Month: June 2021

Photos of the Day for June 30, 2021

Wandering the back roads 2017:  return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) V/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) V/VIII.     Village heritage:  farmstead structures. Вясковая спадчына: гаспадарчыя забудовы.       Well-preserved barn and root cellar. Добра захаваныя хлеў і склеп.           As elsewhere, economic degradation under… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 30, 2021

Photos of the Day for June 29, 2021

Wandering the back roads 2017:  return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) IV/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) IV/VIII.   Heritage of village architecture:  decorations and building details of pre-war homestead. Спадчына вясковага дойлідства: упрыгожаньне й дэталі будоўлі даваеннай гаспадаркі.     Traditional decorative wooden window frame (lishtva). Традыцыйная ліштва.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 29, 2021

Photos of the Day for June 28, 2021

Wandering the back roads 2017:  return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) III/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) III/VIII.     Well-maintained homestead, built by previous owners of the land before World War II, when the western Belarusian lands were included in the Second Polish Republic. Добра дагледжаная гаспадарка, якую першыя ўладальнікі… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 28, 2021

Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021

Wandering the back roads 2017:  return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) II/VIII. Belarus is not immune to the worldwide trend of depopulation of villages and rural areas.  However, the Belarusian regime’s insistence on retaining collective (state-owned) farming and refusal to return to private ownership of farmland has sharply added to the decay and degradation of rural… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 27, 2021

Photo of the Day for June 26, 2021

Wandering the back roads 2017:  return to Jabravichy (Smarhon’ District) I/VIII. Па бакавых дарогах 2017 г.: зноў у Ябравічы (Смаргоньскі раён) I/VIII.     Approaching Jabravichy from the southwest. Уезд у вёску з паўднёва-захаду.  

Photo of the Day for June 24, 2021

Homage to the Belarusian fence.  “Good fences make good neighbors,” as Robert Frost noted in his laconic, ironic New England voice.  Fences in Belarus show the homeowners’ pride in neatness and order — prized general values in a village — but also their individuality.  Whether new or tired after years of faithful service, the Belarusian… Continue reading Photo of the Day for June 24, 2021

Photos of the Day for June 22, 2021

In celebration of the Eastern Orthodox feast of Holy Trinity (III/III): Patronal feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Azdamichy 2017.  The parish in Azdamichy celebrates its patronal feast on Tuesday, the third day of Trinity (June 22 in 2021).  See also photos of the day for August 30-September 6, 2017. One of… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 22, 2021

Photos of the Day for June 21, 2021

In celebration of the Eastern Orthodox feast of Holy Trinity (II/III): patronal feast of Holy Trinity, church of the Holy Trinity, Mjestkavichy (Pinsk District) 2017.  The parish in Mjestkavichy celebrates its patronal feast on Monday, the second day of Holy Trinity.  See also photos of the day for August 17, 2017. One of the 12… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 21, 2021