I am a happy pirate!

Some day we’ll discuss the problem with celebrating the lives of criminals but not now

pizza

My amazing wife decided to go mushroom hunting. She found black trumpets! They are expensive amazing mushrooms. And because she loves me she made pizza!

That when cooked was amazingly tasty looking

And amazingly tasty to eat

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

I visited Moscow in 1988 a few short months before the world changed. At the time I didn’t get a chance to go into the cathedral …

My wife who is all too aware of my Lego obsession bought me a Nanoblock model of Saint Basil’s Cathedral for Christmas.

Building this model brought back memories of my childhood and adventures behind the iron curtain…

Let sleeping dogs lie

First Dog Hair and Drone Incident

We have labs and this was inevitable:

This takes Dog is my copilot to a new level

Gone skiing

Nice day

How I looked after x-cross country skiing

Merry Christmas

Nicholas woke up this morning and ran to the tree to see if Santa Claus had come to town!
And he had so he started to rip open his gifts:

And after he was done he stood in a pile of paper content

Here we have the AT-AT Walker fully assembled. Dad puts them together and Nicholas plays with them

Later on for dinner we had a low key affair with Marcin and Nika and their son

Dave and Dimitris were also there

Natasha’s prime rib made its appearance

And a full complement of dishes to fill us all up :

Finished with tasty treats that included our Gingerbread House

And fine wine

I’ve been a good boy!

I’ve not been naughty

And I got you milk and cookies and apple and crackers!

And Santa left proof that Nicholas was a good boy

And wished everyone a good night!

Happiness is decorating cookies

I may have gone a little sugar crazy