Category Archives: Georgia

Caucasus Mountains

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Rosemary
Georgia: Caucasus landscape tieh Shkhara and Ushguli village

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Caucasus Mountains 2016 Shkhara rises over the village of Ushguli, (Svaneti, Georgia) with its many defensive towers.

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Caucasus Costume

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Rosemary
Georgian couple in traditional costume posed above village in Caucasus Mountains

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Caucasus Mountains 2016 Actors dressed in traditional Georgian costume pose in front of the ancient village of Ushguli. I added a rose-colored filter to give the effect of a postcard that had been stored for generations.    

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Caucasus Village

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Rosemary
Georgia: tinted landscape of a Caucasus village

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 You can tell we were at about 8000ft because of the lack of trees. It is cold in Ushguli. For six months of the  year the village is blanketed with snow. The people were hardy. The men were … Continue reading →

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The View from My Room

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Rosemary
a woman leans out of her window to hang laundry

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Tbilisi, Georgia 2017 I got sick in Tbilisi and I was confined to my hotel room. Luckily, it was a lovely room with a balcony that overlooked a narrow street in the old quarter. I could see the bathhouse that … Continue reading →

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Towers of Ushguli

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Rosemary
medieval defensive towers of Caucasus Mts.

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 Ushguli is actually four small villages lying at the foot of Georgia’s highest mountain, Shkhara at 17037 feet. Each village is dotted with “defensive towers” which are places of safety during blood feuds. By making the photo black … Continue reading →

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Stalin vs. Dracula

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Rosemary
pottery figure of Stalin

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Tbilisi,  Georgia 2016 Stalin was born in the town of Gori, Georgia. He attended an Orthodox Seminary in Tbilisi which I walked past several times. On our way to the Caucasus Mountains, we ate lunch in the village of Gori, Stalin’s … Continue reading →

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Modern Stylite

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Rosemary
Katskhi Pillar towers over a gorge in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 Only one Orthodox monk lives in the small house on the top of the rock pillar. He is old and perhaps he will be the last monk to spend his life praying and fasting in self-imposed … Continue reading →

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Defense Towers of the Caucasus

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Rosemary
View of Caucasus Village of Ushguli with Defense Towers

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Caucasus Mountains, Georgia 2016 As we entered the Enguri gorge where the village of Ushguli is located, we saw families raking hay and forking it onto old Soviet trucks. Men and women worked on the verdant, sloping hillsides. Children flew down the … Continue reading →

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