29 December 2006

maya padrooga, Dawn

In case she starts to chime in with her far greater first-knowledge of life in Russia (Well, former Soviet Union...though most here find the idea of Ukraine as a separate country preposterous. But, it's probably best not to tell them that.), I thought I'd show you who she is. These are pictures of her (on the left) and I in the Summer Garden last summer. These, I think, are the only pictures that both she and I would approve.




Can you tell which are the statues? We irritated the serious statue-lovers when we were doing this...



And, here's the Summer Garden now. All the statues have been boxed up. The un-boxing of the statues is as sure a sign of spring in St. P as robins and crocuses are in the US.

so saith kate at 7:39 PM Labels: ,

3 comments:

Calico Sky said...

lol I would of never thought of statues being taken down for winter! Looks like you are having fun 'posing' Kate!!!

Friday, 29 December, 2006
Anonymous said...

As a native Ukrainian (and not a Ukrainian nationalist), I should like remind your Russians friends that Ukraine never was part of Russia. It was part of the Russian Empire, true, but Kiev was a significant city two centuries before Moscow was first mentioned.

Nationalism in Ukraine seems to be growing, which I find very sad. At the same time, though, Russians should be careful not to see Ukraine as a part of Russia.

Friday, 29 December, 2006
Anonymous said...

I totally want to go to that garden and pose with the statues...I am intruged with the whole boxing thing for the winter. Protects them from the nasty weather, I suppose...I'd pose by the boxes too. Just because.

Saturday, 30 December, 2006

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