Car covered with shells

This car roams in our neighbourhood. There used to be another similar one, but I don’t know if the same person has owned both of them. These photos were taken at the local beach, so perhaps the owner is collecting more for the next car. Look at the variety of shells, and the care taken for…

Russian baritone – Dmitri Hvorostovsky

I  was YouTubing with my sister-in-law, who took me to a famous Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing “Kak molody my byli” which means “When we were young.” Watch it through to the end, to get the full repetoire of facial expressions. A little searching found a great blog about Dmitri and Russian schmalz . Follow the interesting links on the post.

Wardrobe excess

We are going to visit Daughter #2 who graduated in May, went to Australia on vacation and decided to stay a year or two. We’re taking some of her clothes with us, since she has a respectable job and needs more clothes for work. I went through her collected belongings (which my husband drove 1000 km to collect…