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with love

goergi and galina

Fall is here - the golden season of beauty and bounty, of harvest festivals and celebration like the Thanksgiving tradition.

Nowadays we - the city people mast be thankful with every meal to the farmers who dedicate their life to produce our food and be grateful to God - the creator of this plentiful variety of fruit and vegetables to please every taste and nourish any need!

Soon is Thanksgiving - time to spend with our family, parents, children, relatives and friends - time for more love, time for grace and peace. It’s an occasion to forgive each other for all that went wrong in the past and get ready for the Holy Christmas with purity and calmness in our hearts!

Let’s make this Thanksgiving a feast of Peace, Grace and Love!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

with love

goergi and galina

In July 2008 we had two weeks vacation in Nicaragua.

In the middle of the rainy season all nature is in magnificent tropical greenery. From the plane before landing in Managua we saw mountain green land - “tierra verde”.

Traveling in Nicaragua is very easy, relatively cheap, fast and comfortable.

Managua International airport is few miles outside the city on the north side of the Pan-american highway - international road crossing Central America.
We took a taxi from the airport and to avoid the crowd of the big city we went to Granada via Tipitapa.

All the way about one hour ride we were contemplating the lush tropical vegetation in this rich agricultural region.
Bright orange-color-blossom trees and many other tropical blooms had been seen also. I was impressed how bright and beautiful the colors in Nicaraguan nature are - the green, the red, the orange…

In Granada we arrived at the Park Central where most of the tourists places are just few blocks around. The majestic Cathedral on the east side is one of the main orientation point.

We spent one week in Granada - one week is too little to fully enjoy but is enough to fall in love with Romantic Granada

During our stay in Granada we visited twice the greatest shopping attraction - the neighbor city of Masaya. It is only half an hour ride on a minibus to get there.

From Granada we decided to go north to Leon. We took first a minibus from Granada to Managua to UCA bus terminal. From UCA we got taxi to other terminal at Mercado Boer. There are minibuses leaving as soon as full for Leon, Chichigalpa, Chinandega.

We did a mistake to take the first leaving bus in that direction and it was to Chichigalpa. So we got off on highway with all the languages in the middle of a hot sunny day and needed other transportation to the city of Leon.

In León we were already missing the refreshing breeze of Granada. The center of Leon is a tourist attraction with historical colonial buldings.
We spend one only night there.

Early morning from the main bus terminal we took a minibus to Chinandega - a small town where the only place you can get coffee and snack is at the gas station’s food market “On the Run” close to the bas terminal “El Bisne”. We got a nice room with patio there in hotel San Jose but we could not find a restaurant.

In the morning after free breakfast in the hotel we took minibus back to Leon, taxi from the bus terminal to Mercado Sutiava were the public buses to Las Penitas - depart.

We realized how much fun is to ride with nica people - load latino music, vendors offering food and drinks, babies crying, young people laughing hard working people with heavy bags or baskets. In one such ride you can feel the spirit of the nation!

In about one hour we arrived at Las Peñitas - a beautiful large ocean beach, Leon’s favorite weekend place and world famous surfing resort.

After 4 days refreshing at the ocean side we headed to the mountains of northern Nicaragua - Matagalpa and Estelí.

From Las Penitas early morning we rode the first public bus to Leon then another public bus to Matagalpa (Leon-Matagalpa about 120 km).

It tourned to be the worst travel experience - the road was so damaged - holes and stones, the bus was jumping from one hole to another. The last 30km of our ride got better after we crossed the Panamerican and took the good road.

Altough the mountain sights on the road Leon-Matagalpa are beautiful we would recommend if you go North to Matagalpa, Estelí, Ocotal take a bus from Managua and you will get comfortable ride via the Pan-american highway.

After more then 3 hours painful traveling we got off at the bus terminal of Matagalpa - a beautiful big city spread on a valley between mountains. Unfortunately it was clouded and rainy - no good time for pictures.

Next day we hit the road again on a public bus to Estelí but the road Mataglpa-Esteli is good - it goes Matagalpa-Sebaco were you see the most piled produce market and from Sebaco to Esteli via the well-known Panamericana. Beautiful green mountains all the way to our final destination.

Couple of hours uphill and we arrived at a surprisingly pretty and clean bus station (Cotran Sur) of Esteli.

Estelí is a large progressive city with pleasant climate and many tourists destinations around. For two days we had been enjoying the tropical beauty of this mountain place.

On our departure day with luxury express bus from the same lovely bus station we went downhills to Managua for less then 2 hours and got off straight in front of the airport plenty of time before our flight.

