PESO: For Bloody Ukraine

[Daniel J. Matyola]

While I was reviewing photos for a "red" image for the April PUG, I came
across this image of a red pysanka, a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with
traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/3/22/peace

I decided not to enter this image in the PUG, but to post it separately,
because of what is happening in eastern Europe.

My father made similar eggs (though not as artistic) as a boy, and he
taught me to make them, as I did with my son.  We are not Ukrainian, but
Carptho-Ruthenians (Rusyns), a small ethnic group with a related language
and similar cultural traditions.  The village from which my
grandparents emigrated is in the Carpathian foothills near Uzhgorod, an
area that was then in Hungary, later in Eastern Slovakia, seized by the
Soviet Union during WWII, and later incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR by
Krushev, himself a Ukrainian.  While that area, near the border with
Slovakia, has not yet been attacked or bombed, I am deeply moved by the
genocide taking place now in Ukraine.

Pysanky are icons of Ukrainian culture, and symbols of rebirth, hope and
peace.  Orthodox Easter is March 24, both in Ukraine and Russia, and it
will have additional significance this year.

мир
"Mir" or "Peace" in Ukrainian and Russian.

Dan Matyola
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PESO: Spring Ahead

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Yesterday, as I was cleaning up the yard, I noticed that a few (2 actually)
daffodils had opened up to join the spring parade led by the grape
hyacinths.  They were small and low to the ground, and it was quite sunny,
but I managed this shot:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2022/3/22/daffodil-01

K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are invited and appreciated.

Dan Matyola
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