Photos of the Day for July 21, 2017

Thatched-roof barn, Tsjerablichy 2017. It is ever rarer to see traditional Polesian thatched roofs in good shape. Чаротавы дах у добрым стане, Цераблічы 2017 г.              

Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

At Granny Vul’ljana’s loom (II/VI), Tsjerablichy 2017.  Parts III-VI in the series will appear July 23-26. За кроснамі бабулі Вульляны (II/VI), Цераблічы 2017 г.  Серыя пра кросны працягваецца 23-26 ліпеня.   Granny Vul’ljana’s linen chest covered by a sample of her weaving and embroidery.  Бабуля Вульлянін сундук, пакрыты ўзорамі яе ткацтва й вышыўкі.    … Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 20, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 19, 2017

At Granny Vul’ljana’s loom (I/VI), Tsjerablichy 2011. In 2011 Granny Vul’ljana (1934-2015), perhaps sensing it would be her final opportunity to weave, and encouraged by her grand-daughter Vjerka, re-assembled the loom which her husband Ivan (1926-2013) had made from scratch and which she had used with mastery earlier in her life.  See photos of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for July 19, 2017

Photos of the Day for July 9, 2017

Portraits of Polesia (Pripet Marshes), Tsjerablichy 2016. Партрэты Палесься, Цераблічы 2016 г.     Waiting for the cow to come home. У чаканьні каровы.     Great-grandmother Maryja. Прабабуля Марыя.

Photos of the Day for June 25, 2017

Decorative wellhead, Tsjerablichy 2017. Упрыгожваньне калодзежа, Цераблічы 2017 г.           Granddad Ivan, now 89, designed and built the wellhead years ago. Дзед Іван (89) даўноў распрацаваў і пабудаваў гэты калодзежны дах.  

Photos of the Day for June 24, 2017

Evening light in late spring, Tsjerablichy 2017. From mid-May the Polesian evening sky rises and the light gives a lingering caress to wooden fences and the sides of wooden houses. Вячэрнае асьвятленьне познай вясной, Цераблічы 2017 г.      

Photo of the Day for June 21, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  granny Eufrasin’nja with her granddaughter and great-granddaughter.  Tsjerablichy 2017. Партрэты Палесься:  бабуля Эўфрасіньня з унучкай і праўнучкай.  Цераблічы 2017 г.