#saskatchewan ukraine

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Sask. Polytech in Regina provides free dental care for Ukrainian immigrants

Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Ukrainian immigrants were offered free dental care and wellness strategies at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus in Regina on Saturday with the help of over 160 students and volunteers. Each year, the campus chooses a different group of people in need for its health and wellness day. The day included presentations by nursing students…

[nakamopapina]

Drew a picture early for Halloween (just in case I forget to post)

Alberta, Sask, and Ukraine are doing a group costume (which the theme is spies, maybe sci-fi kind? I don��t really know) it was also an excuse to draw Ukraine with multicoloured hair again :3

I may or may not make a sequel drawing, depends if I feel like it.

[ask-hws-canada]

Do you ever have a crush to someone?

Canada: ... How to you tell if it's a crush or if you just really want to be friend with someone ?

[purple-iris]

Ukraine and Saskatchewan in traditional clothing (Vyshyvanka for Ukraine, Plain Cree Jingle Dress for Saskatchewan)

[deejayphoto]

Prayers for Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

[sparrownnax]

people on the internet: bandcamp is a great way to find new music from your city :) :) :)

the fact that the closest tag it has for where i am is 4 hours away:

(this is a cry for help im desperate and not allowed to go to bars for about 7 months yet i need local music AAAAAAAAAA)

[katrotica]

I was stumbling around on the internet on one of those sites that basically feature really nice pictures of really hot naked girls. I like those kinds of sites and sometimes lose track of time a bit on them. Anyways, that's where I found pictures of Viktoriia Yarova, and subsequently made this poster. Aside from the fact that she has perfect tits (which you can easily fact-check above), I also found out she's Ukrainian. So, I used that knowledge to do a subtle flag in the background. I heard a podcast the other day about a guy from Saskatchewan who just went off to Ukraine to help because he has family roots there. So, thankfully there are good people in the world trying to help. I'm just making posters of hot girls to create awareness? I know, weak sauce. I'm not the hero that the guy from Saskatchewan is, I know that. Sorry.

[ask-the-stchoir]

Fuck you

*doxes ocean and Mischa’s backstories again*

"Mischa was conceived in a little town outside Odesa in Ukraine by a factory worker named Tamara. His mother, after being part of the clean up crew in Chernobyl, was dying of prolonged exposure to Uranium. Wanting her son to be safe, she decided to put him up for adoption—forging his birth certificate, she claimed he was two years old, and was recently potty trained. When Mischa came to Canada, his adoptive parents were surprised to see their toddler had five o’clock shadow, and a slight trace of alcohol on his breath. They put him in the basement, and his adoptive mother would prepare food and leave it for him on the top of the stairs. On the rare occasion he would run into his new parents—the mother would weep, and the father would shoo him away like a horsefly. So began an inexhaustible rage. He turned to the last bastion of pure strength and masculinity in society: self-aggrandizing commercialized hip-hop. This is how Mischa became, the angriest boy in town."

"Ocean was born into a family of far left-of-center humanists who moved to northern Saskatchewan to live a carbon free lifestyle. The hemp needlepoint sign above the household toilet read, 'If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, scoop it out with your hand and put it in the compost'. Yet in-between all the drum circles, Marxist parables, and cheese sandwiches made from human breast milk, Ocean could never shake the feeling she was the white sheep of her family. It was only at the age of 8 when she found amongst her parents' record collection an album called 'Up with People'. The cloying positivity of this pro-capitalist gaggle of teen crooners brought tears to her eyes. Perhaps the peppiest thing Haliburton has ever produced. High school president, Straight A student. Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg: the Most Successful Girl in Town."

🌊HWTA

💵:(

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.1

Holidays

American Chess Day

Arbor Day (Peru)

Arts Day (Bardo)

Asbestos Awareness Day (UK)

Back to Hogwarts Day

Bahti Meskerem (Eritrea)

Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day

Carrington Event Day

Chicken Boy Day

Childhood Cancer Awareness Day (Tennessee)

Constitution Day (Slovakia)

Creation Day (According to Julius Africanus; 5,508 yrs, 3 months, 25 days BC)

Daffodil Day (New Zealand)

Day of Belarusian Written Language (Belarus)

Day of Knowledge (Estonia, Russia)

Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)

Draft Horse Day

Emma M. Nutt Day (a.k.a. Nutt Day)

