The snow started melting and disappearing on Monday, and Garry started working on his greenhouse again, after last week's cold and snow. Seems like it's a couple inches bigger than I thought. However, the weather has been below freezing, windy and feeling damp (no rain or snow) the last two days so it feels colder than it is.
The guys did spread that fertilizer on the wheat fields yesterday, Max used the New Holland tractor because the pto is more reliable to keep the rate steady than the Belarus tractors. The frozen ground doesn't look like it will last, warmer temperatures and rain in the forecast for next week should get that fertilizer in the ground for the wheat to grow this spring.
Yesterday Garry did some work on the greenhouse roof, reusing the big porch windows that were replaced when the Crawfords were here. He'd priced out plastic panels and decided that recycling was the way to go. He was pretty cold when he came back inside. Vlad was giving him a hand (his greenhouse job has not started yet.)
This morning he was back from checking for cows in heat at the barn (none today, but three yesterday morning) and I was just putting his brown sugar biscuit breakfast in the oven when Alona came in with little Danil. We'd forgotten she'd asked about taking him to a free children's dental clinic in Zaporosia she'd found out about when she dropped in yestrday afternoon. With her and Nikolai next door this week we seem to see her more often so far, mostly about things for the house- cleaning supplies, moving their washing machine (they bought their own at the apartment, so it moved over, Kolya didn't get one before moving, although their new house has one).
She also asked about having a picnic, but it's still too cold for that!
Danil played with the magnetic puzzle on the fridge while Garry changed his clothes and waited to eat some breakfast before leaving. Then they were off. Garry is teaching English this afternoon, so they had to go this morning, Alona said she knows where it is on Khortista Island. Hopefully the line isn't too long.
Alona just finished another bead picture (we buy the kits and then pay her for doing them, so I get ones I want now). Going to have to frame these now that there are two (and more flower ones at the store, but she's working on a pheasant one now). It took her a couple months to do the sunflower one she just finished it has thousands of beads sewn on, I had to pick up more nitki (thread) in the city for her on Saturday because she'd run out.
Meanwhile, our other neighbors (our old house) has been hosting Larissa's classes since it was so cold in the classroom last week Wednesday. Baby Angelina weighs more than nine kilos at nine months, according to her mother at the last village baby check this week.
Garry's back and he's released hurricane Danil in the house. At two and half he's into everything. Apparently all looks good with his teeth, they are coming in straight, I'm told. Garry's having problems keeping him out of his 1500 piece puzzle he started yesterday. Alona went to the rest of Larissa's class.
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