fun pics

Springtime with no ice!

Entertainer on Old Arbat Street

Flower shop at the green mall

Russian flower shop

Another flower shop

Building with Shell decorations

Forrest at Tsaritsnia's Summer Palace

Grounds atTsaritsina's

Russian squirrel - pointed ears

Playing chess in the forrest

playground by our building

cages for a garage!

Our pond with the ice starting to melt.

inside the green mall
sausage

inside the green mall

green mall again

Rob and Marsha and Jim on Red Square - August 2010

Flat Tate came to visit us in Moscow, Russia. We spent a few days having his picture taken at fun places in Moscow.

Great snow removal machines in Moscow.

Young boy ice skating on the walkways in our park.

Red Square and the Christmas Tree with St Basil and ME

Christmas Tree and St Basil on Red Square

Jim's Hat

empty seat on the metro with our image in the window

the magic broom

our clothes dryer

the candy store (and cookies too)
All good mothers take their babies outside for a stroll in the buggy!
Looking up the escalater
Renik at the Meridian building
This is the back to the Meridian building. We through this door every morning and evening. There is a guard right inside making sure we are supposed be there. They smile and know us very well.
Moscow at night from an airplane.
Asur - this man and his wife rakes the leaves, shovels the snow and empty the gargabe cans for our area and building. He knows a little English.
Putting up a sign...no. They are washing the bulding!
Watermellon! The Russians LOVE watermellon. It is purchased and carried in a plastic sack all the way home or to the office. The young adults carried one all the way to our apartment! (WOW! I think carrying one from my car to the house is hard.)
These "fishermen" are always fishing in the pond in the park. The fish they catch are 4 or 5 inches long.

The park on our way to the office.

Roadwork at the Sokol metro stop.
On our way to church (the bur route) we walk along this path. This women is selling fresh fruits and vegetables.
A closer look at her fresh fruits and vegetables.
We never bought anything because we always walked by on a Sunday.
A decorative way to put bars across the windows.
A typical Russian playground.
Playground
Apartment buildings near our branch.
24/7 you can see workers with their brooms!
Riding UP the escalator
Moscow at night.

Standing on the bridge looking toward the Kremlin.

A big cathedral (turned into a swimming pool during the war) on the left.

Moscow at night.

On the bridge over the Moscow River looking toward one of the Seven Sisters Stalin built.

Another look at Stalin's building.

Irina

our building care taker - she tends to this garden - checks everyone that comes in to the apartment building

КРАСНАЯ - RED

Red Square

One of the Seven Sisters

U S Embassy

This is a truck spraying water on the street.

I really don't know why but I do think the car owners are not happy!

The BIGGEST McDonalds in the world--

24 cash registers!

Bolshoi Theater

This picture was taken at night through the smoke.
It was closed the whole time we were in Russia.

The Russian White House

Russian Crow / gray and black

beautiful walk from the metro

Sun tanning and swimming right next to the sign that says,

NO SWIMMING

babushkas selling their fruit, vegetables, flowers, baby kittens, clothes, etc. outside the door of the metro (Jim is way back in the middle with a white shirt on)

babushkas selling their vegetables from their gardens at their dachas

This lion has been guarding the storage area since we arrived. There is a dog sleeping by the entrance. There are usually three or four dogs running around "protecting" the place from other dogs, not people.