Photos of the Day for October 4, 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.     Portraits of Polesia. These grannies were tending family graves while in the background the local… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 4, 2020

Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017

Crosses of Belarus (part LXX):  rare cemetery cross hewn from a single bough-section, Bizharavichy 2007-2017. This cross was still in good shape when I first saw it in 2007.  However, the country-wide mania of cutting down cemetery trees hit Bizharavichy in 2014, and by late spring 2017 the last three years’ exposure to the elements… Continue reading Photos of the Day for June 13, 2017