Tag: villages

Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Harvesting potatoes from the garden.  Tsjerablichy 2017. It is a deeply-engrained custom in Belarusian villages to plant potatoes on a significant portion of the garden around one’s house.  After photographing Vasil’ and his daughter Tats’tsjana at work, I put the camera aside and helped fill two bags’ worth. Пакуль спадар Васіль нясе поўны мяшок на… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 30, 2017

Photos of the Day for September 28, 2017

Chasing butterflies, Vjeljamichy 2017. Some villages, by their setting and the nature of their inhabitants, always lead one into fables and beyond time.  Vjeljamichy is such a village.  As we took in the bucolic scenes along the shore of Lake Sijatsy under late August light, a little girl dashed into the pasture with a butterfly… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 28, 2017

Photos of the Day for August 16, 2017

Ausjamirava 2017. Аўсямірава 2017 г.     Portraits of Polesia. We stopped to wish these grannies a happy Trinity and to ask the way to the Orthodox church. Партрэты Палесься. Спыніліся, каб віншаваць бабуляк са сьвятам і спытаць дарогу на царкву.         Churches of Belarus (part CCXI):  Orthodox church of the Archangel… Continue reading Photos of the Day for August 16, 2017

Photo of the Day for July 2, 2017

Summer.  Crosses of Belarus (part LXXI):  Ispas’ 2017. Лета.  Крыжы Беларусі (частка LXXI):  Іспась 2017 г.  

Photo of the Day for June 23, 2017

Portraits of Polesia:  after the celebration of the feast of St. John the Evangelist, Vjalikaje Maljeshava 2017. Партрэты Палесься:  пасьля сьвяткаваньня прастольнага сьвята Яна Багаслова, Вялікае Малешава 2017 г.