On The Hill

 On the bottom right of this belltower is the entrance to the monk's caves.  It's rather inconspicuous.  The cross is just to the left of the belltower and overlooks the Raut valley.  And the last picture shows the distance between the old belltower structure and the new village church on the same hill.

Bricking In

Still going slowly on this.  I'm not willing to say it's halfway done yet.  Perhaps it's a third of the way.  On the other hand, progress is progress.

None Of Your

I admit it.  I'm a beeswax collector.  I have beeswax from every country I've visited.  This is the Moldovan edition (so far).  A beekeeper came to the embassy to sell her wares, and Andreas bought her out of beeswax for me.  Each of these is at least 150 grams, and they were all less than three dollars each.  They smell great, and I've started using the ladybug.  They do great for the thread too.

I'll be giving away the heart as a CyberStitchers prize.  The blog post on CyberStitchers.org regarding it will go up in the next few days.

High As The Sky

This is a panorama of the area from the hill where the monastery is.  Two more parasailing pictures, then the monastery on approach...

Alpha Beta...

I've started the next to last part, and the alphabet.  It's coming together quickly.

Starting the Square

The new area to work on is a small mandala square.  I had carried this with me last week and gotten a lot done.  All the upper part needs now is beading.

The Exhibition Center

This little unprepossessing building houses the archaeology exhibit and working area for the professionals.  It's one of the first USAID projects in Moldova, guided in by the first ambassador to the country.  The place isn't large, but it is functional and kept scrupulously clean.  The second picture is from the parking lot, and the third shows an apple tree in bloom.  All the fruit trees here are blooming now.  The streets are full of blossoms, and Chisinau is no longer gray.