Entrepreneur’s Day (Ukraine)

Euphrosyne Asteroid Day

Flag Day (Honduras)

Footy Colors Day (Australia)

Ginger Cat Appreciation Day

Global Talent Acquisition Day [1st Wednesday]

Human Resources Professional Day (South Dakota)

International Day of Awareness of the Dolphins of Taiji

International Naalbinding Day

International Neil Diamond Day

International Primate Day

International Trade Union Action Day for Peace

International Women in Cyber Day

Journalist Day (Taiwan)

Juno Steroid Day

Kama Sutra Day

Kanto Earthquake Memorial Day (Japan)

Knowledge Day (Armenia, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine)

Lake Baikal Day (Russia)

Letter Appreciation Day

Lose Your Virginity Day

Mary Had a Little Lamb Day

Meteorological Autumn begins (Northern Hemisphere)

Meteorological Spring begins (Southern Hemisphere)

National Acne Positivity Day

National Boykin Spaniel Day

National Child Identity Theft Awareness Day

National Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)

National Forgiveness Day

National Homecare Day of Action

National Hotel Employee Day

National Little Black Dress Day

National Marmoset Day

National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day

National Police K-9 Day

901 Day (Tennessee)

No Music Day (Nigeria)

Onam (Hindu harvest festival; India)

Partridge Day (UK)

Pink Cadillac Day

Presidential Message Day (Mexico)

Random Acts of Kindness Day (NZ)

Respect the Drive Day

Rites of Moawita (Elder Scrolls)

Save Japan’s Dolphins Day

Sing A Silly Song In Bed Day

Teacher’s Day (Singapore)

Tourist Day

Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day

Trade Union Action for Peace Day (Tajikistan)

Trout Day (French Republic)

Veteran’s Day (Poland)

Wattle Day (Australia)

White Rabbit Day

World CLL Day

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

World Day of the Fingerprint

World Emotional Trauma Awareness Day

World Freestyle Football Day

World Letter Writing Day

World PCOS Day of Unity

World War Two Anniversary Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cherry Popover Day

Chop Suey Day

International Cap Classique Day (South Africa)

National Burnt Ends Day

National Gyro Day

National Oatloaf Day

National Tofu Day (UK)

Oyster Season begins

Rosolio Day (Italy)

Independence & Related Days

Alberta Province Day (Canada; 1905)

Baguio City Day (Philippines)

Baltia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

Chrisland (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Communist North China People’s Republic (Founded; 1948)

Gymnasium State (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Jasaan Day (Philippines)

Qatar (from UK; 1971)

Revolution Day (Libya; 1969)

Saskatchewan Province Day (Canada; 1905)

Slovak Constitution Day (Slovakia)

Uzbekistan (a.k.a. Mustaqillik Kuni); from USSR, 1991)

New Year’s Days

New Year’s Day (Greek or Byzantine (Constantinople) Indication)

1st Sunday in September

Bowling League Day (a.k.a. U.S. Bowling League Day) [1st Sunday]

European Day of Jewish Culture [1st Sunday]

Father's Day (Australia, New Zealand) [1st Sunday]

Harvest Wine Celebration (Livermore, California) [1st Sunday]

Joust of the Saracen (Italy) [1st Sunday]

Mushroom Day (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) [1st Sunday]

National Commemoration Day (South Africa) [1st Sunday]

National Pastor’s Spouses Day [1st Sunday]

National Prayer Day for the Deaf (South Africa) [1st Sunday]

Pet Rock Day [1st Sunday]

Pffiferdaj (Day of the Strolling Fiddlers, or Fiddlers' Festival; Alsace, France) [1st Sunday]

Running of the Sheep (Montana) [Sunday of Labor Day Weekend]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Snack Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Spiritual Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Start Over Sunday [1st Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Tales and Tallows (Elder Scrolls)

Wakes Sunday [Sunday after September 4]

Working Mother's Day [1st Sunday]

World Goddess Day [1st Sunday]

World Koesister Day [1st Sunday]

World Meditation Day [1st Sunday of Every Month]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 1 (1st Full Week of September)

International Enthusiasm Week (thru 9.7)

Legacy Week (Australia)

National Childhood Injury Prevention Week (thru 9.7)

National Nutrition Week (thru 9.7)

National Payroll Week (thru 9.7). [Week of Labor Day]

