While the temperature here in North America is very cold right now, the temperature in Ukraine is a bigger problem. Last winter it was above freezing almost every day (colder at night) so it was easier to live with the power problems caused by Russia bombing infrastructure. Unfortunately, this year it is much colder. When we lived in Ukraine, the news stories would be about how the temperature might drop to -10 or even -20 C at night, because that's the lowest temp they would ever see, so it was dangerous for street people, so the government would be opening warming center tents for them, now they have them for the people who are in apartments without electricity.
In the village they generally have 8 to 12 hours of electricity daily because of rolling blackouts caused by Russians blowing up substations and other damages to the power grid. I think I heard that the power is off about 8 pm now. If the electricity is off they have to run generators to milk the cows and make cheese.
I have seen a number of photos of snow in the village, that's Julia above by the snowy trees and her husband Dima at the farm, and a Facebook video I'll share here. Sledding
Congratulations to our fearless staff members Oleg and Elena on their 11th wedding anniversary!
I had my heart procedure last week Monday and am feeling pretty normal now, the doctor thought there was an 85% chance the rapid heart won't happen again.
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