Sprouts

I know it's spring everywhere but here. A nice winter storm - I've lost count. We have maybe a two square meters free from snow  otherwise it's snow and ice. And maybe a bit more ice, perhaps?

I've few seeds germinating, I need to check on them tomorrow. I have some peas and sunflower seeds germinating, kids love pea shoots. Maybe I'll need to stop calling them kids, they're all teens. But yes  they'll eat pea shoots, sun flower shoots and corn shoots (grown from popcorn kernels!!!)

I found boxes on mung beans reduced, of course I bought several. I had no idea what to make of them, until I read mung beans are easiest to make sprouts. Ok. First batch is almost eaten, os eats them as they are, but I really like them as a sandwich filler, like cucumbers. But a lot cheaper! Cucumbers are about 5,50€/kg now, that makes one cucumber something like 1,30€, which is way too much I'm happy with.

War on Ukraina has made me even more worried, if I was worried about living costs before, now I'm horrified, of  everything. And I need to worry about what will our crazy neighbour do, if there's going to be another "special operation"? My colleague from Portugal kindly offered to have us as guests if need ever occurrs. Well, I'm not leaving, but I have been poundering what should I do with d... My worries are quite irrelevant now, compared to the sorrow of others.

For now we are safe and as far as I know there's no imminent danger of any military action near this country.  We have briefings only once every fortnight, which is a lot less than it was in the beginning of the pandemic. So, I'm doing what V.P. doesn't want us to be doing - living a normal life. I've donated money and my freetime, money to Ukraine and my freetime for my community. If there's a need, we can house a family of refugees. There's not much else I can do.

Last remains of my family in Russia are not willing to move here.  They could do that, because their children already live here,  but they have their home they built themselves, their life, their friends... They shortly considered moving to Georgia where the husband is from, but it's not safe, either. I know it's hard to see the difference between a country and it's people, or individuals.

And sometimes the people are the country, like now in Ukraine. I don't think President Zelensky ever dreamt (or rather had nightmares) of to be a great military leader to his people, but he has been better leader to his people than any other present day head of state.