Members of the squad - Nathan.

Nathan is almost 2.5 years old and he's the most photogenic kiddo I've ever seen in my life. He's a wonderful model but moves with a speed of light. I'm his god mother so I pride myself on him. He's very VERY tall and wears size 4T. He also gets mistaken a lot for a girl because people take his golden curls for granted :) lol

He's also Alex's best friend and a guide to the new world. Love him for that!

Here he is!!!

Squirrels and stuff...

Squirrels were never of my interest. I didn't plan on making friends with them and seriously name me one person in Brooklyn, NY that has any concerns in regards to these species.I would have never expected that I'll be sitting by the window staring outside for more than it's reasonable taking the fact that I live with a little brat living his toddlerhood. Ever since I got my new camera I came to realize that the tree I have right outside my window has a life of it's own... so I sit there and stare like an old lady without a life ;) I learned that squirrels prefer pecans to walnuts ( or maybe the ones that visit me smelled my weakness through the glass and started requesting more luxurious meals - must have learned from my son btw). I discovered that once fed for few days they shamelessly scratch on windows at 6 am and that they're so beautiful it's unreal.

Meet the Squirrels - or My Squirrels - shameless generation of pecan eating city punks :)

Urban baby.

It's kind of upsetting but where we live we have to fight for every little bit of nature. If we want a little bit of green grass, some water and mosquitos bugging us at night we have to get into our car and drive... the further we go the grass gets greener ;)

I love staying in touch with nature and I try spending as much time away from the city as I can. Unfortunately sometimes I just can get away so here's a couple pictures of how we look for nature in the city.

No nature here. Playgrounds are all rubber and concrete - security reasons. And those trees in the back can't count. Unless we get desperate :)

We're getting closer over here - but if you look closely you can still spot a bus in the back.

WE FOUND IT!!! We still have to drive but the smile on kids faces makes it all worth it.

I promise we'll connect with nature even more as soon as warm temperatures settle in.

Coney Island.

This was a gorgeous morning. Just few days after a snow storm I could leave all our jackets home and forget about scarves and hats. Woooohoooo!!! Temperature went above 60s and it was just cute and cuddly. I took Ewelina ( specialist in snow shoveling ) and our kids and we headed for Coney Island to get some fresh air .... and a beer :P (yes it was before noon but we just got so happy and we couldn't think of one reason not to have one!)

Kids got overwhelmed with all this space available to them and after moths spent home staring with their little eyes on the tv they just couldn't decide which way to go first. It was too good to be true.

Ewelina took this one.

Hopefully nice weather will stay for good and soon we'll be looking for blooming trees and flowers. I'm so ready for that!

Digging up spring...

Few days ago we had a snow storm in NYC... it happened on the day that I decided to put Alex's snow boots away ( oh irony!). Out of options my best friend decided to do something useful and she shoveled the snow. It was really cold and I'm still impressed by her heroic act :)

There was A LOT of snow. Schools got closed, people got late to work and even my blue little friend looked a little cranky.

Dysfunctional family.

We're not really dysfunctional hehe... but it can get really hectic some days.

We live in a small apartment in Brooklyn in a neighborhood close to another neighborhood which sounds better than the one we're living in - so let's just say we're in Bayridge :)

This is my husband Vasili and our 15 months old son Alexander

Alex really keeps me busy... he can be an angel one day and then monster out on me the next one - sounds like he took after me no??? :) He's a little punk, that's what he is!

My current ( stress, underline, bold on current) passion is photography and photoshop. I hope I can get good at it and it won't go to waste like all my time and $$$ spent on jewelry making last time I found my destiny. After Alex showed up ( actually it was a little more complicated than just showing up - but  that's another story ) I put my tools away and they're waiting for a better day - or ebay :) So I'll stick to photography for now. I'm a beginner in every inch. I got my Nikon D60 3 months ago and its friendship to me will take you on a little adventure and maybe make you a friend of mine as well! 

The beginning of the road...

Why did I call it a bucket?? Because I have no clue where will this blog take me... I don't plan on anything and won't put any tags on it. I'll just update it following my open mind and hopefully it will find a character itself... or end up a big pile of crap :) 

Unorganized, unpredictable, unstable and absolutely lost - how is that for a good beginning?? What do I like?? Every day something else. What do I do?? One day a whole lot of stuff and next day absolutely nothing. I'm very reliable on the weather so don't even bother checking on a cold, smudgy day. If I happen to post on one of these days you might just end up seriously depressed yourself... but spring is approaching so let's stay positive huh???

 I actually happen to like beginnings very much so this is exciting for me. Whatever this will turn out to be I promise to keep it colorful, light and funny, just so we can gather enough good vibes to go about our days happy.