9 October 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. If Only the Weather Forecasters are Right!

If Only the Weather Forecasters are Right!

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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Yolkin has Indian Summer as a grandma because “Indian Summer” in Russian is бабье лето (babye leto), literally, “Grandma’s Summer”. If Yolkin were dealing with an English text, he’d probably use an American Indian with a feather bonnet… it’s one of those idiomatic language things.

The guy in the apartment is wearing slippers because Russians consider wearing your street shoes in the house as being бескултурний (beskulturny: “uncultured”, uncouth, “below the salt”, “simply not done”). As one Russian gal said, “Do you want your baby crawling on the same floor that you’ve clomped on in your dirty old shoes? Yuck!” By the way, French Canadians have a similar custom…

BMD

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Forecasters predict light rains and warming up to 16 degrees (61 degrees Fahrenheit) in Moscow this week. Sergei Yolkin thinks that the above scene is likely.

7 October 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20131007/968329729.html

 

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1 October 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Events of the Week in Cartoons by Sergei Yolkin: 23-27 September 2013

Events of the Week in Cartoons by Sergei Yolkin: 23-27 September 2013

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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Here are the difficulties of the week as Sergei Yolkin saw them… a possible increase in fees for divorce, Iran after Ahmadinejad, and, of course, the almost complete absence of Indian summer.

1 October 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20130927/966317786.html

29 September 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. I Know What You’re Up To, “Indian Summer”

I Know What You’re Up To, “Indian Summer”

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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There’s an untranslatable play on words in the title, it can also be rendered, “I know what you’re up to, ‘Old Grandma’”. The image is a play on the Russian usage бабьим летом (babym letom), which literally means “Grandma’s Summer”. If he were dealing with the English, no doubt, he’d use an Indian, not a grandma. It’s one of those idiomatic things…

BMD

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Dmitri Kiktev the deputy director of the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia (Gidrometcentr Rossii), said that, in the immediate future, we won’t have “Indian Summer” in the capital, the rain will continue, and it won’t heat up until early October. Sergei Yolkin‘s upset about that.

18 September 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20130918/963951085.html

29 September 2013. Sergei Yolkin’s World. Just Because You’re Thinking About Indian Summer, Don’t Forget About the Snow

Just Because You’re Thinking About Indian Summer, Don’t Forget About the Snow

Sergei Yolkin

2013

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On Wednesday, the first snow fell in the capital. It was an abnormal occurrence for this time of year in Moscow; it came about due to a massive cyclone, which could bring us the first frost this week.  Sergei Yolkin gives a possible scenario of what might happen.

25 September 2013

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20130925/965805659.html