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| Today on our afternoon off we took another walk around the neighborhood near the temple. We love to see the great variety of homes. This is by no means the average living standard in Kyiv. Most people live in concrete multilevel apartment buildings with only a balcony as their outside living space. We have seen very modest single dwellings in other suburban and village areas. For some reason the people living here by the temple are much more affluent. Here are some of the homes in the area. |
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| We keep wondering who these people are and what they do to have so much money available for their houses and yards. |
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| Most yards are securely fenced. Many people build their own fences and take a lot of pride in the distinctive look. |
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| This gate and large yard plus the house with satellite dishes gives you a clue about the wealth of this family |
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| Note the mauve and purple paint with the orange-red brick! |
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| This is my personal favorite. Note that the vines have had a lot of time to grow up to the balcony and the landscape is otherwise full grown. |
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| Don't you just love the nice car in the driveway and the windmill to the left? And the construction scaffolding? They do have fruit trees! Many yards have large gardens. |
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| After supper when I was taking out the garbage I saw the rising full moon in the east with the the waning daylight in the west and ran inside to get the camera to catch this picture. The temple is almost unreal at any time of the day. But this is a reminder of the changing of the seasons and the beautiful day we enjoyed on Sept 23, 2010 |
