Month: March 2017 | Radzima Photo

Photos of the Day for March 31, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (VI/XII) 2016: Dauhinau. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (VI/XII) 2016 г.: Даўгінаў. Polish-era house in late Zakopane style. Дом польскіх часоў у закапаньскім стылі. Pre-World War II house? Даваенная хата? Marian shrine. Прыдарожная каплічка. New church? Новы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 31, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (V/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (V/XII) 2016 г. Rahozina. Рагозіна. View upstream on the river Vilija from the bridge at Kamjena. The border between western Belarusian lands incorporated into interwar Poland and the Soviet-occupied Belarusian… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Photo of the Day for March 29, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (IV/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (IV/XII) 2016 г. River Krajshchanka in Krajsk. Рака Крайшчанка ў Крайску.

Photos of the Day for March 28, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (III/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (III/XII) 2016 г. Kalachy-Myshytsy road. Дарога Калачы-Мышыцы. Kramjanjets. Крамянец. Tree line between Kramjanjets and Hlybachany with the temperature at +3F. Дрэвы паміж вёскамі Крамянец і Глыбачаны пры -16С.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 28, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 27, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (II/XII) 2016: favorite oak trees in Dzjaniski. Апошнія думкі пра зіму: фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (II/XII) 2016 г.: любімыя дубы ля Р58 у Дзянісках.

Photos of the Day for March 26, 2017

Last thoughts of winter: photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (I/XII) 2016: river Vjacha near Papjernja. At the time I took these photos, the stretch between Rakhman’ki and Papjernja on the main R58 road from Mjensk north to Mjadzel was narrow, crowded as it dipped toward and then rose from the narrow valley of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 26, 2017

By Faith / “Вераю“

“By Faith” is a poem by National Poet of Belarus Ryhor Baradulin (1935-2014) about the the Belarusian nation’s resilience through faith. The final stanza declares that, just as light in the sky will drive away grim, grey clouds, so through faith in God — by prayer for forgiveness of sins — will the Belarusian nation… Continue reading By Faith / “Вераю“

Photos of the Day for March 25, 2017

Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 25, 2017

“Spring Will Come” / “Прыйдзе вясна”

“Spring Will Come” is a poem from 1908 by the outstanding Belarusian symbolist poet Maksim Bahdanovich. March 25 is the feast of the Annunciation in western churches and the date in 1918 when the Belarusian National Republic (BNR) was founded, only to be crushed by the Bolshevik occupation of January 1919. Patriotic Belarusians celebrate March… Continue reading “Spring Will Come” / “Прыйдзе вясна”