Photos of the Day for November 23, 2019

Photo excursion to Mjadzjel District:  Herbal Garden/forest preserve near Hatavichy and Nanosy 2019.  Фотавандроўка па Мядзельскім раёне: Аптэкарскі сад/заказнік пад Гатавічамі й Наносы 2019 г.   IV/XII.  Ethno-tourism resort Nanosy:  restored windmill. Nanosy was founded in 2014 by prominent Belarusian entrepreneur Jauhjen Navasjaljetski, who tragically died in an auto accident in early 2019. IV/XII.  Этнатурыстычны… Continue reading Photos of the Day for November 23, 2019

Photos of the Day for July 22, 3019

Pentecost:  Papshychy 2019 (I/XIV). Long ago the residents of Papshychy in the Hlybokaje District of northern Belarus were miraculously spared death from a plague which ravaged the surrounding area.  To commemorate their forefathers’ deliverance, villagers observe the feast of Pentecost by carrying a cloth, onto which people place offerings, in a procession from a roadside… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 22, 3019

Photos of the Day for October 10, 2017

Summer roads in eastern Smarhon’ District 2017 (III/X:  Kreva, Suts’kava, Rasla, Zhodzishki, Panizhany, Ajtsvily, Ljeshchanjaty, Tsjelaki, Sjemjanki, Milutsi, Abramaushchyna, Lakachy, Dybun’ki, Paharel’shchyna, Shchani, Navasjolki, Vojstam, Sjaljets, Ratsavichy, Khutar Vojstam. Па летніх дарогах Смаргоньшчыны 2017 г. (III/X):  Крэва, Суцькава, Расла, Жодзішкі, Паніжаны, Айцвілы, Лешчаняты, Целакі, Семянкі, Мілуці, Абрамаўшчына, Лакачы, Дыбунькі, Пагарэльшчына, Шчані, Навасёлкі, Войстам, Сялец, Рацавічы,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 10, 2017

Photos of the Day for October 6, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (IV/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах 2017 г. (IV/V):  Заскавічы, Алянец, Залесьсе, Міхневічы, Каты, Кеўлы, Вясеньняя, Пасінкі, Цары, Сялец, Мілідаўшчына, Ракаўцы.   We passed through a quiet region of fading collective farms and pretty,… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 6, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 7, 2016

Braslau Lakes Region:  Slabodka 2016. Браслаўскія азёры:  Слабодка 2016 г.   The gleaming spires of the Roman Catholic church of Divine Providence in Slabodka are visible for miles across the Braslau Lakes and from the countryside to the west and northwest.   Churches of Belarus (part CLXXX):  Roman Catholic church of Divine Providence (1903). Касьцёлы… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 7, 2016