It took some pondering, and it took some time, but at long last I have named my 2007 Ural Patrol.

The name for my Forest Green, 2007 Ural Patrol is…

Svetlana. For short, “Sveta” is fine too.

The name comes from a powerful, beautiful sorceress in the renowned Nightwatch series of novels by, appropriately enough, Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko (Sergey Lukianenko - Official site).

Maybe I ought to get “Svetlana” stenciled around the gas tank or something… hmmm…

So… meet Svetlana!

And by the way, pick up the books too. Great reads. A friend introduced them to me and Jodie, and they are now some of our favorites. There are 3 books out now, with a fourth, Last Watch, coming out in July 2008:

• The Night Watch
• The Day Watch
• Twilight Watch
• Last Watch

Nightwatch and Daywatch are also available as two very well-done, original, creative and action-packed films. In fact, the movies have been dubbed “the first Russian blockbusters”.