Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016

Braslau Lakes region:  Ikazn’ 2016. Браслаўскія азёры:  Іказнь 2016 г.   Moose off the Slabodka-Ikazn’ road.  It was such a surprise to see this young moose in an open field that I forgot to change to a telephoto lens.  The moose, curious about the car, followed on a parallel track before cutting across the road… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 8, 2016

Photos of the Day for September 6, 2016

Braslau Lakes Region:  Villages on the Shores of Lakes Vojsa and Njedrava 2016. Браслаўскія азёры:  вёскі на беразе азёраў Войса й Недрава 2016 г.   Near Zarechcha.  Ля в. Зарэчча.   The offspring of the woman who owns this homestead in Kreunja return often to help her keep the house, the orchard and garden, and… Continue reading Photos of the Day for September 6, 2016

Photos of the Day for February 6, 2016

Belarus in winter:  Mastytychy 2016.  Беларусь узімку:  Мастытычы 2016 г. Photographic expeditions in January took me several times to the rolling hills of northern Baranavichy District.  Although in decline for the same reasons afflicting so many other villages in Belarus, Mastytychy, along the road to Pachapava, draws the eye with what the hands of earlier… Continue reading Photos of the Day for February 6, 2016

Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014

From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District.  З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны. Churches of Belarus (part LXIII):  Orthodox church of the Annunciation (1867), Zabrez’zje, January 2014.  This church, nestled in a grove of trees, is another example of the so-called Muravjouki (Муравёўкі).  These churches were built by the Moscow… Continue reading Photos of the Day for April 10, 2014

Photo of the Day for April 9, 2014

From a mid-January photo survey of the patrimony of north-eastern Valozhyn District.  З вандроўкі па спадчыне паўночна-усходняй Валожыншчыны.     View toward the Orthodox church of the Ascension, Jarshevichy, January 2014.  Выгляд на царкву Ўшэсьця Гасподняга, Яршэвічы, студзень 2014 г.