Banff Wedding

I've been slow to post, but am excited to finally share this korovai with you. It travelled from Ottawa to Calgary, and then to Banff for a beautiful wedding in the Rockies. I was most happy to hear that the korovai made its way without a glitch and absolutely nothing broke in transit. Sometimes little...

Voloshky

I finally got around to growing voloshky (волошки) in my garden this year. In English, this native European wildflower is called cornflower because it often grows as a weed in cornfields, including fields of wheat, barley, rye and oats. Just like kalyna (guelder rose), barvinok (periwinkle), poppies and sunflowers, voloshky are an integral part of...