Tag: Столінскі раён

Photo of the Day for April 11, 2022

Spring in Polesia (Pripet Marshes):  repairing the hothouse, Azdamichy 2012. Azdamichy lies in the heart of Belarusian cucumber country.  Countless families have erected hothouses on parts of their family plots to grow cucumbers, mainly for export to cities such as St. Petersburg and Moscow in the Russian empire. Палеская вясна: рамонт парнікаў у краі агуркоў. … Continue reading Photo of the Day for April 11, 2022

Photo of the Day for April 10, 2022

Early spring in Polesia:  a delivery of logs to be chopped for wood to heat the hothouse and a reserve supply to heat the house and kitchen oven next winter, Azdamichy 2012. Раньняя вясна на Палесьсі: дрэва на ўцяпленьня парніку й запас на хаты, Аздамічы 2012 г.  

Photo of the Day for April 9, 2022

Spring in Polesia:  preparing to plant the potato patch, Azdamichy 2012. Вясна на Палесьсі: падрыхтоўка да пасадкі бульбы, Аздамічы 2012 г.  

Eufrasin’nja (Prosja) Shpakjevich / Эўфрасіньня (Прося) Шпакевіч

It was with great sorrow that I learned of the death today of Prosja Shpakjevich (January 14, 1918 – September 6, 2021).  One would invariably come across Granny Prosja hard at work in the yard or family plots even at 100+.  She would always give a shy smile and chat in her quiet, observant way. … Continue reading Eufrasin’nja (Prosja) Shpakjevich / Эўфрасіньня (Прося) Шпакевіч

Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Orthodox feast of the Transfiguration (Apple-Blessing feast – Jablychny Spas), August 19, 2019.  This was the fifth year in a row I was able to celebrate the blessing of apples with the parish of the Resurrection in Tsjerablichy. The feast of the Transfiguration/Jablychny Spas falls in the middle of the two-week fast which ends with… Continue reading Photo of the Day for August 19, 2021

Photo of the Day for August 14, 2021

Portraits of Polesia:  great-grandmother with her great-grandson after the blessing of flowers, August 14th Orthodox feast of Makauje/Mjadovy Spas, Davyd-Haradok 2018. Партрэты Палесься: прабабуля са сваім праўнукам пасьля асьвячэньня кветак, Макаўе/Мядовы спас, Давыд-Гарадок 2018 г.