Day trip with Tsetsgee's family

Well, really only got out of the city one day and that was with Tsetsgee's family as we headed to the Chingis Khan statue outside of Ulaanbaatar. After that we visited a friend and her family at their summer ger. Nice weather with wonderful people. A good day away from the computer. Oh yeah.

Mongolia's Statue of Liberty

Standing on the horses mane
under the mighty Chingis Khan

Tsetsgee's son Amgalan next to the
largest Mongolian boot in the world.

Tsetgee's husband Ichkaa and their daughter Baska

There is a museum underneath the statue
unfortunately 'no pictures allowed'

A beautiful day in the countryside with friends
who fed us a wonderful lunch

Spent the rest of the day down by the river

Summer Visitors

Summer is a time of visitors. This last week, Ani Gyalmo's daughter, and first granddaughter arrived for a few week visit. Poppie is one of the most happy babies I've ever seen. Always smiling and an adventurous soul because she doesn't care on bit if she's passed around to complete strangers. She loves it. The whole family will head out to the countryside so I'll practically have the whole center to myself. Yippie!

Three generations

Poppie with Ani Dolma

And it looks like my earlier plans of having a vegetable garden are just not going to happen. So, I decided instead of giving up, to just 'scale down' my plans. So, now I have a small windowsill garden with green peppers, parsley, oregano, and basil. Also working on getting some starters going so Tsetsgee and I can have plants in our classrooms.

This years garden

And decided I still want to tackle the backyard, such as it is. I've come up with a plan that should be easy for those in the future to take care of but still allow for growing some vegetables or flowers. Plus it should make a nice meditation spot. Just to give you an idea of what I'm up against, here's a "before" picture I took yesterday.

Before!