I can't say it any better than Alan did below ~ the beauty of people living a simple and WONDERFUL life ~ how BLESSED you are. It is time for me to prepare supper in my 'well-equipped' kitchen and I'm sure it won't be any tastier or more healthy than bread and 'pig fat', which, by the way, we ate when visiting an Alm on an Alp in Austria also. My initial repulsion was quickly erased when I ate some. What lessons we Americans need to learn. God bless you. Judy aka L@dybug / FL

said ladybug591 2005.04.27 at 14:29:29 PDT

I just love this. You are capturing everyday life in the Ukraine and it's stunning to view. This is a simple life that has long passed many of us here in the U.S., unfortunately. I know it's not an easy life, but it just seems closer to what life should be than what it actually is in most places. Beautiful people and beautiful photos of beautiful places. Alan (Connecticut, USA)

said alanweb 2005.04.27 at 05:34:02 PDT

Hello again, This is also a stunning album! You are a skillful photographer. You have such a great sense at taking people's photos. Not to mention the colours. Keep up the good work, Yan/Ottawa

said zegale 2005.04.27 at 02:13:33 PDT

Your pictures are of an extreme beauty because they express your love of live, of nature and especially of the people. I also like the way you seduce the light. While whatching your pictures I get a glimpse of what life means and feel tears in my eyes. Thank you very much!

said vassil111 2005.04.17 at 19:27:00 PDT

We live in such ignorance of people in the forgotten lands of the world. Your pictures were wonderful and enlightening. Thank you sincerely...from small town in Scotland.

said chazpix 2005.04.09 at 16:52:53 PDT

Vera, Yours is still one of my favorite albums to return to, and I love the new photos you have added. Do you know the significance of the church being painted blue? In Poland, sometimes houses are painted blue but I have never seen a church that color. Thanks for your comments on my quilt album! Nancy

said nancyjmblake 2005.03.01 at 05:53:51 PST

Hi Vera, thanks for visiting my Yellowstone album. I'm looking at your Ukraine pictures, the ones in the countryside, and I have the eerie feeling that I've seen these people, their interiors look so familiar! Of course, they are so much like the ones I revisited in Romania. You are a great portrait artist, and I love these two albums of Ukraine. I'm amazed by the clarity of the light and the feeling of "being right there" - like the views of Maryika's room, Noona cooking pyrogies, Natalia in the Doorway (what a contrast between young and old!), Millia cutting bread (the bright light through the widow and the large bottle), Widower's Kitchen with Doll. And for documentary work, Old Couple in the Doorway of their Tiled House (a sort of "Ukrainian Gothic" reminding me of the painting "American Gothic" by Grant Wood), and the Fish Vendors are works of art. Do you have an arts background? If you do, it sure shows. Have you considered an exhibition? I think you should! Ina in Canada

said inicolae 2005.02.11 at 18:38:05 PST

Poka, Thankyou for these truely interesting and sometimes intimate pictures. Spasibo, horosho!! Poka Stewart

said stewart2222 2005.01.27 at 08:12:59 PST

This is a geat shot! Where was it taken? -Andy http://community.webshots.com/user/luzsa2004

said luzsa2004 2004.12.19 at 16:07:20 PST

Congratulations!! Great albums some really good shots. Thanks for sharing,Bernard from New Zealand

said spraggbh 2004.11.11 at 23:37:18 PST

These are amazing photographs, I am glad I found them. I have had to come back several times to look at them, they are very compelling. Nancy

said nancyjmblake 2004.09.14 at 18:22:50 PDT

I have enjoyed these photos very much. I hope that you will continue to post new photos often. My email is culnip-brek@yahoo.com if you want to write to me or send photos. I am a mariner, sailing in Asia. http://community.webshots.com/user/puddlewalker Jesse

said puddlewalker 2004.09.07 at 12:41:18 PDT