National Waffle Week (thru 9.7) [1st Week]

Self-University Week (thru 9.7)

Sobriety Checkpoint Week (thru 9.7) [1st Full Week]

Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week (thru 9.7) [1st Full Week]

Festivals Beginning September 1, 2024

Alaskan Grown Cheesecake Contest (Palmer, Alaska)

Atlanta Caribbean Jerk Festival (Lithonia, Georgia)

Bloemencorso Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde (Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Belgium)

Bloemencorso Zundert (Zundert, Netherlands) [thru 9.2]

California Wine Month (Statewide, California) [thru 9.30]

Flavor Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida) [thru 9.30]

Sydney Fringe Festival (Sydney, Australia) [thru 9.30]

Feast Days

Constantius (Costanzo) of Aquino (Christian; Saint)

Dalton (Positivist; Saint)

David Pendleton Oakerhater (Anglican Communion)

Drittel of Northumbria (Christian; Saint)

Ecclesiastical New Year (Orthodox Christian)

Edgar Rice Burroughs (Writerism)

Feast of Adjutor (Christian)

Feast of Macuilxochitl (5 Flower God; Mexico)

Festival of the Grapevines I: Ariadne (Pagan)

Felix, Donatus, Arontius, Honoratus, Fortunatus, Sabinianus, Septimus, Januarius, Vitalis, Satyrus, abd Repostius, 12 brothers (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Juno Regina and Jupiter Liber (Ancient Rome)

Fiacre (France, Ireland; Christian; Saint) [also 8.30]

Firminus II (Christian; Saint)

Gene Colan (Artology)

Gideon the Judge (Christian; Saint)

Giles (Christian; Saint)

Hilda Rix Nicholas (Artology)

Hobbit Remembrance Day (Pastafarian)

Jhonen Vasquez (Artology)

Loup (a.k.a. Lupus or Lew) of Sens (Christian; Saint)

Ludwig Merwart (Artology)

Nativity of Zoroaster (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Nivard (a.k.a. Nivo; Christian; Saint)

Per Kirkeby (Artology)

Ramalamadingdong begins (Church of the SubGenius)

Sain (Celtic Book of Days)

Simeon Stylite (Eastern Orthodox)

Sixtus of Reims (Christian; Saint)

Sneeze-Wobbling Festival (Shamanism)

Soshana Afroyim (Artology)

Sweet Tater Festival (Cullman, Alabama) [thru 9.2]

Taddeo Zuccari (Artology)

Terentian (a.k.a. Terrence; Christian; Saint)

Timothy Zahn (Writerism)

The Twelve Brothers (Christian; Martyrs)

Uncle Ermisimo (Muppetism)

Verena (Christian; Saint)

Vibiana (Christian; Saint)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Historically Bad Day (Germany invaded Poland, earthquakes in Iran & Japan & 8 other tragedies) [7of 11]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

The Abominable Mountaineers, featuring Sad Cat (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

Address Unknown, by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (Novel; 1938)

The Aleph, by Jorge Luis Borges (Short Story; 1945)

Arsenic and Old Lace (Film; 1943)

The Autograph Hound (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Film; 1947)

Balloon Snatcher, featuring Astronut (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

The Big Clean-Up (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Bye, Bye, Blackboard (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2009) [#2]

Cat Happy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1950)

The Cat’s Revenge (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

The Charm Bracelet (Phantasies Cartoon; 1939)

Chocolates for Breakfast, by Pamela Moore (Novel; 1956)

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas De Quincey (Autobiography; 1821)

The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (Novel; 2001)

The Covered Pushcart (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Crank (Film; 2006)

Dames (Film; 1934)

The Discontented Canary (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1934)

Disguise the Limit (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1960)

Dr. Feelgood, by Mötley Crüe (Album; 1989)

Dug Days (Animated TV Series; 2021)

The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje (Novel; 1992)

Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton (Novel; 1911)

A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway (Novel; 1929)

A Farewell to Kings, by Rush (Album; 1977)

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss (Children’s Books; 1938)

Fine Feathered Friend (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1960)

The First Telephone (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Foxed by a Fox (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Git That Guitar (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

The Good Scout, featuring Willie Whopper (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)

Gramps to the Rescue (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Happy Valley (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Harry Happy (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Hats Off to Hector (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Haydn String Quartets, Opus 10, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Quartets; 1785)

