Seems like everytime I go to the States...

. . . There's a big lull in my blogging!  So again, 'well-watered garden' has been on hiatus since December.  January flew by in its less-than-snowyness--for which I was grateful as I drove around the Tri-State area to 14 different churches in about 4 weeks.  Glad that there was little snow and ice for that!  But as the snow falls outside my apartment in Kiev, I'm happy to see it.  I don't drive in Ukraine, and won't even be taking any busses today.  The snow covers up the icky greyness of this 'ugliest time of the year.'  :-)

Here's one of my 'home for Christmas' pics with family: