sunday, October 30, 2005
Hi to all of you who come here through Antonis' photo thing. Fraid i can't really do photographs cos here nothing fits in the lens - everything is too big and i am well aware that there are times when a blurred headless person and half a building can be considered "arty,"
however, it is rarely so when i do it. For those of you that don't come from A's photo thing maybe you should think about going there next :)
http://www.fotographie.org.uk/secondbunch/index3.html
Its plus 2 today - sun is shinning - possitively sunbathing weather. Ok im running outta time again - this wasn't very well thought out -
matt can you tell Mand D i will call them soon, love and trucks........
however, it is rarely so when i do it. For those of you that don't come from A's photo thing maybe you should think about going there next :)
http://www.fotographie.org.uk/secondbunch/index3.html
Its plus 2 today - sun is shinning - possitively sunbathing weather. Ok im running outta time again - this wasn't very well thought out -
matt can you tell Mand D i will call them soon, love and trucks........
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Pervi Sneg - First snow
I know im not very prolific at this blog writing thing but i find it hard to believe that the only posting that has sparked any kind of conversation is the one showing my address.
Yesterday it snowed - for a whole 5 minutes i was excited to see the flakes outside the window. then i left the house. brrrr. there was several inches by the end of the day. Its slushy and unsightly and slippery and cold. Its only autumn. Right now there is driving sleet, the ground is solid the puddles are frozen. there is a chilling wind. "tis bitter cold." I walk around covered from head to foot and the cold blows right through me. My fingers have cracked and i think im suffering from scurvy.
Ok its not that dramatic but i think the scurvy parts true. Our balcony has turned from a fridge to a freezer over night - Anyone for a frozen beer??
School is going well - i still can't say much but i think this is normal - though im pro at describing what ive eaten for breakfast. My teacher hasn't threatened to kill me this week and i am enjoying the work.
Please feel free to write interesting comments, lots of love....
Yesterday it snowed - for a whole 5 minutes i was excited to see the flakes outside the window. then i left the house. brrrr. there was several inches by the end of the day. Its slushy and unsightly and slippery and cold. Its only autumn. Right now there is driving sleet, the ground is solid the puddles are frozen. there is a chilling wind. "tis bitter cold." I walk around covered from head to foot and the cold blows right through me. My fingers have cracked and i think im suffering from scurvy.
Ok its not that dramatic but i think the scurvy parts true. Our balcony has turned from a fridge to a freezer over night - Anyone for a frozen beer??
School is going well - i still can't say much but i think this is normal - though im pro at describing what ive eaten for breakfast. My teacher hasn't threatened to kill me this week and i am enjoying the work.
Please feel free to write interesting comments, lots of love....
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
my address
Maybe you can't read this but this is where i live for all those keen letter writers out there.....
115419
Россия
Г. Москва
Ул. Шабаловска д.36
Поуп Хелена
Russia
Name is included
115419
Россия
Г. Москва
Ул. Шабаловска д.36
Поуп Хелена
Russia
Name is included
Eeyore
Its the beginning of the end the temperature has dropped and today it looked like rain, no more fresh sunny mornings, no more football on Sundays its all gloom and doom from here on.
Jumpers.
I went on an excursion to the ancient village of Suzdal on Saturday. I enjoyed the bus trip it took several hours to get there and back. It was my first trip out of the city. It gets colder away from the smog. The town itself is very small though houses 14 churches and a monestary. It was quite a bizarre trip, made more so by the language barrier (it was all in Russian - of course) and it was quite commercialised, everywhere we stoped - a viewing point in the middle of nowhere, or a toilet stop carpark, or where ever there was always stalls of the same tourist tat made in China. But really weird things like wooden bells? There was this crazy guy in a tower near the monastry and his magic power was bell ringing. He was a one-man-band disguesed as a bell ringer. he rang 16 bells. Really big ones and small ones all in this tower. He had to do it with his hands and feet. From the ground he looked like a puppet. dancing. and making a terrible noise.
But the tour guide was so proud of him.
Jumpers.
I went on an excursion to the ancient village of Suzdal on Saturday. I enjoyed the bus trip it took several hours to get there and back. It was my first trip out of the city. It gets colder away from the smog. The town itself is very small though houses 14 churches and a monestary. It was quite a bizarre trip, made more so by the language barrier (it was all in Russian - of course) and it was quite commercialised, everywhere we stoped - a viewing point in the middle of nowhere, or a toilet stop carpark, or where ever there was always stalls of the same tourist tat made in China. But really weird things like wooden bells? There was this crazy guy in a tower near the monastry and his magic power was bell ringing. He was a one-man-band disguesed as a bell ringer. he rang 16 bells. Really big ones and small ones all in this tower. He had to do it with his hands and feet. From the ground he looked like a puppet. dancing. and making a terrible noise.
But the tour guide was so proud of him.