High Flyer (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Hobo’s Holiday (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

Hold the Fort! (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Honorable Paint in the Neck, featuring Hashimoto (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Hook, Lion and Sinker (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Honey’s Money (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)

Idiocracy (Film; 2006)

Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1599)

Lady and His Lamp (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Little Problems (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov (Novel; 1955)

Love’s Labor Won (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)

The Mass Psychology of Fascism, by Wilhelm Reich (Political Book; 1933)

Messy Messenger (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

Middlemarch, by George Eliot (Novel; 1871)

The Mighty Hercules (Animated TV Series; 1963)

Mouse Menace (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

The Mysterious Cowboy (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

The Old Man and the Sea (Short Story; 1952)

Old Mother Clobber (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Outer Galaxy Gazette, featuring Astronaut (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Outside Providence (Film; 1999)

Peculiar Penguins (Silly Symphonies Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Pitchin’ Woo at the Zoo (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1944)

The Plastics Inventor (Disney Cartoon; 1944)

Prehistoric Super Salesman (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1969)

Private Eyes, by Hall & Oates (Album; 1981)

The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran (Poems; 1923)

The Proton Pulsator, featuring Astronut (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

The Rain Drain, featuring James Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Really Big Act, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1961)

Rear Window (Film; 1954)

Robot Rival (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1964)

A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf (Novel; 1929)

Search for a Symbol (Hector Heathcote Cartoon; 1963)

The Slap-Happy Mouse (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

Solitary Refinement (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, by John le Carré (Novel; 1963)

Square Shooting’ Square (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Steeple Jacks (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1951)

The Stepford Wives, by Ira Levin (Novel; 1972)

Swordfishtrombones, by Tom Waits (Album; 1983)

TikTok (Social Media App; 2016)

Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire (Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear), Erik Satie (Suite for Piano Four Hands; 1903)

Tropic of Cancer, by Henry Miller (Novel; 1934)

The Two Barbers (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1944)

The Two Ton Baby Sitter, featuring Sidney (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong (Song; 1967)

When Worlds Collide, by Philip Wylie (Novel; 1932)

Which is Witch, featuring James Hound (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

Wild Life (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1959)

The Women (Film; 1939)

Worth Dying For, 15th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2010)

You Can’t Take It with You (Film; 1938)

Today’s Name Days

Ägidius, Ruth, Verena (Austria)

Damyan, Damyana, Kozma, Kuzman, Simeon, Simona (Bulgaria)

Aron, Egidije, Estera, Jošua, Oliver, Predrag, Šimun, Tamara, Viktor (Croatia)

Jaroslava, Linda, Samuel (Czech Republic)

Ægidius, Theobaldus (Denmark)

Eha, Ehala, Hämarik, Ülar, Ülari, Ülev, Üllar, Üllart, Üllas, Üllo, Ülo (Estonia)

Aaro, Aaron, Pirkka (Finland)

Aaron, Esther, Giles, Goulwen, Jossué, Thierry (France)

Ägidius, Ruth, Verena (Germany)

Anargyros, Argyris, Antigone, Antigoni, Athena, Athina, Damianos, Kosmas, Margarita, Polynike, Polyniki, Symeon (Greece)

Annamária, Egon, Egyed, Tihamér (Hungary)

Caio, Cono, Costanzo, Egidio (Italy)

Austrums, Ilmārs, Iluta, Irisa, Imants, Ingars, Intars, Teobalds, Verena (Latvia)

Burvilė, Egidijus, Gytautas, Gytis, Julijus, Liepa, Tautrimas, Tautrimė (Lithuania)

Ask, Embla, Solveig, Solvor (Norway)

Aaron, Bogusław, Bronisław, Bronisława, Bronisz, Halina, Idzi, Klarysa, Marian, Niegosława, Teobald (Poland)

Dionisie (Romania)

Diana, Drahoslava (Slovakia)

Aarón, Arturo, Ester, Esther, Gil, Josué, Leonor, Oliverio, Simeón, Sixto (Spain)

Aron, Mirjam, Sam, Samuel (Sweden)

Debbie, Deborah, Debra, Edgar, Edgardo, Giles, Josh, Joshua, Josue, Ruth (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 245 of 2024; 121 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 35 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 2 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 29 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 28 Av 5784

Islamic: 26 Safar 1446

J Cal: 5 Gold; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 19 August 2024

Moon: 2%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 21 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Watt]

Runic Half Month: Rad (Motion) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 74 of 94)

Week: 1st Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 11 of 32)

Calendar Changes

September (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 9 of 12]

[shinden9]

Huge question: For a weeb, how much do you know about international politics and should what you say on them be considered? If you're so against the injustices of this world, why don't you do anything to make your own country better? Or are you a hypocrite savior complex?

