Liankacreations

  I was working on my blog today.  As always, when I write in English I look for some info from Russia, often from Tomsk. One of the news upset me very much. Two residents of the Tomsk region were arrested on suspicion of transferring money to the Ukrainian military. A criminal case has been opened under the article on treason, the press service of the regional FSB reported on Wednesday. The officials don’t give the names and any details, or how they were caught.  On the basis of the investigation materials, criminal cases were initiated under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “High treason”. The sanction under it provides for a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. To clarify, I was upset because they were caught. However, they can be simply innocent, and the case was falsified.  Recently a friend of mine mentioned that her friend “Russian wife” travels back and forth from the US to Russia to see her sick mother. We were talking that in gene...

  Sparrows mate, the neighbor’s  magnolia trees and our  Japanese cherry tree blossom . Crackle enjoys the sun, my husband is working. I listen to the book and smile. One of the main characters has absolutely no sense of taste, just like me on the second day of my vacation. The husband drew attention to the colors of clothes I was wearing: black socks, sneakers and a baseball cap, faded denim shorts, a blue T-shirt and a beige vest. I think my shovel doesn't care. I'm digging up the soil in the vegetable patch. I dug the ground for tomatoes yesterday. There's a video here . Yes, we've finally run out of rain. Dubai was unlucky. “Izvestia” reports that due to heavy rains, the international airport in Dubai was flooded. The runway literally turned into a river. Departures from Dubai Airport, which temporarily does not accept flights and does not work for aircraft production, will resume only on April 18. This was reported by an “Izvestia” journalist on April 17. I did no...

  Saturday in New Bedford was sunny, cloudy, overcast, cloudy, rainy mixed with snow and sunny again.  Is the weather weird or just different because of climate change? It seems like some things don’t change. Every year, in spring, floods begin in many regions of Russia. Because of the melting snow, streets and entire villages go under water. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has already reported on 34 regions in which high water has been recorded. The Orenburg region suffered the most due to floods. The mayor of Orenburg, Sergey Salmin, demanded that residents immediately leave their homes in the flood zone. Otherwise he is going to evacuate them forcibly.  In the Altai Territory, high water flooded the village of Solnechny. To draw the attention of the authorities to the problem, the head of the village bathed in flooded water in the middle of the village.   I have to republish a post about Altai here pretty soon. In the Samara region, 9 districts of t...

  I'm starting to continue...to take collagen and turmeric. I kill two birds with one stone: I take dietary supplements and drink water (try to swallow these huge capsules without a lot of water). Why? I met the year 2023 with knee pain. Arthritis. All year I did various leg exercises and not only, sometimes I took pills, sometimes I used pain relief lotion and pain relief patches. The pain was dulled, but it did not go away completely.  A friend recommended collagen. You know what collagen* is …? I found and purchased collagen capsules on Amazon. I took it.  My nails strengthened, my hair grew, but my knee continued to hurt.  Then I heard from colleagues about turmeric (Google says it is very useful). I followed the well-trodden path: Amazon, capsules, take in. In autumn, when the humid weather ended, the knee stopped hurting. What helped? Riddle.  A few months ago, I bought collagen and turmeric again.  Spring is just around the corner, although it doesn’...