Photo of the Day for August 9, 2012: Belarus in Faces LXI / Беларусь у тварах LXI

Belarus in Faces (part LXI).  Беларусь у тварах (частка LXI). Granddad Ryhor and his grandsons, Tsjerablichy 2012.  I took this portrait at the request of Granddad Ryhor’s daughter, the boys’ mother, just before Granddad Ryhor set off with friends to run a combine harvester for two months in the next province. Спадар Рыгор з унукамі,… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 9, 2012: Belarus in Faces LXI / Беларусь у тварах LXI

Photo of the Day for August 7, 2012

Evening Light in the Pripet Marshes.  Вечарнае асьвятленьне ў сярэднай Прыпяці. Tsjerablichy 2012.  Цераблічы 2012 год.

Photos of the Day for August 6, 2012

First Haying in Belarus, Tsjerablichy Meadows 2012.  Сенакос на сярэдняй Палесьсі, Цераблічы 2012 год. A cow needs three tons of hay for the winter.  Today’s gathering of hay forms a haystack of more than two tons.    

Photos of the Day for August 5, 2012

Haying in Polesia, Tsjerablichy Meadows 2012.  Сенакос на Палесьсі, церабліцкія лугі 2012 год. With consummate teamwork and steady rhythm members of this extended family form neat rows for the men to load on the hay wagons.    

Photos of the Day for August 2, 2012

First Haying, Tsjerablichy Meadows 2012.  Жнівеньскі сенакос, Церабліцкія лугі 2012 год. It is an ages-old race to gather the hay before it rains.  Amidst other urgent chores this extended family works in the heat of the day to collect the first cutting.  Their acreage is a patch of marshland meadows which the local collective farm… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 2, 2012