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Polesian Way, Spring 2015.  Палескі шлях, вясна 2015 г. Varonina.  Вароніна. A village of about 100 inhabitants, Varonina lies near the western boundary of Homjel’ Province.  In the photograph one can see a large pile of fresh-cut, neatly-stacked wood to heat the hothouse for an early start to the cucumber season (for export to the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 4, 2015

In honor of the Polish Commonwealth’s constitution of May 3, 1791:  restored birthplace of Tadeusz Kościuszko (in Belarusian Tadevush Kas’tsjushka — Тадэвуш Касьцюшка), Marachoushchyna 2015. У гонар канстытуцыі 3-а траўня 1791 года: адноўленая хата/месца нараджэньня Тадэвуша Касьцюшка, Марачоўшчына 2015 г. In reaction to the constitution of May 3, 1791, Europe’s first modern national constitution, the… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 3, 2015

The Polesian Way:  open oak grove in the Pripet flood plain near Borki (Zhytkavichy District).  Палескі шлях:  прыпяцкая дуброўка ла в. Боркі (Жыткавіцкі раён).

The Polesian Way:  Slutsk-Staryja Darohi road.  Шлях на Палесьсе:  дарога Слуцк-Старыя Дарогі. Roadside allees so intimately form the patrimony of Belarus’ landscape and so memorably shape one’s journey.  Yet in the past three years it has seemed that every passage along familiar roads risks provoking a new sense of loss. Perhaps in this case local… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 1, 2015

Interior Light, Azdamichy 2014.  Інтэр’ернае асьвятленьне, Аздамічы 2014 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLII).  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLII). Tsjerablichy 2014.  Цераблічы 2014 г. Azdamichy 2014.  Аздамічы 2014 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CLI):  Azdamichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CLI):  Аздамічы 2014 г.

Belarus in Faces (part CL):  Azdamichy 2014.  Беларусь у тварах (частка CL):  Аздамічы 2014 г.

Planting potatoes, Tsjerablichy 2014.  Пасадка бульбы, Цераблічы 2014 г. The potato is a vital part of the Belarusian diet.  At the mercy of arbitrary allotments by the local collective farm, families — often several families working together — rush to get their potatoes planted in whatever small acreage they receive.

Spring in Polesia:  by the River Moustva, Tsjerablichy 2014.  Палесьсе ўвесну:  ля р. Моўства, Цераблічы 2014 г.