Monday, February 16, 2009

Not sure yet

Not sure of subject yet but killing time before bed. We noted boys smoking in the bathroom it is located out side the school as we left one day we asked tanya how the kids got smokes she told us and said she did not smoke or drink but she liked sun flower seeds so today we bought a few bags of sunflower seeds and spent the afternoon eating them. I thought my brother jon might be interested as he is fond of sunflower seeds. Sun flowers are a big crop here and that is the oil used here for cooking. Sounds like most of the farm land is owned and operated buy the government the soil is as dark and rich as freda said. I have not seen such dark soil in US. The town we are in it is common to see flocks of chickens running around outside houses i saw a poor chicken the other day that found his fate to a small pack of stray dogs, freda said it was ok cause they need to eat too but wouldn't be ok in US. Most of the dogs running around here are small compared to gorlovka a guess small town small dogs. Yesterday was a holiday here. It was 40 or 50 days from the day they celebrate as the birth of christ and is the day that mary took the christ child to the temple it is said that it is a day u should refrain from physical work. Tanya said it is also the day that winter and spring fight and who wins determines the weather. It snowed yesterday but melted by days end and today is cold so I am not sure who won.
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2 comments:

  1. cute David! small town, small dogs!! (poor chickens) :(

    i like Tanya's explaination: "winter and spring fight and who wins determines the weather." sure beats the groundhog being scared by it's shadow!!

    i really enjoy hearing all these little tidbits! it sounds like you are liearning a lot about that culture. hopefully, you can bring back a little for the girls to keep! (their own culture)

    LOVE TO YOU xoxoxoxoxoxoxo hugs

    PS: i like sunflower seeds too!

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  2. Sunflower seeds as a vice?! - Not bad.
    ...shelled...flavored...they are all good, What kind did Tonya get/like?

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