Pics and other stuff

We are still unpacking and will be doing it for another while. Main problem is not so much opening the boxes, as finding a place for everyth...

Another bright and sunny day today. Timur's relaxing after a swim - once he is in the ocean, it is very difficult to extract him from t...

I don't like small fiddly things. Timur, on the other hand, loves them. When we were in local art and craft shop, he spotted those litt...

Now we have a few of those recycled-art wind toys, bought from a charming lady at the artisan market in Corralejo . Since I first saw thos...

My little niece had a doll with her when she was visiting here. Doll's name is Althea and here she is for you to admire. I am guessin...

Cottage we stayed in was full of old things. Some of them were just old, like the frying pan below - it had uneven bottom, so all the eggs...

Now, she had a dream about the king of Sweden, He gave her things that she was needin', He gave her a home built of gold and steel,...

no other reason. Continuing down the nostalgic route - close to my house in Moscow, there used to be "birds' market" - big...

on our way back from the lakes yesterday we took not the most direct of routes but went for scenic instead, going along the smaller roads...

don't know about you, but for me full-face mask are always spooky, even the most beautiful venetian ones. fortunately, the one I have...

I occasionally ask kids to throw away or give to me to give to charity or recycle a certain amount or objects from their rooms, just to decr...

finall, onmy I don't know which trip to Venice, I managed to buy a small _white_ mask. On the previous visits I saw them almost the firs...