Life: Flowers and Fruits

Friday, March 14, 2014

MY COLLECTION: TURTLES, BIG AND SMALL

Below is my collection of turtles figurines that I started almost 10 years ago. Some of them were flea market finds, some of them were bought at the stores or art shows, many of them were given by my friends. After they realized that I collect turtles, knowing about it made their life easier - many of small figurines came to my house as gifts.

The "moving turtles" series: the head and the legs
are suspended and move all the time.

Almost identical pair otf turtles, different color.

Tiny cute little thing

Back view

Belly view - upside down

I have several of those, made of sea shells - from different
sea vacations, but mainly they are gifts from friends.

Gift from my daughter, brought from Donetsk

Gift from my friend Svetlana, brought from St.Maarten

Gift from my friend

A beautiful little one

This one has a compas inside.
From Lahaska, Peddler Village.

From Chinese market - if you carry it with you,
you will live a long life

This is a little box with magnetic closure,
you can lift the back up

Stone Pendant

Turtle-photographer, gift from my friend Svetlana

Small clock

Onyx Turtle

Glass turtle - gift from a friend

Cell phone pendant

Another turtle-box

Sea Turtle

From the Redwoods National Park.
The back of the turtle is made of sequoia wood.

Little pendant

Close-up

Haagen-Dazs Miniature

Close-up

Tiny small turtle, made by a sculptor from Connecticut
(met him at the art show)

This one is a brooch - flee market find

One more from the art show in Morristown Armory, NJ

Brought from Petra, Jordan

One more broouch, a flea market find

Plastic one, from the toy store Jazams in Princeton

Chinatown, New York - another one with a compas inside.
This time the compas is real.

Silver ring, bought at the art show.
You can open it and keep your secret stash inside.

Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts Store

Key chain - brought from Israel

Stuffed toy brought from Munich, Germany.

From Asburry Park. We stopped at the store when we went
to see the Polar Bears plunge on the first day of the
New Year 2014. Nice Christmas Tree decoration.

Gift from my friend Natalia

Key chain

Glass weight

Candle in a turtle figurine

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Little Toad Story

We found a little tiny toad, around 1.5 inch long, in the middle of our living room last Sunday (Feb.16th!!!!). He was jumping very slowly, sitting and resting between jumps.

Luckily for him, it was not our cat who saw him first, it was my husband. So we caught him using a plastic tray, then I've put him into a transparent plastic candy box with air holes on the top, adding some leaves off my houseplants.

He definitely was hibernating in one of the big plant pots that stayed outside until October.

What to do now?

We have 20 F outside today, it is pretty cold, and the snow is 2 feet deep or even more in the backyard.

This is how the backyard looks now, and I'm walking on ice. It is much more deeper than it looks, because the layers of snow were melting and snow became ice. I'm feeding the birds.

I can't let this creature go into the garden yet. I've put the box in the garage, it is pretty cold there now, but the frog is not sleeping - probably it is too noisy for him when we pass by, or the occasionaly lit light might disturb him. I gave him some tiny apple pieces, but he was not eating, just sitting quiet and looking at me with his sad, sad eyes!

Whatever looks like water is not water, it is the thick plastic wall. I've added some water to the extruded groove at the bottom, so in case he needs water he will find it.

What should I do? Add some dirt, put him into terrarium, feed him and buy worms at the pet store? Leave him alone? Help, please!

Monday, January 6, 2014

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014!

Celebrating Christmas with friends

December 2013 - our house after the first snowfall.

Celebrating New Year with friends

First day of the year - Asbury Park, NJ - Ocean Plunge:

Sons of Ireland - plunge into the ocean, on the 1st day of the new year 2014

Mr. Shrimp Restaurant, Belmar

Feeding the seagulls

Very quiet ocean

With my new camera case - New Years Gift from my daughter Olesya, it is the case for the iPhone

Intrepid Plungers

Link to the short video of the plungers
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=771494829531478&l=6860582961947260201

Post by Olga Sergyeyeva.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Hiking Around the Lake Minnewaska, October 5, 2013

After leaving Newburgh we decided to go to the Lake Minnewaska, one of our favorite places new New Paltz. Half-an-hour later we arrived to the beautiful Minnewaska State Park, and hiked for 2 hours around the lake.