Snowy Day

The mountains in snow are really incredible. The landscape here is so different from New England, it sometimes feels really alien to me- but with the snow capped mountains gleaming in the morning sun, it's easier to put those feelings of unease aside.

Another Sunrise

I post a lot of sunrise pictures here- but I just can't help it, they're so beautiful.

A Merry Little Christmas

Merry Christmas! I'm not sure why decorating for Christmas is so important to me,  but it definitely is. This year, we splurged and bought ourselves a 3' plastic tree... It may have been a silly purchase since we won't be here next year and so we'll only get a few weeks of use out of it, but even so, I feel so happy with the decorations up that I think it's well worth the dram. 

Solstice Cinnamon Buns

One of our fellow PCVs has a family tradition of eating cinnamon buns on the winter solstice. She organized a group expedition to the Cinnabon store in Yerevan for today. Unfortunately, Sam and I aren't in Yerevan, so we couldn't take part in that particular group activity, but we thought that solstice cinnamon buns sounded like a great idea, so we decided to make our own. Between the kitchen being freezing cold and the high altitude, it was a little tricky to get the dough to rise properly, but we managed it in the end... Unfortunately, I don't have any finished photos for you, because once they were baked, we were too ravenous to stop and take pictures- instead we just wolfed them down and subsequently fell into a food coma. 

Morning Walk

Despite the cold, I got myself out of bed and took a short walk this morning. It's odd to be the only person in the streets- these days, with the temperatures in the single digits, the town really doesn't get up until after 10am...

Frosty Garden

Winter Has Come

It's official. Everything is frozen, including me. Winter is here.