…used to run these streets in 2 feet of snow…  Multiple Exposures Action.

Playground of Heights and Depths.   Multiple Exposures Action.

Mid-winter climb cures all ills.

Once: we climbed each challenge…

…believed even fishes could rise from concrete…

…remembered the space underneath our feet…

…and the vast structures above, once ascended, that gave us the feeling of flying.

Light at the top of a mill. Somewhere in Minnesota in the middle of a road trip with the Aussie.

When I still thought Broken Glass was fantastic. Rooftop in St.Paul, Minnesota.

Paying my dues to ‘Angsty Lonely Chairs’ and ‘Dramatic White Space’.  Factory in Pennsylvania in middle of road trip.

Dramatic Black Space. Car Factory somewhere in between Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Niagara.

Son, follow the path of light.    Same Car Factory

But you know?  TGC Loves YOU!      Same Car Factory.

Make art from Wire + Tags.   Same Car Factory.

Faux People pose in Awkward window fashion.  On the way to Heavey Khemicals in Ukraine.

Follow crooked shadows nowhere.  Wandering in Kiev, Ukraine.

Tipsy, Flipsy in the Bus Graveyard!   Kiev, Ukraine.

Office.  Pripyat Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Bleak outlook.  Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Propaganda got them a musty closet in the middle of a nuclear disaster. Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Weeee feel the radicals in your hair!!!  Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Dish up Wip-lash with a taste of Meltdown. Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Nature takes over the Dodge-ems.  Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Attack of the Annual Perennials. Tallinn, Estonia, +  Riga, Latvia Opera House. Multiple Exposures Action

Central Park, through Black Balsam Goggles.  Riga, Latvia. Multiple Exposures Action

Kadirorg Park, Tallinn, Estonia. Multiple Exposures Action

Spin until dizzy. Fall in Grass. Republic of Uzupis,  Lithuania. Multiple Exposures Action

Spare Parts Shop. Vilnius, Lithuania

…Close my eyes and leap.. Vilnius,Lithuania.

I’d sooner buy a Kiss on a stick. Tallinn, Estonia

Tell them how I am: Dancing Queen, Young and Sweet, only 85! Riga, latvia

Graffiti Collides! Riga Latvia

Dreams, the way we planned ‘em.  Riga Latvia. Multiple Exposures Action

It brings you bliss. Republic of Uzupis, Lithuania. Multiple Exposures Action

Having delusions of grandeur:…Curonian Spit, Lithuania. Multiple Exposures Action.

Ev’ryone deserves the chance to fly!. Vilninus, Lithuania

Something is not the same. Tallinn, Estonia. Multiple Exposures Action

Cannot Change. Tallinn, Estonia

Defying gravity. Klipidea, Lithuania

Look up. Spin. Snap. St. Isaacs Cathedral. Multiple Exposures Action

The Walking Non-Dead. St. Isaacs Cathedral. Multiple Exposures Action

Очень серьезная facial hair. St. Isaacs Cathedral. Multiple Exposures Action

Bouncing, Bobbing, Balloon View!

I smell a Lion in my hair,

Laying Down the Law!

And you can’t pull me down!

Winter Survival.  Vodka.  God.  Color.

Eyes of the Decanter.

Buildings in the canals…

..Horsemen in the Sky! Oh my!

The clouds spilled onto the buildings.

Color spilled onto the chair.

Nothing cheers me up like watching the clouds on a long journey. So thats what I did.  In between eating loads of healthy (seriously!!!) food and sipping Chardonnay.

Still emerging from our ‘Amazingly Tasty SeaFood of All kinds coma’…

..we found coffee at a cheery cafe.

Celebrating the holidays with a posh passion fruit chocolate cake!

Walking down the street, we felt as though we were being watched.

One Eyed Beauty lurking in an alley.

New Couch Topper Paste Up!

SHAG!!  Yes, shag.  We laughed like little kids.

Nicest fish restaurant in St.Petersburg, with a starter compliments of the chef.

Oysters and Snails-Dan flashes a grin before showing me the ‘proper’ way to eat seafood.

Smiles before trying something new and slightly slimy…

Happy look as the ‘proper’ Oyster technique is mastered!

Creme brulee to finish

Both agreed the most unique loo EVER-taken straight from an old Soviet gun ship.

Back to the beginning, we tried to remember (and draw) the 12 Days of Christmas, (on the paper table cloth) but ended up with waddly French Hens and a jolly holiday message.

We ate Chinese food until we burst and then Dan ordered a mountain of  fried Carmel Bananas.  There was much “Waddling” happening.

Then the Extreme Lunging started….

Even the American’s got involved!

Kill Fish Bar to start…

Metro Acrobatics by a talented small person…

..and her slightly taller companion.

Found Dan’s Dodgy Facial Hair Brother on the cover of a Russian book.

First ancient depiction of a bad breast job. Also found at Russian Metro Book Store.

The Men give some posing sass.

We went to the Saint-Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy to see Baroness Lili

Why, yes, I am a saucy Mer-Man with Fabulous Hair and Posing Style.

Odd flying, floating, fat babies on the handrails.

Such a lovely theater!

Remembering the good times Baku Style:  Stout interspersed with double Vodka at 2 am.

To Boldly Cook What No Man Has Cooked Before: Egg/mushroom omelet with fried tomato center.

Aww, festive office decorations.

SPIBA Christmas Party.

The result of falling…after several hours and the following conversation with Dan: “Have you tried a Blue Lagoon?  Nope.  Have you tired a White Russian?  No.  Have you tried a Scarlett O’Hare?  Umm, No, lets order one of each!’