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MY Pichka: February 2015
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Tuesday, February 24, 2015. As a second part to our post titled, " Home buying and home repair TV shows. We must add our recommendation of This Old House. I remember watching this show many, many years ago with my parents, but the show has new meaning to me now that I am fixing my own house. A special tool for every kind of job out there! Thanks to o...
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MY Pichka: August 2015
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Friday, August 28, 2015. Our house: One Big Mistake. I removed myself from blogging to better wrap my head around what needed to be done with our house- cover it with siding, trim all the windows and build a small addition. I have no experience with building- aside from the two years we've been living here- so I needed to focus. This was actually mor...
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MY Pichka: August 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Thursday, August 28, 2014. Images from western Ukraine in August. August: So many different things seemed to have happened this month! I am writing this while a cold rain falls during an especially dark night, yet the pictures from earlier in the month depict an abundance of warmth. Can those really be from the same season? A second floor balcony is ...
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MY Pichka: December 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Home buying and home repair TV shows. We rarely find anybody just like us on TV. But that is a good thing! One show that fits right into our "Goldilocks zone" is Buying Alaska. The show is about people searching for houses in the state of Alaska. Admittedly, the show can come off as gimmicky with almost every episode h...
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MY Pichka: November 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Saturday, November 22, 2014. Holodomor: It’s all about justice now. Links to this post. Saturday, November 15, 2014. A series of well put-together cats. Their arrival in the world coincided with our arrival in Ukraine. Therefore, we cannot conceive of being here without them. They have been our companions ever since we moved here. Who put me in this ...
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MY Pichka: We need more time...
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Saturday, July 4, 2015. We need more time. It has been a while since the last time we have written anything on our blog. Well, there has been a lot happening here lately. Here it is, in a nutshell: working on the new siding of the house; putting in a mudroom, working on the computer (this one is for making money! And a variety of lettuces. I also...
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MY Pichka: April 2015
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Chickens and Easter in Ukraine. I've always loved spring and summer showers. They come after hot, heavy days and fill the air with a dulcet freshness and peacefulness. Do you remember me writing about our first plantings. Now, what was a dead squirrel doing in a hanging basket on their porch - I don't know. Nonetheless,...
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MY Pichka: July 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Images from a Ukrainian village in July. If it was by birthday, then why I am shelling fava beans with our friend Rick in this picture? Because it's fun and they are delicious, of course! What would Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko look like with Albert Einstein's hair? Picture taken while in Lviv). Our cat, Laska, res...
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MY Pichka: May 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Thursday, May 29, 2014. May is definitely the busiest time of the year here in our garden, but the hard work seems to be paying off. We have plenty of beautiful flowers growing! Some other edibles that we will soon be harvesting include fava beans, peas, strawberries, and cherries. The bees really seem to enjoy the fava bean flowers. But great beauty...
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MY Pichka: September 2014
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A blog about home improvement, gardening, veganism, and our cultural observations after moving from the United States to a small village in western Ukraine. Sunday, September 14, 2014. I must confess that out of the dozens- maybe hundreds- of pictures that I've taken of Yulia, this series always stands out in my mind. There's something about these photos that captures why Yulia is so special to me. They are not particularly good pictures. Some of them are blurry. The weather is not great either. I decide...
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