At the end of May, the school had a health day that consisted of the students and teachers doing exercises together and running either around the school or the fields. The students were separated by grade with the primary grades doing races with potatoes, the older girls playing a form of catch volleyball and the … More Health Day at the school and teaching photography
My birthday celebrations continued as several other volunteers and I visited several wineries in my raion (District/County) the weekend after my birthday. Moldova has some of the best wine in the world and we visited two of the best, Pucari and Et Cetera. We stopped by an Italian Pizza resturant (L’angolo Italinano pizza) for probably … More Stefan Voda Wine Tour
I celebrated my birthday in May and had many wonderful celebrations with my host family, friends, co-workers and the children at the center. I had a wonderful few weeks and felt very much appreciated. The first celebration was on my birthday and my host mom and I prepared a meal for her family and my … More Celebrating My Birthday in Moldova
In April, I made pizza with the students in my youth club. They are expert dough makers but had never made pizza. It turned out great. I also go them to try red pepper flakes, which was not to their liking right now. Then in May, we made chocolate cupcakes and a chocolate cake. Cakes … More Making Pizza and Cupcakes
As the Irises and Peonies died off, the poppies, roses, daisies, marigolds and clematis bloom. From this time forward the flowers go through several blooms. I didn’t realize that on a rose plant that if you pop off the dying rose, another rose will grow in its place shortly afterwards. The variety of color makes me … More May Flowers
Our second cat (who is the mama of our other cat) had three kittens in May. The mama cats, older kittens and new kittens shared a bed together for a few days. My host family was uncertain that they would find homes for the original five kittens so the three new kittens were killed. I … More Dealing with the life and death of cats and dogs
More Green!! The potatoes, grapes, onions, garlic and beets have turned the brown to green in the gardens. The cherry trees have fruit and peaches are starting to grow. Bright yellow squash flowers are showing up and tomato plants now have stick tripods to grow on. Baby turkeys arrived, nine and counting.
More photos from late April and Early May. The fields are busy with people harvesting alfalfa and watering other crops. Lilies and wild roses are blooming. The cherries are beginning to ripen so mornings and evenings are spent picking a few to eat. New bunnies are born and baby geese are growing up. Spring clouds … More Spring Views 3
Some more photos from the village this spring. One of our cats had kittens and my host mom used an old tv as the box for them; it’s so perfect. Every day it seems a new flower pops up that I haven’t seen before. This time it was the Clematis flower that I found near … More Spring Views 2
Host family and neighbors collected Alfalfa the first week of May; it is used to feed the cows. (probably the goats too). As I was off for my morning run, I caught my Host father driving his motobloc filled with Alfalfa back to the house from the fields. Spring Green is here; so much new … More Spring Views 1
