Fewer words

     As I try to be a calmer, more patient and forgiving person, I find that I have less that I'm willing to say, and less to talk about on the blog. Not that I don't still have opinions, I just don't feel they need to be shared as much. So rather than a wordy post, here are two photos taken at one of our construction sites at work that I felt were quietly pretty. There's a lot of clamour for people's attention lately; I appreciate the quiet moments more.

Weather change.

The weather has reverted back to typical St. Peterburg weather, which is very similar to Washington state- chilly, damp and drippy. Quite the change from Colorado, and while I miss the warmth, my allergies are now completely gone, yay!

   Wednesday was... quite the "adventure". We had been told we were to visit the Pavlovsk palace, so most of us dressed for indoors walking. What Artemi had failed to mention, though, is that there was a 2 mile hike on dirt (read: mud) trails to get there! I was very much reminded of Washington and Hawaii on the way, as it was through a deciduous forest with ferns for undergrowth, and where there was any grass, it was supported from underneath by moss. Quite beautiful, moreso because I was actually dressed for the weather! (My backpack, however, is not waterproof, it turns out. The dictionary I have is now quite the worse for wear.)