Picture Storytelling

I thought I'd do some storytelling in pictures for this post...

Here's a family dinner at G's parents' house. G is sniffing the Chinjara (cooked thistles) that his mom made for dinner. I'm baking salmon in the oven and the Coke bottle really contains homemade red wine (especially for G's mom and me). G and his dad drank a gallon of homemade white wine that evening. G had a little headache the next day. The 3rd picture is the next day. G had a headache and his mom was concerned that he had a problem with his blood pressure (whenver anyone feels at all ailing here, someone will whip out a blood pressure pump to see if therein lies the problem, and if it is, they'll prescribe caffeine if it's too low and a mystery pill if it's high). Then, to be on the safe side, they had G drink more wine. He felt better by the end of the evening but a bit under the weather again the next day. Amazing.

Here's G's dad (with G in the background in the first video) serenading Sophie last night...

Here 's a party at G's Aunt Tsiuri's house. G and Waseco are drinking Georgian beer and the glass with green leaves in it in front of G is his champagne. Waseco's dad suggested dipping parsley in the champagne, as it will take the bubbles out. It seemed to work! The other pictures are Sopo w/Aunt Tsiuri and Sopo with Waseco's wife Irma and their Daughter Mari. Mari just turned 12 last week...

Here's Popo and me reading her favorite book, "Twinkle" as we affectionately call it. She loves to chew on the pages and especially loves patting the pictures of the Star's face.

Giorgi and his brother Gocha can't get together without working. Especially when the internet is available. So here they are looking at cars in MN on this side of the world. G is calling sellers in MN. The little guy on Gocha's lap is Dato, their son, born 6/12/08. Fortunately Ruska and Dato came with Gocha that evening to give me someone to play with and more interesting pictures to take! Of course, you recognize Sophie with Ruska, Gocha's wife.

At the end of a long day, sleeping in my lap in the car...

Visiting our favorite shopkeepers at Ku's Tba (Turtle Lake) from years' past. They were excited to meet Sophie and have her pose with the potato chips for an especially model-like shot!