Lena in the park. Autumn-hair.

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In the botanical garden.

Apple harvest (well, these were not harvested - they just fell from the tree) my mom makes jams and juice from them...

Andy running around.

butcher-shop. (we bought a whole pig and had to cut the meat and lard and chop bones and stuff... hard work :)

Alex & Ivan

Daddy's got a brand new hair

Ivan

Ivan

Mushroom show.

Tolik

Baba Yuzefa - thank you for your hospitality.

a watering hole - fully operational and fun. (that is if you dont have to do this every day)

windows to the sauna.

This here is a very peculiar sauna stove - water heter.

Tolik making BBQ

Feed the Chicken.

Tickle the Chicken

"Birds are descendants of Dinosaurs" - calmly declares my 3yo son after examining chicken feet. (thanks Mr. Spilberg!)

Everyone was having fun at this poor chicken's expence.

Children are playing with celphones in the forest while their daddies roam around them looking for mushrooms :)

a fine Toadstool specimen at the moonshine factory.

Moonshine factory in the forest. It does look like its been used recently.

a fine specimen.

(Armillariella mellea) honey mushroom. Delicious when marinated or just fried.

Andy plays "partizan" in the forest.

our home grown potatoes...

Neighbour's Pig (about the same hight as a small pony)

Our neighbour "Ded Mihalych" opening his barn to show us his pig.

Andy peeking through neighbour's fence...