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Just some pix from the past few days/weeks

Alla and I stayed with these 2 monkeys up north (and their parents, too, come to think of it):

The Big Brother, Bohdan (he'd just pulled his hat off- don't blame his folks for the look)

The Little Sis, Karina

Little Anastacia-a rose in the village

Solomiya- hide your stuff from her or she'll scatter it from one end of the house to the other... she is also her mother's #1 pillow-case artist... didn't know that it made such an ideal surface on which to write...

Solomiya's big sis, Marina. Ask their mom, Were any of your other kids like S? Yes, M was...she's growing up nicely now, though. A sweet girl. They have 2 bro's, too, but no pix.

Christine and me with Alyosha- he's the best! His folks are both deaf- we had several nights with them... he's a first-class signer- very cute

Christine and I were with this little doll's family for a few days; Rachel came, too. R and Dima

Daddy's work gave little D this for Xmas- we adults enjoyed it... it was stuffed full to the top with chocolates!
Here he is... he might be my almost grandson- not sure...he sure is close to my heart! (If you ever heard of 'Mr and Mrs Cutie Pie', he's theirs)
Rachel wanted a shot of the hairdo's...

On the Black Sea- cold but still nice to be there! Lots of Swans and other sea-birds