I'll answer an ask from two and a half years ago for funsies. Imagine you are a wheat farmer in the US midwest. You've never left the tristate area. Your parents worked this farm, your grandparents, going back to sickles and carts and land grants from the federal government.

You know some things: your wheat, your field, your state, your market. You have your lane.

However you are not separate from the rest of the world. Overseas markets can make wheat at higher yields and lower costs than you. Ukraine, Saskatchewan, Mongolia, etc can undercut you. You learn more about this and how it affects you. Tariffs, taxes, free trade, etc. You find yourself learning more and more about these things, how they interconnect with everything from cars, to how houses are built, to how the entire society is structured, and how much it has changed from 30, 40, 50 years ago. You go down a rabbit hole learning about "twenty foot containers" and "chicken tax" and learn you are not just some biological unit working a field, you are part of a vast, interconnected woven fabric we call the modern global society. That what you do and say and try all matter in some way. Just like some protest half a world away eventually affects you, you can affect things on the other side of the world, whether on purpose or by accident.

You begin to understand this on a fundamental level, even threshing wheat or lubricating a bearing on your tractor feels consequential.

Every brick you see was handled by a human hand. The result and consequence of a person's labor. You have eaten the fruit of knowledge and it will affect you for the rest of your life.

[heylittlestellbird]

♡

Got the idea from @nats-comet

Untied at last

︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵

Summary: Mischa and Talia Meet in person for the first time

୨୧ Talia's POV ୨୧

︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵

How did I end up in Uranium City, Saskatchewan? Well, It's complicated at most. Due to the damned war in my home country of Ukraine, I had to flee. I had to leave behind everything I knew to start my life in Warsaw, Poland. and I don't even know an ounce of Polish! But luckily I knew that my internet fiancé, Mischa was living in Canada. About a week ago I texted him asking if I could come live with him, and surprisingly he said yes! I was over the moon! As soon as I heard him give me the green light, Immediately started packing, I was going to meet my the love of my life in person in two days!

The day finally came, June 19th. I was in the Warsaw Chopin Airport, checking all of my information like my passport, boarding pass, ID, and just making sure that I didn't leave anything back at my hotel. I texted Mischa that Saturday morning

Моя любов, я в аеропорту. До зустрічі! (My love, i'm at the airport. see you soon!)

My phone dinged with a notification, it was from Mischa. I read the text, and that simple message put butterflies into my stomach

Я люблю тебе Талія, до скорої зустрічі (I love you talia, see you soon)

In my mind I was basically jumping up and down, I just can't believe i'm going to see him in person! I'm so happy! after one last text, I hopped on the plane. I had already gone through TSA, bag checking, and I even bought some cologne for Mischa at Warsaw's duty free.

The flight felt like an eternity, I was just so anxious and so excited to see Mischa. I mean we had face timed before, but that was nothing compared to being able to hug, kiss and embrace him. To kill time I just closed my eyes and I just fell asleep, dreaming of him.

A plane announcement woke me up "Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Uranium City Saskatchewan, the current time is 3:15 AM." I was shocked, I had slept the whole time!? No way! but i was overjoyed that the hard part was already over! After we all hopped off of the plane, I was a little annoyed. I couldn't see Mischa yet because I had to go through customs, damnit! how much longer do I have to wait to see mischa!? Luckily for me, I didn't have to wait long, the officer looked at me and he began to ask me questions.

"What's your name?"

"Natalia Muruska Bolinska."

"Why are you visiting Canada?"

"Because my boyfriend lives here and i'm moving in with him"

Where will you be staying?

"my boyfriend's apartment."

Who will you be visiting?

"My boyfriend, Mischa Bachinski."

Because of my honesty, the officer gave me a VISA on my passport. Finally, it was done. when I got out of customs and into the main hall, I saw a familiar face. It was him! I lost my composure and I ran, throwing myself into his arms. Mischa smiled at me wiping my tears of joy away with his thumb.

