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Photos of the Day for October 2, 2020

Photo excursion through western Stolin District (Fjadory, Radchytsk, Plotnitsa, Sitsitsk) and eastern Pinsk District (Vujvichy, Bizharavichy, Mjasjatsichy, Ljemjashevichy) 2014. Фотавандроўка па заходнім Столінскім раёне (Фядоры, Радчыцк, Плотніца, Сіціцк) і ўсходнім Пінскім раёне (Вуйвічы, Біжаравічы, Мясяцічы, Лемяшэвічы) 2014 г.     Polesian spring. Палеская вясна.    

Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Spring flood, Vjeras’nitsa 2018. Веснавая паводка, Верасьніца 2018 г.   This was a favorite springtime view until a new spasm of “amelioration” led to the construction of a dyke along the northern edge of Vjeras’nitsa (visible in the center of the first photo along the right-hand edge) and the annual flood seemed to be terminally… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 14, 2018

Photos of the Day for August 20, 2017

Trinity Monday photo expedition through Pinsk and Stolin Districts:  Polkhava, Mjasjatsichy, Vujvichy, Tyrvovichy, Sitsitsk, Plotnitsa, Rukhcha, Radchytsk, Stolin, Davyd-Haradok. Фотавандроўка ў дзень Сьвятога Духа па Пінскім і Столінскім раёнах:  Полхава, Мясяцічы, Вуйвічы, Тырвовічы, Сіціцк, Плотніца, Рухча, Радчыцк, Столін, Давыд-Гарадок.   From Polkava one soon arrives in Mjasjatsichy, with its Orthodox church of Paraskjeva Pjatnitsa, an… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 20, 2017

Photo of the Day for May 14, 2017

Spring flood in Polesia, Veras’nitsa 2017. The 2017 spring flood in the Pripet (Prypjats’ – Прыпяць) watershed has been ample in contrast to the much drier springs of the past three years. Палеская паводка, Верасьніца 2017 г. Нягледзячы на “меліярацыйныя“ праекты апошных гадоў  — у тым ліку новыя дамбы — прыемна было бачыць досіць высокую… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 14, 2017

Photos of the Day for April 30, 2017

Springtime in central-western Belarus.  Valjeuka 2009. Навагрудчына ўвесну.  Валеўка 2009 г.     Apple blossoms. Росквіт яблыні.     Ready for potato planting (and hunting for field mice). Падрыхтоўка да насаджэньня бульбы й паляваньне на мышак.

“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”