Photos of the Day for May 18, 2017

The central Pripet (Prypjats’ – Прыпяць) basin in faces.  Tsjerablichy 2017. Сярэдняя Прыпяць у тварах.  Цераблічы 2017 г.    Mats’vjej and his next-door-neighbor Palina rode up to greet me on my return to Tsjerablichy. Суседзі Мацьвей і Паліна прыехалі на роварах прывітацца з мной, калі вярнаўся у Цераблічы.         Mats’vjej with his… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 18, 2017

Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

The bench (part XVI):  spring evening conversation.  Azdamichy 2014. What can seem more prosaic than the plain wooden bench in front of almost every village house in Belarus?  And yet the bench is the pivot of social life, the gathering place of generations on a summer’s eve, the village agora, the permanent observation post.  The… Continue reading Photo of the Day for May 4, 2017

Photo of the Day for May 1, 2017

Sjamihos’tsichy 2014.  As apple blossoms swirled by, this father paused from fixing the tether of his horse to put his son on the horse’s back for a brief, exhilarating ride. Сямігосьцічы 2014 г.  

Photos of the Day for April 9, 2017

Owing to different criteria for calculating the date of Easter (and thus the Easter-related movable feasts of Palm Sunday, Ascension and Pentecost), the dates only intermittently coincide for western churches on the one hand and Eastern Orthodox churches on the other.  In 2017, as most recently in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2014, the dates coincide.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 9, 2017

Photo of the Day for March 29, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (IV/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (IV/XII) 2016 г.   River Krajshchanka in Krajsk. Рака Крайшчанка ў Крайску.

Photos of the Day for March 20, 2017

Photo expedition to Vaukavysk and Masty Districts (Jatvjez’, Kalantai, River Ros’, Lichytsy, Krasnasjel’ski, Ros’, Lunna, Voupa) with Vaukavysk master photographer and local historian Uladzislau Mihdaljonak (Уладзіслаў Мігдалёнак/Владислав Мигдалёнок), January 2017. Фотаэкспедыцыя па Ваўкавыскым і Мастоўскім раёнах (Ятвезь, Калантаі, рака Рось, Лічыцы, Краснасельскі, Рось, Лунна, Воўпа) з выдатным фатографам і краязнаўцам Уладзіславам Мігдалёнкам, студзень 2017 г.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 20, 2017