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Centers of my Universe

A year has passed since the “I decided to quit my job and move to Canada” post. Being here, in a place so different from what I am used to, makes me reminisce of the places I lived before and nostalgia makes me want to paint them. I want to color the roads that led me here.

I will start with Moscow (RSFSR) – my first Center of the Universe!

The moon was always so big from our balcony that my parents had to send me to study astronomy to get rid of my fear of it smashing down to earth. I danced ballet and dreamed of becoming the next Anna Pavlova. I got gold medal in figure skating and diploma in musical arts in piano performance.  I lived in the Soviet Union, and I liked it. Maybe I was one of the privileged ones.

I will paint my favorite memories of Moscow streets and tell stories about them.

The first is the street where I was born, Old Arbat (Старый Арбат), the oldest and the most famous street of Moscow.

 

 

Calgary, AB @ I am here now

This is what “feels like minus 40C” looks like. – January, 2012

Halloween – October 2011.

Spring came in the late May – 2011.

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View of Calgary from the North late at night. – May, 2011

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View during the day from the Elbow River. – February, 2011

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The Elbow River located in southern Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies to the city of  Calgary,  where it merges into the Bow River. – February, 2011

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Olya & Kevin @ Getting Married!

It all started 3 years ago, during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday when I took a spontaneous all inclusive trip to Punta Cana, DR. This is when an accidental meeting of 2 people from different countries in one of the resort’s bars, while drinking blue shots – turned into something very unexpected.  Our first official date was a few months later in New York City!

We spent the next 2 years dating – we went to Italy for dinner, Toronto for a game of pool, took a walk in the Mojave Desert, had lots of drinks all over New York City, more drinks in Napa Valley, went to a  Phillies game in Philly and climbed the Rocky Mountains in the -25°C cold (ouch!).

In January 2011, I quit my job, grabbed my belongings, said good bye to Us of A and flew to the  far north to be with my travelling buddy!  We keep on travelling!

 

It’s been 3 years, and now we’r getting married! We are taking a small group of family and friends to New York City on December 16th,  2011 and getting hitched, the non-traditional way, just as we are.

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