Tag: rivers

Photos of the Day for April 12, 2020

January 2020 photo expedition to Iuje District: Iuje, Lipnishki, Vjalikija Knjazikoutsy, S’tsihani (S’tsihanje), Shalutsi, Kjaury, Maslikoutsy, Halimshchyna, Vihushki, Sakavichy. Фотавандроўка ў студзені 2020 г. па Іўеўскім раёне: Іўе, Ліпнішкі, Вялікія Князікоўцы, Сьцігані (Сьцігане), Шалуці, Кяўры, Маслікоўцы, Галімшчына, Вігушкі, Сакавічы.     Swans float on the River Hauja… Плаваюць лебедзі по Гаўі…        … Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 12, 2020

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 5, 2017

Photo excursion to Ashmjany and Smarhon’ Districts 2017 (III/V):  Zaskavichy, Aljanjets, Zaljes’sje, Mikhnjevichy, Katy, Kjeuly, Vjasjen’njaja, Pasinki, Tsary, Sjaljets, Milidaushchyna, Rakautsy. Фотавандроўка па Ашмянскім і Смаргоньскім раёнах 2017 г. (III/V):  Заскавічы, Алянец, Залесьсе, Міхневічы, Каты, Кеўлы, Вясеньняя, Пасінкі, Цары, Сялец, Мілідаўшчына, Ракаўцы.   After visiting the estate in Zaljes’sje we set off north and northwest.… Continue reading Photos of the Day for October 5, 2017

Photos of the Day for March 30, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (V/XII) 2016. Апошнія думкі пра зіму:  фотаэкспедыцыя на Даўгінаў й Крывічы (V/XII) 2016 г.     Rahozina. Рагозіна.     View upstream on the river Vilija from the bridge at Kamjena.  The border between western Belarusian lands incorporated into interwar Poland and the Soviet-occupied Belarusian… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 30, 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 26, 2017

Last thoughts of winter:  photo expedition to Dauhinau and Kryvichy (I/XII) 2016:  river Vjacha near Papjernja. At the time I took these photos, the stretch between Rakhman’ki and Papjernja on the main R58 road from Mjensk north to Mjadzel was narrow, crowded as it dipped toward and then rose from the narrow valley of the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for March 26, 2017