Our Halloween celebration was a little bit foiled by the weather (it snowed all day) and a little bit by our neighbors, but the candy was abundant so I don’t think anyone took notice.It was our first Halloween in…
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Some pre-Halloween fun Harvest festival displays Should we be concerned that “Baba” is pulling the plow? And I was so inspired by this display that I cook some zupa ogórkowa. It was delicious, if I do say so myself.…
Our girls absolutely love our village house (so do we). Who wouldn’t love to have a big room full of toys and books all to themselves and a huge garden to run around in. However, I think what they…
Here’s the thing. We bought our house 9 years ago. Before we bought it, no one had lived in it for 7 years. The man who had lived there before us was an alcoholic. He died there from drinking…
May 3rd Parade You have to come all the way to Poland to see a parade of U.S. military vehicles 🙂 Misiu and Lizzie were both very happy. Opening of the new bike path on the old “wąska parówka”…
We had a warm and sunny weekend in the Village. It appeared that the whole village was working, raking, cleaning, digging and planting on Saturday. The weather was good enough on Sunday to work too, but on Sundays in…
We spent Christmas at our village house for the first time ever. It was fantastic. Rosie kept saying “this is our prawdziwy dom”. That’s exactly what I was thinking too. We were able to spend Christmas at our house…
Here are some pictures for Olivia who is a fan of exposed beams. She and her family are also planning a move from Texas to Poland next year. Olivia, these beams are for you 🙂 Sorry about the crookedness.…
What a wonderful day we had yesterday. Clear skies, a light breeze, wonderful. Today is a different story. We are considering building that ark. We entertained ourselves with various forms of doing nothing. Well, at least I did. There’s…
Life in the Village is really quite educational for children. Children need to spend time outdoors. Children need to experience nature. Children need to get dirty. They need fresh air. I absolutely cannot sell the Village house. I must…
