Month: May 2013

Hands, always in their right place.  Рукі, заўсёды на сваім месцы. Dvarets 2010.  Дварэц 2010 год.

To commemorate the Feast of Corpus Christi.  З нагоды Божага Цела. Dvarets 2010.  Дварэц 2010 год.

Near Zjabki 2007.  Ля в. Зябкі 2007 год. As if to make up for a prolonged winter, dandelions have carpeted every free space in Belarus this spring.

May lilies, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Травеньскія ліліі, Цераблічы 2012 год.

Spring wedding, Azdamichy 2012.  Вясновае вясельле, Аздамічы 2012 год. Natalia and Aljaksandr were married in the church in Azdamichy May 27, 2012.  Best wishes for on continued happiness!  Натальля й Аляксандр ажаніліся 27-а траўня 2012 г.  Яшчэ сто гадоў!

In honor of the feast of the Holy Trinity.  З нагоды Сьвятога Тройцы. Churches of Belarus, part XXXIII:  view from the gate of the church of the Holy Trinity (1740), Strubnitsa (Pljabanautsy) 2012.  Касьцёлы Беларусі, частка XXXIII:  з брамы касьцёла Сьвятой Тройцы (1740 г.), Струбніца (Плябанаўцы) 2012 год. It is always an honor and a… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 26, 2013: Trinity Sunday / Сьвятога Тройцы

Interior Light (part XXIV), Kakorytsa 2007.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне (частка ХХІV), Какорыца 2007 год. Kakorytsa in western Polesia is almost surrounded by marshes, so much so that its villagers, independent and self-reliant in the classic Polesian tradition, still move around by boat as their forefathers did.

Milk fresh from the cow, Tsjerablichy 2011.  Сьвежае малако, Цераблічы 2011 год.

Peonies in Polesia, Tsjerablichy 2012.  Палескія півоніі, Цераблічы 2012 год.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of Milavidy on May 22, 1863.    At Milavidy a group of insurgents in the Uprising of 1863-1864 held the day against a superior force of Russian imperial troops.  Fought against the Russian Empire and for the restoration of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (the union of the Kingdom… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 22, 2013