Nov302025
Winter jars
Sunday, November 30th, 2025 at 1:10 pm by Viktor IvanovichCounting what we have. Twenty-nine jars of pickles, six of the yellow tomato salad, eleven of apricot jam, two of the plums (a gift). Plus the dried apples in the cotton bag. For one old man this is an army.
Twenty-nine jars and one kettle. The balcony shelf.
I make a list of who should get which jar: Kolya (pickles), Rustam (jam), the neighbour on the second floor (tomatoes, for the clothes box), Valentina by the post (apricot jam, she is the only one who sends the jar back with a thank-you note).