Replacement Бегемот?

Бегемот (Begemot) means hippo in Russian..
There are two of them: really big, fat, orange tents that house a lot of teenagers (a girls and a guys tent, though those restrictions are...loose :)). And while they are not gray and don't have legs, they somehow acquired the nickname of this animal:

Last year the girls tent's zipper broke. We dragged all the stuff into the middle during a really bad rainstorm on some mats and then all snuggled up in the guys tent, where it was dry (and warm).

But now we need a replacement.
Here is an old tent that my dad's friend gave to him. We set it up. It's retro.








(human size references: Pasha who was visiting from Brooklyn for the weekend and my brother Shimon, who is cute)

Holy Mackerel!

My mom asked me to take pictures.
The taking apart ends in guts and tails and heads.
tails and heads=soup.
3 fish make exactly 6 servings of food (3 fried and 3 soup)

Slow Morning

By 2:30 I had gotten dressed and showered. By 3:00 I was having breakfast.

I was making up for the sleep I didn't get at Yulka's last night (I woke up at 8:15 yesterday! and was home by 10ish by train. And then babysat...)

1) black tea, no sugar, in a mug I made.
2) 'Riga Rye Bread/ Рижский Хлеб' with cream cheese

And since then more breakfast. One more mug of tea, one more sandwich, one perfectly fried egg, and one glass of kifir with coconut shreds.

Also, my feet are green (I finally finished mowing the lawn: barefoot).



Most people had yellow rubber duckies. I had this crocodile.
And a boat that didn't float very well.
I did have a rubber duck, but wasn't yellow. I would squish out the air and put it underwater. After it filled up, I would squirt things with it. The good old days.

happy stomach (1)

First time I've eaten all day. Breakfast was coffee. with lots of cream.











1) baby squash and zucchini, bell pepper, tomato, salt, olive oil, garlic clove.
2) arugula, tomato, cucumber, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, toasted walnuts.

[plus rice, plus chicken, plus lavash]

also, I love these (most of the time):
http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=569