Sheepies

I've got some red poppies popping up now.

Tucano Coffee

 I was out early for some reason in mid-August and decided to stop in at Tucano while I waited for a store to open.  Tucano is the Starbucks of Moldova.  The eclair was very pretty and tasted good; the coffee was excellent and huge.  Both together cost less than the coffee alone at a real Starbucks.

Tools Of The Trade

 Everyone from Mexico  to Malaysia was represented in the pavilions - except the US.  There wasn't a real US presence at the show.  Part of it was the sequester, but private companies also closed up shop before the public days.  The US had a pavilion all its own.  Boeing and McDonnell Douglas and other contractors had their own small buildings.  They were all shut up tight and taken down before the first member of the public walked through the gate.  It wasn't a good way to represent or promote the US at all in a very important market.  I, for one, was very disappointed.

As for the rest of this, the tools are used in aerospace and aeronautics to put everything together.

Clasping

This brass clasp is a reproduction of one from the 13th century found in Poland.  I think it'll work wonderfully on my cloak.

A Rose Garden Finished

 One more temari finish!  The obi was an experiment.  What do you think?

Mojito To Milkshake

 A small group of us spent an early August Friday evening at Griffin Pub, a newer restaurant here in Chisinau.  It's certainly less chic-chic than the restaurant it replaced in the same location.  The prices are also a third of the former one.  The mojito tasted good, and the mushroom soup was not bland.  Andreas' shopsky salad had fresh brinza on it, which he loves.  People had things from pork tocana with mamalygia to mozzarella chicken to pork chops.  All were pretty good, though not spectacular.  Dessert included cappucino and a milkshake.  John gave his meal a definite thumbs up!

Looking Like Engineers

Lots of things to look like professional engineering concerns at the air show.  You can see robots and video displays and drones and so on.  The people with them, though, are in sales.