The first snowflakes of the winter fell on September 17, 2008. Thankfully, they didn’t stick, and we had a lovely fall through the month of October. On Saturday, March 28th, 2009, we hit another seasonal milestone, the first night when temperatures do not fall below freezing. Luke and I call it “The Big Melt”.
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All around us the maize is getting taller and the rains are becoming sparse, a telltale sign that the end of the rainy season is near.  This year we are especially excited for the rains to end, but not merely because of the muddy roads.  We love how lush and green everything looks and how [...]

Quite often when Luke and I would talk on the phone while I was in Nebraska during January it seemed that the weather in Siberia and Nebraska were pretty comparable. Not any more. February was a COLD month! Last week Thursday and Friday when we woke up it was – 39C (-38F). If it’s colder [...]

My husband Luke and I live in Berdsk, Russia, with our three children, Christina (10), Katie (8) and Peter (3). Berdsk, a city of about 90,000, is a bedroom community for the large city of Novosibirsk. It does look like Christmas here. There is a foot or so of snow on the ground. This morning [...]

Last week we had a great break from the hot Torreon sun. On Wednesday afternoon and evening, they sky grew cloudy and the wind picked up. Then it started raining! It rained on and off for the next three days. The temperature cooled down considerably with the rain.
This was the first time it had rained [...]