"MISCHA!" I exclaimed, smiling as I felt truly happy for the first time since fleeing Ukraine. I kissed his cheek, giggling.

"TALIA!" He said in a truly happy tone, as he buried his face in the crook of my neck. "You're real, you're really here!" He said, crying tears of Joy

Finally after ages, his dark green eyes looked into my almond brown eyes, I smiled, hugging him tightly like I didn't wanna let go.

"You're just as beautiful as I thought you were." Mischa said, putting a strand of my brown hair behind my ear.

I smiled, feeling this warm, fuzzy, feeling inside. And that was just what I thought it was, just pure, and honest love for him.

"oh yeah, I got you these." Mischa smiled, handing me a bouquet of gorgeous red roses, my favorite flowers.

"My love, you didn't have to get me anything!" I giggled, smiling at him

"But I just had too!! Talia You deserve the world, princess and i'm going to make sure you get the proper trearment

"c'mon Talia, let's go get your bags and then i'll take you home." Mischa smirked, taking my hand"

"Let's go, loverboy." I smirked back and I felt happy knowing that we were finally together as I started walking to the garage, suitcase handles in my hands.

He paused, turning me around to face him I was confused, but then I knew damn well what he was gonna do.

" я тебе люблю (I love you), Talia.."

"я тебе теж люблю (I love you too), Mischa..."

Something just came over me and I gave him the most passionate kiss ever, we were finally united for good.

[ask-mischabachinski]

your favorite thing about Odesa?

But, fr, I love all of my country. I love all of Ukraine, not fair that I am stuck in Saskatchewan.

[sorebelflower]

A 'The Craft' and 'Ride The Cyclone' crossover!

( p.s, i wrote this at 3am and it kinda sucks! also, i do kinda fan ship mischa and nancy here lol. ITS THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS! no one else from The Craft is mentioned here, i would finish it but idk- )

|~Nancy Downs, a girl with, some might say, powers. She prefers the word witchcraft. A witch who lives in Uranium City, Saskatchewan, who would have thought! She went to Saint Cassian Chamber High School, a really empty school. That was only on the weekends when she had choir though. Yeah, she is in choir, what about it? Nancy was forced to by the principal, saying that she would be expelled if she didn’t. She didn’t want to, she had to. The choir didn’t really care for her, they were scared of her. Well, except for Noel, Penny, and Mischa. Mischa’s care for her was special, though. He cared for her in a romantic way, not a friend way. 

Just the way she was so cynical and miserably charming made him feel some sort of way. She often practiced her witchcraft at choir practice, because she wasn’t near anyone who would burn her at the stake. Usually she practiced in the corner of the choir room. Mischa would watch her, admiring her practices. 

Despite his culture being very unwelcoming of witches, he didn’t mind her witchery. He loved it as a matter of fact. Mischa came up to Nancy, being careful still. She looked up from her spell book and tilted her head, 

“Do you need anything?” she asked, carelessly. He fidgeted with his hands, 

“Uhm, can I… sit with you?” he questioned, fixing his hair.

“Sure..” Nancy said, closing her book. He sat down next to her, visibly nervous. He was not scared of her, he was just slightly.. Intimidated by her! “So, why’d you sit next to me... of all people?” she asked, looking at him.

“Because you seem really cool and stuff. I never talked to you before, so I wanted to introduce myself.” Mischa said, taking out his slightly sweaty hand for her to shake. “My name is Mischa Bachinski, It is a pleasure to meet you.” he says, smiling awkwardly.

“My name is Nancy Downs, pleasure to be met.” she says, shaking his hand. She gets something out of her bag and gives it to him. “Here, it’s Jaspillite. I hear it’s a national gemstone of Ukraine.” Nancy explains, smiling at him with her gorgeous teeth. He blushes at her knowledge of his home country.

“Thanks..” he says, putting it in the small pocket in his backpack. She moves closer to him.

“I smell lavender. Is that you?” Nancy asks, smelling his hair slightly. Mischa is blushing brighter than before and says, “Y-yeah..”

“Are you scared of me? I mean.. Who wouldn’t be!” she says, reasoning with him.

“N-no.. just.. Slightly intimidated, that’s all!” he says, trying to hide his blush. She smiles and puts her hand on his shoulder, making Mischa snap his head back towards her. Nancy smiles and says, 

“You’re really cute.” Mischa nods.

