Thinking

 Trying to get clothes and things ready to pack for Garry's trip to Poland next week. He's been busy on tractors helping the boys to get the corn planted before it rains again. I've been doing some babysitting of grandkids and trying to get the house back together post reno. There's still a lot of pictures to rehang. Our couches will arrive before Garry flies out. It's supposed to rain this weekend so he should be able to finish the flooring in the guest room. Hopefully the chicken coop gets built too. 

There's a little more to do repairing the drywall and getting the decorative beams finished.

On May 25th four cruise missiles went toward Zaporozhye, one was shot down, and one building hit was pictured all over my Facebook page. Over the last three months, I've looked at many photos of destruction and wondered if I'd been near that place. This time the mall (yes, mall) looked very familiar. It's right on the main street of the city. Garry and I had often eaten at the food court on the fifth floor, riding up the elevator you see in the center of the photo. Sometimes the escalator, but they were set up so you had to walk around each floor to get to the next one up or down. For several years there was a kiosk up there that had spicy chicken sandwiches, long before KFC came to Ukraine. There was a movie theatre and a wonderful shop that sold fancy chocolate candies, too. 

The city, like Dnipro, has been relatively safe, although the Russian army isn't that far away. 

 

Now a photo from Ukraine to make you smile, Leila posted this photo to Facebook that made us smile. She loves her stuffed dog Muktar (he's named after her favourite television show about a German shepherd police dog). This is Muktar the second, the first one was often over the years washed in our washing machine and hung by his ears to dry on the clothesline. Muktar is a great help when Leila is stressed, she can hurt herself at times when she's upset. She really likes to make sure he's clean.