The country home of make-believeTumblr (3.0; @thedacha)http://thedacha.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhsvj0FHmb1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We used to have a dacha near here. Ours was more of a shallot.</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkpicturegalleries/8051096/Carl-Warners-Foodscapes.html?image=18">Carl Warner’s Foodscapes - Telegraph</a></p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3744727947http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3744727947Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:06:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhs2yf5VOm1qbyf2jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s going to be a concert this weekend in the village near the dacha.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3744181920http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3744181920Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:28:49 -0800<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d73d55707696d91942d5962/the-house-on-the-edge-of-the-village?utm_source=Tumblr&utm_medium=Treasury&utm_campaign=Share">The Dacha has found a crafty fellow spirit: The House on the Edge of the Village</a>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3686875872http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/3686875872Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:18:28 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lctgmbojXV1qchpr7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Let’s see if this works to show the adorable matryoshka cake pops. (h/t theurbangrocer.com)</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/2073292689http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/2073292689Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:54:00 -0800<a href="http://www.theurbangrocer.com/2010/06/18/pop-cakes/">All birthdays at the dacha are celebrated with matryoshka cake pops.</a>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/1639669256http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/1639669256Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:44:43 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8jrp7Us3Y1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our ‘old school’ mode of transport to the dacha this weekend</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/1098444445http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/1098444445Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:03:03 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l749mhVZLe1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A new snap of the dacha</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/949744848http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/949744848Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:35:04 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73udhjkWX1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ravishing radishes</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/948479361http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/948479361Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:05:33 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l727kaxKs81qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We used these for a project today.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/943981247http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/943981247Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:55:05 -0700<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/08/10/russia-is-on-fire/">Russia is on fire | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine</a>: <p>Don’t worry, this is no where near the dacha.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/933211474http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/933211474Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:47:06 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6rn2ja8XK1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is what we took last weekend and it was miserable.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/916104197http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/916104197Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:00:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6rmzmvUDg1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Could not have chosen a better way to go to the dacha today</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/916097444http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/916097444Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:53:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6pu8cXkN71qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On the back of the chicken coop, Koki has carved some bas-relief chronicles of the area.  Here, he illustrates a rather startling earthquake. You can see how the ground rolled, which really startled the livestock.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/911289795http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/911289795Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:36:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6kr8aXnt41qbfooho1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This guy had an adventure on his dacha.</p> <p><a href="http://dendyconsole.tumblr.com/post/897716675">dendyconsole</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>MAYAKOVSKY</p> </blockquote>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/907570965http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/907570965Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0700<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="TelegraphPlayer-7926128" width="560" height="315" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"><param name="movie" value="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/template/utils/ooyala/telegraph_player.swf" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="salign" value="LT" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="FlashVars" value="embedCode=J2djZtMTp9HMH1toKks6Efro3pDFAXFC&autoplay=1&offSite=true&showTD=true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/template/utils/ooyala/telegraph_player.swf" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" menu="false" quality="high" play="false" name="TelegraphPlayer-7926128" height="315" width="560" allowscriptaccess="always" scale="noscale" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" salign="LT" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="embedCode=J2djZtMTp9HMH1toKks6Efro3pDFAXFC&autoplay=1&offSite=true&showTD=true"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>          This appears in the night sky.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/903748820http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/903748820Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mj2gCKKw1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stuck dragon. Some areas close by are a little swampy.  Hard for the short-legged amongst us.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/902469013http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/902469013Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:30:00 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IC6W8J0j8Co?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A lot of people wonder where the dacha is and what it’s like.  It’s kind of like the Garden of Eden … just outside Moscow.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/903209389http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/903209389Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6mj1lXucj1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Last of the summer’s cherries</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/902467679http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/902467679Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:40:03 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6lcoiNB4z1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Spectral asters or astral spectres, all I know is they are not in the garden during the day!</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/899221257http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/899221257Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6lc0k5a8y1qchpr7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>He even rendered the legs and abdomen in great detail.</p>http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/899166625http://thedacha.tumblr.com/post/899166625Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:00:00 -0700