Winter in May
It may seem that Siberians harp on about the weather a bit, but I feel I have begun to understand and identify with them. The weather has so much...
Spring Summer Snow
It’s one month out from summer in central Siberia and it’s been snowing today. Nothing unusual about that. It usually snows a few times in June too. What WAS...
An Aussie ray of sunshine
The last week of April and the first week of May were very special for us. We had a visitor from Australia! Our children’s pastor and friend Katie came...
SUMMER!!!
I thought it would NEVER come, but finally summer has arrived. Ok, it’s not quite like the Aussie summers I’m used to, and I am reminded that people were...
Spring!!
I always used to think my favourite time of the year was Autumn, with its balmy nights and crisp mornings. Living here has making me re-evaluate that. Because the...
Winter Blues
While this winter was apparently quite mild – we rarely hit the minus 30s – it was still a very difficult adjustment for us Aussies. The days were very...