"Apul" is Kazakh for Granny (or some derivative of Grandmother). Gambrill lives with 3 women- a grandmother, a mom (Natasha) and a daughter (Rita). Apul is the one on the right and she turned 77 on Friday. I went over to help celebrate and the family cooked shashlik.
Nurlan, the neighbor came over too. He was in charge of cooking the shashlik. Shashlik is what we call shish-kabob. Its grilled over wood. Actually, pine needles, then pine cones, then wood.
Rita with the first of the strawberry crop.
While the shashlik was on, I walked through the garden to inspect. Here are one clump of tomatoes. We have 4 large clumps of tomatoes- this is the smaller of them.
Cucumbers
Potatoes galore
Natasha preparing more shashlik.
They were really good. These were chicken.
The girls.
The spread. It was a good party.
My pepper plants in my window. They are doing well!
My basil. The pot on the left are my tomatoes. I planted them late because I bought some small tomato plants in Almaty last month. I'm pleased with my garden so far.
