A little snow in your morning

This morning when the sun rose there was a dusting of snow on the ground, which started disssappearing as the rain fell. The forecast had called for a high of ten degrees (C) so I went along on Garry and John's planned trip to the central market in Dnepropetroesk, since I was hoping to find some yarn. When we went under the road temperature sign on the highway it was two degrees. Surprisingly, the closer we got to Dnepro- the whiter the ground- some cars even had snow on them. If you are wondering what the billboard says - I think it's along the lines of Ukrainian sushi- Kielbasa (I could read the words for sushi and kolbasa- and the kolbasa on the plate has chopsticks next to it.)








The snow was gone downtown, and we parked and walked over to central market and headed through the meat section, and back to the rows of booths. Garry bought onion sets with John, while I wandered off to hunt for a stand with yarn. I got lucky and found yarn that matched the swaeter I have been working on (I have become concerned that there may not be enough yarn to do the sleeves.) Garry tried to find the hardware section but we gave up and bought sharma to eat on the way back to the car. I took a picture as she was making them- its like a giant tortilla shell filled with meat, french fries, dill pickles, shredded carrot, various sauces (plus we got the extra chunk of cheese) folded in a little plastic bag to catch the drips so they don't run down your arm. Mine could have used more salt on the fries.

Then we stopped at Victor's to pick up Mint (Yana's dog) Garry had sent him back to get checked at the vets because he looked awful. They gave him fluids, but were unsure if he was sick or ate poison. Garry brought him in the house when we got home, where he still looks sick and skinny, but ate some puppy chow. Then after John helped him inject him full of medicine, I let Polo in the house and Mint was so excited he ran around with him. Hopefully he pulls through and isn't contagious.

The temperature was at 4 degrees when we got back around three, but actually turned really nice an hour before sunset. We are heading off to Crimea in the morning with John and the boys (taking a break from schoolwork), so hopefully the weather is good and the holes in the road are small.