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Monday, June 16, 2014

Tree Spirit?

Sender: Elenadoby
T is for TREES!
This is a painting by Nastya Kamentsova. I love it! Is the girl a tree spirit or something? Try imagining a story behind the painting.

Thawing Ice

Sender: Vsteers
T is for THAWING ICE!
A view of Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Breathtaking!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Leaping On Flowers

Sender: Vstreers
A happy card by Viktoria Kirdy.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

If you use Piggy Transport, you must tweak its right ear to go right or left ear to go left. But if you yank instead of tweak and scream while doing it, Piggy Transport will Not Be Responsible for any mishaps.

LOL.

A Contented Cat

Sender: Anna
A Viktoria Kirdiy card showing a contented cat!

Negative Characters in Russian Folk Tales

Sender: Dmitry

Some negative characters in Russian folk tales. From the web I found that:-
Kikimora is a female house spirit
Leshiy is a male woodland spirit
Baba Yaga is a witch
Solovei is a robber
Zmey Gorynych is a three-headed dragon
Cat Bayun is a huge man-eating cat
Koshcei is an evil sorceror

Unsavoury characters indeed but so interesting as I have never heard of them before!

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

St Basil's Cathedral in Winter

Sender: Vsteers
St Basil's Cathedral coated by snow in wintertime.

Nevsky Prospekt

Sender: Blondinka_N

Nevsky Prospekt
A view of Nevsky Prospekt, the main street in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia.

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Young Woman With Flower Basket

Sender: Fornarin4

Charles Chaplin (French, 1825-1911)

"Young Woman With Flower Basket"

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Russian Folk Costume

Sender: Ave

Young Countrywoman Folk Costume

The Forest Song

Sender: Dayaana

Before Summer

Sender: Oxana
"Before Summer" by Nikolay Fomin

Kotovasiya - A Packed Bus

Sender: Irina
TQ Irina for this Kotovasiya card! Where do you think the cats are travelling to, in this packed bus? :-)

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Aubergine Borshch

Sender: Alenaks
A Recipe for Aubergine Borshch

It shows the ingredients on the front of the card and the recipe on its back.

Borscht, which is sometimes also spelled borsch and borshch, is a vegetable soup that is almost always made with beets. The use of beets in this soup lend the dish a vibrant red color. The recipe on this card is suitable for vegetarians as there is no meat in it whatsoever.

I'll definitely try to cook it for my family.

Russian Federation President's Residence

Sender: Stoliar
Senate: The Residence of the Russian Federation President

Once the Senate Building, used to house the government during the last century, it is now the Russian Federation President's residence. The interior has been updated accordingly, but the exterior retains its original facade.