Random Photos of The Week

Finally got around to uploading photos from this week. Here is the River Tom, which runs right behind our apartment. We can get a glimpse of it out our kitchen window.

Here's a daily sight out in front of our building --  teenage kids practicing marching. It is an every day event, all day on the weekends. Not sure why they have to practice marching so much....

I took these as a good sign when we moved in -- hollyhocks growing in front of our apartment..hundreds of them. If you don't know about Holly, do a search of my blog. It is Nastia's middle name, and Holly was a big part of why I finally adopted. I love that these grow within sight of my bedroom window...

Here are some of the many books I was able to but this week! Thank you donors! Especially "Sprocket" and Mary C-K , old friends from Manchester who made big donations that covered many many books!

And the promised photo for anonymous who sent funds for DVDs for the non-bookish kids....

Finding non-pirated dvds in Siberia is like trying to find skis in Florida....nearly impossible. but my hunting paid off! These are all legal dvds, and a pretty good selection if I do say so myself. This stash took 2 weeks of hunting! And yes, the orphanage has a dvd player. I bought it on one of my last trips...

So there you have it. I also bought them a digital camera, at the director's request, so they may take photos of the children on a regular basis. I am helping them to create a small album for each child!

Heading to the orphanage in 6 hours, so I better get some sleep. I'll be back posting on Thursday with, hopefully, lots of happy photos of deliriously happy kids!

Thank you to all you amazingly generous people. I so wish you could see their delight in person!