 “I am glad you think that!” She looked slightly confused.

“Don’t you say ‘thank you’ or something after a compliment?” Nancy asks, tilting her head.

“Well, yeah. I was actually going to return the favor.” he moves his voice to a whisper and says, “You are drop dead gorgeous.” Mischa kisses her hand and smiles gently. Nancy looks surprised and blushes. He scoots closer to her and says,

“I have been admiring you from afar for a while..” Nancy leans in closer to his face.

“What are you? A stalker?” she asks, jokingly. He laughs and says,

“No, not quite! Just an observer of you.” Nancy blushes at his statement and holds his hand. She has never felt this way before, almost a whole new feeling unlocked in her mind. Love.

[purple-iris]

Saskatchewan and Ukraine based on this painting

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Ukrainian Christmas

[skiddo-xy]

Mennonite Toponymy - How do Mennonites Name Their Places?

Today begins Canada's Mennonite Heritage Week, which occurs anually during the second week of September. In light of this, I decided to analyze the names of Mennonite-founded (specifcally Russian Mennonite-founded) settlements to see what they have in common.

In short, they are quite simple. Mennonite-founded settlements are typically named and officially documented in High German (also known as Standard German) with two components: an adjective (sometimes geography-related) and a landform. Mennonite-founded settlements also often have Plautdietsch (the Mennonite Low German dialect) pronunciations, presumably used when speaking in Plautdietsch.

A few prominent examples are below:

Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “stony brook”

“Stein” functions as both “stone” and “stony”

Bergthal, Bergthal Colony, Russian Empire (now Respublica, Ukraine)

Meaning: “mountain valley”

“Berg” in first position (rare)

“Thal” in second position

Grunthal, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “green valley”

Does not add “e” after “u” to replace “ü”

Also has Plautdietsch pronunciation: “Grientol” (/ˈ jrintol/)

“Thal” in second position

The rest of my examples are below (complete with annotations) and yes, they are all from either Ukraine and Canada - they have the best examples I could find that are Mennonite settlements specifically named by Mennonites - some Mennonite settlements in Latin America retain the Spanish names of the plots of land that they bought and others were named by/after non-Mennonite founders, such as Winkler, Manitoba, Canada. But anyways, here are the examples under the cut - but warning, it's rather long!

Blumenort, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “flower(s) place”

Dual usage of “ort” to be “garden” or “place”

Vegetation mention

Also has Plautdietsch pronunciation: “Bloomenuat” (/ˈblœmn̩ˌuɐ̯t/)

Friedensfeld, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “peaceful field”

“S” is unaccounted for

Friedrichsthal, Bergthal Colony, Russian Empire (now Fedorivka, Ukraine)

Meaning: “Friedrich’s valley”

Male personal name in first position

“Thal” in second position

Grossweide, Molotschna Colony, Russian Empire

Meaning: “big pasture”

Halbstadt, Molotschna Colony, Canada (now Molochansk, Ukraine)

Meaning: “half city” (etymology unclear)

Hochfeld, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “high field”

“Feld” in second position

Altitude adjective

Kleefeld, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “clover field”

Vegetation in first position

“Feld” in second position

Also has Plautdietsch pronunciation: “Kleefelt” (/ˈklɔɪ̯fɛlt/)

Originally named “Gruenfeld”

Uses “ue” to represent “ü”

Reinfeld, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “pure field”

“Feld” in second position

Beauty adjectives

Reinland, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “pure land”

Beauty adjectives

Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada

Meaning: “rose garden”

Dual usage of “ort” to be “garden” or “place”

Vegetation mention

Schanzenfeld, Manitoba, Canada

Named after Jacob Yost Shantz, who assisted Mennonites in Southern Manitoba

“Feld” in second position

Schoenfeld, Bergthal Colony, Russian Empire (now Ksenivka, Ukraine)

Meaning: “beautiful field”

“Feld” in second position

Beauty adjectives

“Ö” is replaced by “oe”

Schoenthal, Bergthal Colony, Russian Empire (now Novoromanivka, Ukraine)

Meaning: “beautiful valley”

“Thal” in second position

Beauty adjectives

“Ö” is replaced by “oe”

Waldheim, Saskatchewan, Canada

Meaning: “forest home”