Month: May 2012

Photo of the Day for May 20, 2012

Preparing a hothouse, Azdamichy 2012.  Падрыхтоўка парніку, Аздамічы 2012 год. Cucumbers are a key element of the diet in Belarus and the surrounding region and an important private-farming  export from Belarus to the markets in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Many families have constructed the frames for cucumber hothouses in their yards.  Each spring the (extended)… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 20, 2012

Photo of the Day for May 19, 2012

Granny Marusja, her daughter-in-law Tanja and Tanja’s daughter Tanjusha prepare to lap plastic siding for cucumber hothouses. Цётка Маруся з нявесткай Таняй і Танінай дачкой Танюшай падрыхтуюць клейку плёнак на парнікі. The cucumber, eaten fresh or pickled, is a major item in the diet of Central and Eastern Europe and of Russia.  Through the independent… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 19, 2012

Photo of the Day for May 18, 2012: Belarus in Faces XLIX / Беларусь у тварах XLIX

Belarus in Faces (part XLIX):  Photographer Ul’jana.  Беларусь у тварах (частка XLIX):  Фатограф Ульяна. Belarusian friends introduced me to the name of Ul’jana Mjel’nik (Ульяна Мельнік) through a wonderful documentary on her work as a Polesian photographer by Belarusian filmmaker Jury Haruljou (Юры Гарулёў) and scriptwriter Vjachaslau Il’jankou (Вячаслаў Ільянкоў).  A resident of the small… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 18, 2012: Belarus in Faces XLIX / Беларусь у тварах XLIX

Photo of the Day for May 17, 2012

Spring Cleaning, Vjeras’nitsa 2012.  Уборка, Верасьніца 2012 год. In early spring the air in the Central Pripet region is hazy from both the meticulous spring cleaning in yards and from the burning of wood to force cucumber seedlings for the earliest possible bumper crop.