I Made It!

In mid-July, I was given about five kilos of plums fresh from the tree.  What to do with all of them?  One thing I did was make this clafouti.  It tasted sooo good.  The original recipe used cherries, but the plums just bloomed in flavor with cooking.

More Green

It feels goo to not be working with the same colors I had been on this.  It's time to leaf out!

Another Visit

 On our first visit, Andreas didn't take a picture of the old car in the front of Roata Vremii.  It's in excellent condition!  We did the mixed grill again, and it was good.

My First C 10

I sometimes get afraid to try things that seem too complex for me, but I was given a push week before last and -had- to mark a temari with a C10.  I did it!  This is the first one I did, in progress.  It even looks pretty good, especially for a first attempt.  No stopping me now.

Way Up North - Soroca

 Soroca is a city at the northern border of Moldova.  We went there with Sean to see the only castle in Moldova.  It's not much as castles go, but it's pretty neat.  The mural in this first picture is on the wall by the river.  It commemorates the 20th anniversary of Moldovan independence. 

This castle was built by Stephen cel Mare to keep the Turks out.  It worked, and was one of the few fortresses never to fall to the Ottoman Empire.  It did fall to the Poles a few centuries later.  It's a pretty neat place.

At The Top

The left side of  the top curlicue is almost done!  That means I'm going to be finished with this soon.

Bottomed Out

Yay!  I'm finally done with the lower left corner parts five and six!  One last corner to do all over, and part six on the top right.  Once that's done, I'll be able to start something new on this.  I'm so looking forward to that.