Photos of the Day for March 10, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.   Vernacular architecture:  old wooden house with attached barn/storage area.  Slabada 2019. As one can see here and in the photos for March 11, Slabada’s dead-end position in the “borderlands” between two provinces has left the village’s architectural… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 10, 2019

Photos of the Day for March 9, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.   On the way to pick up a load of hay.  Slabada 2019.       Returning with a load of hay.  Slabada 2019.  

Photo of the Day for March 8, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.   Khutar (individual homestead), Listapady 2019. Хутар, Лістапады 2019 г.  

Photos of the Day for March 6, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.   Examples of vernacular village architecture and decorative elements:  gable decorations, wooden cornices, and decorative window frames.  Listapady 2019. Прыклады народных стыляў ува ўпрыгожаньні хат: шчыты, карнізы, ліштвы.  Лістапады 2019 г.             Scarecrows… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 6, 2019

Photos of the Day for March 5, 2019

Valozhyn District in winter (part II):  Pjerakhody, Listapady, Slabada. Валожынскі раён узімку (частка II): Пераходы, Лістапады, Слабада.   Old house with a decorated wood cornice and decorative window frame (lishtva) typical for the villages in this area.  The design could be stylized wheat sheaves or crowns.  Pjerakhody 2019. Старая хата з тыповымі для вёсак у… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 5, 2019