fun pic from the past

Here is me and Jeannie in her greenhouse in Germanton, NC. August 1998 :))) I'm glad I have dated the backside of the photo because Jeannie's t-shirt has 1982 on it (so misleading :)))

Good Night

I'm (including my userpic) in today's Winston-Salem Chronicle talking about the importance of... good night sleep :)
http://www.server-jbmultimedia.net/WinstonSalemChronicle/sitebase/data/editions/201480/img/large/2638104_large.htm

"little duke" by Rokotov

I am reading a book in Russian about Russian Empress Ekaterina the Great by a historian Olga Chaikovskaya. Looking on the Internet for the portret of of Ekaterina's son by the artist Rokotov (this portret is described in the book) I found another beautiful one - of the "little duke" Bobrinsky. What a wonderful portret! I can't take my eyes off this art work.

coffee when everything is closed

Christmas Day - everything is closed today. Nadia said that it makes her claustrophobic when grocery stores are closed... The only place that we found open was... Starbucks! Thanks, guys!

In Starbucks we feel like at home. When I learned that they didn't have Nadia's favorite pastry on display, I asked them "please go check in the fridge". The guy went "behind the scene" and sure enough came back with our pastry and a bit surprised that we know where things are and what they have in the fridge :)

Nadia and the Tree

Warm, rainy day, we went for a walk.
I took this picture of Nadia.
I like the way it came out.

My Parents

My Parents. My Mom and my Father.
I brought this picture with me from St Petersburg.
I look at it, and look, and look...

people learning English

My friend Stan is teaching English as a Second Language in a community college. His class had a graduation this month. Look what a colorful and joyful group of people from everywhere! :)