Days like these....

Home is: holding Romka in a headlock so Angelina can spank him. Angelina and Dennis, our lovely aerial bamboo/perch couple, have basically adopted Romka to keep him out of trouble. They're very sweet, and he's ... very young :) It's lovely to watch them playing at family.

Love is: hanging my trapeze in the grid (where I can't really use it) instead of the training room because the aerial frame is back in the show and the crazy Russians need it more than I do. And hopefully it'll impress Nastyushka.... I've worked out a technique for building a better trapeze with rope we have lying around, so it's not a huge sacrifice.


Family is: reducing an entire rigging crew to giggles by playing the Red Army Choir version of Land Down Under over the rigging comms on Australia Day.

Russian of the day: Pri krasnaya (при красная ?) - "It's a beautiful thing". Also, Spokoyne (спокоиня ?) - "Take it easy", said when someone is rushing or panicking over a job.

Life, it continues to be beautiful. Been on stage for 2 weeks, back to running the garage next week. Less Nastyushka, now that she's back on the frame, but more precious the moments with her, for that reason.

Also, happy new year. Not so many fireworks this year, but I let off a few strings of traditional crackers, for myself and for all of you.