I just finished Chapter 2 (and I ♥ it already) of
We The Living by Ayn Rand. So far, Kira and her parents and sister have returned to Russia, after being away for 5 years. Her father's textile factory was "nationalized." I see bits and pieces of Orthodoxy, Kira's sister Lydia wants to go to church and she and her mother cross themselves. This is the first novel she had published (1936). I've read several of her other books (
Anthem,
The Fountainhead and
Atlas Shrugged), which were published later.
I'm trying to use up the yarn I have by crocheting little critters. To see more of what people are doing with their yarn, check out this week's "
Yarn along."
We're still getting tomatoes from the backyard. Beets and carrots, too, but as you can see, the chickens like to eat the greens!
Hannah and Olivia are wearing the aprons my parents got for them while in the Ukraine 7 years ago. I'm so glad they go to go there and also to Russia, before my Dad's Parkinson's disease got worse! And on Monday, Labor Day, we had a cookout...Aaron, the girl's cousin really liked the mini-vanilla cones from Trader Joe's.