Very good source of information that we used during our journey is ViaNica.com with full Bus Schedule and much more info about traveling, destinations, events, hotel and restaurant guides…

The trip was scheduled for 8:00 a.m.
We arrived early morning at this beautiful small town of Crystal River. Just across the dive center we had breakfast in open air enjoying the view of Kings Bay.

At 8:00 we were still the only two people for manatee tour and they suggested us to rent a pontoon boat and make the trip ourselves.
So we did - my husband was the captain and i was helping with the map.
We were boating around Kings Bay along Buzzard Island around Banana Island where is the Big Spring or King Spring and we made a stop to look for manatees.
There were few of them around but too shy to come closer.

Then we drove the boat back and under a bridge on the way to “Tree Sisters Spring”

We made our secund stop and we took a bath in refreshing pure cold spring water.
Back on the boat we got warm again on the sun.
We had beautiful weather and made gorgeous pictures of water sights.
More pictures of our Crystal River boat trip

Orchid growers from around the state came to show and sell these exotic tropical beauties - thousands of gorgeous orchid plants, different species, colors and variations to please the taste of every orchid lover.

Doors for visitors opened at 10 a.m. and after one hour about half of the orchids were already sold.
Prices were very reasonable for such elite quality and every body could get priceless professional advice and information about the particular orchid they buy and how to care for. Suitable fertilizers and soil were also offered.

Hundreds of people came to buy or just to enjoy the show

For no additional cost lectures were provided by professionals. After the shopping some of the earliest visitors were already taking sits in the cozy atmosphere of the shady Oak Pavilion just relaxing and waiting to learn more about repotting and mounting orchids and different orchid cultures - Cattleya, Oncidium, Vanda, Phalaenopsis.

Orchids sensual beauty have fascinated people for centuries as symbols of love, beauty and luxury.

These are the best exotic natural flower decoration for our house, room, office, patio, balcony and a delightful gem to integrate into our garden.

Click to see our collection of pictures Exotic Orchids, Orchid flowers wallpapers, check also our Orchid flower greeting cards and Mother’s Day Cards with orchids.

It is spring time and the few kapok trees in St Peterburg are full of blossom.

These rare exotic tropical trees are really spectacular with their huge beautiful red flowers. The leaves are deciduous in winter. Red flowers with 5 petals are born between January and March before green leaves. The flowers mature into small husks containing fibres, similar to cotton.

Kapok tree with only flowers in spring:

Huge bright red beautiful flowers:

See more exotic kapok tree pictures.

Mother Nature is blossoming in spring flowers now!

Enjoy and have a beautiful spring time!

Delicious honey cookies dipped in chocolate

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup honey
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 table spoon cinnamon
• 2 1/2 - 3 cups flour
• 1 tea spoon baking powder

PREPARATION:

Beat eggs with sugar until creamy.

Add honey, oil and cinnamon.

Mix well.

Then stir in half of the flour with the baking powder,

add more flour and knead a soft dough.

Roll into balls the size of walnuts and place on a baking sheet. Shape each ball heartlike.

Bake in a preheated oven at 375 F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

Let them cool and dip in melted chocolate.

Have a sweet and loving Valentine’s Day!

we love you

georgi and galina

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My husband bought the Rose and came home with a big smile and said that he had a surprise for me.

The rose plant was SO BEAUTIFUL - full of blooms and radiating a charming sweet fragrance. We had been enjoying this beauty for days and took lots of pictures to share.

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Two weeks later the rose was full of buds and soon in blossom again with more then 10 new rose flowers

Enjoy the beauty!

Rainbow spring - Florida’s third largest spring is the headspring of the beautiful Rainbow River.The headspring is a complex of four vents(outlets). Numerous smaller vents and boils contribute to the average flow of 450 million gallons per day.

Rainbow River, once known as Blue Run, flows about 5.6 miles and joins the Withlacoochee River on its way through Lake Rousseau to the Gulf of Mexico.

The headspring is a natural swimming pool with crystal clear and purest water.

The feeling of this pure cool freshness is an unique experience of joy for the skin, the whole body and soul that will attract you again and again.

Canoes and kayaks for rent are available for those who want to explore the river’s abundant wildlife, including otters, alligators, many species of turtles and fish and also variety of water birds.

All around the headspring there is a beautiful park with picnic areas surrounded by green lush vegetation, blossoming bushes full of butterflies and mixed forest providing fresh cool air and shade.The famous azalea gardens are in bloom In February and March.

The park is huge with nature trails for those who want to stroll and enjoy the butterfly gardens, man-made waterfalls and the sandhill pine forest.

Rainbow Springs State Park is located 3 miles north of Dunnellon, Marion County, Central Florida

Open 8 a.m. until sunset, 365days a year.
An entrance fee of only 1.00 per person is required.
Parking lots are in the forest very near the entrance of the park