My Greek Vacation. Athena. The Acropolis.

All our settled ancestries knew that it is very convenient to have high hill or commodious rock near the agrarian flats. Such hill or rock is a perfect place for a fortified citadel where you can hide from the enemies and pour boiling tar and other useful . . . → Continue reading My Greek Vacation. Athena. The Acropolis.

Tulips of this Year

Every year Roozengarten in Skagit valley shows new variety of tulips and new compositions of flowerbed.

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My Greek vacation

Unexpectedly I spent the middle of April in Greece. I just joined my friends, so our itinerary was on their own heads. It was only 10 days, and it was first time in Greece for all of us, so we decided to try pick up a little . . . → Continue reading My Greek vacation

In the fields

Tulips in Skagit Valley I visited every year since 2012. This year was not exception. Tulip fields are beautiful under the sun as well as under a rain.

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Daffodils

Beginning of the April in the Skagit Valley.

Annual meeting with Snow Ghosts

Skiing with friends on Big White became good annual tradition. This year I spent here four days in the middle of February. Pure pleasure. And photos of snow ghost, of course:

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Ancient Volcanic Glory

My first non-winter visit to Mt St Helen was at the end of March 2015. Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano about 100 km south of Seattle. History of its activity is fresh even from human point of view, not only from volcanic ones. In . . . → Continue reading Ancient Volcanic Glory

AT skiing on Mt St Helens

A week ago we spent day on Mt St Helens slopes. Last years we did it several times already, but this mountain is worth it. If at out first winter climb on St Helens we were alone on the whole mountain, this time the parking lot . . . → Continue reading AT skiing on Mt St Helens

Food Time Calendar 2017

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12″x12″ (305mm x 305 mm) glossy quality paper

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Sunny snails

The last month was exhaustible: a lot of energy-sapping businesses, plenty draining driving, even short vacation finally turned out into new problems.

All these miserable stuff requires something to cheer me up, so I made Sunny Snails.

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