September 2012 - these photos of village fences were taken through a tour bus window as we traveled through the northern Russian countryside to the town of Kirillov to visit the 14th century Monastery of St. Cyril. This part of Russia is known for its traditional woodworking. That skill is reflected in the decorative designs on very simple village houses and fences, with this blue-green being a favorite paint color:
Sometimes in the poorer villages only the fronts of homes would be painted with rest of the house left to weather naturally. This is the back part of a village as seen from the White Lake:
13 comments:
Pretty shots!
That second shot, the place has so much decoration...trim or what ever you call it. Wonderful That would be the trip of a lifetime.
They sure do like bright fences...great shots Faye!
I love the blue fences!
Some awesome and cheerful fences...they love color as much as Sonoran desert people do! :-)
Love the fences and the fancy woodwork - and the story about the backs of the houses not being painted. One time we painted our two story Victorian house - by ourselves - and we painted the back first because we were afraid that if we painted the front first we would quit and not do the back. It worked - the whole house got painted.
Very pretty fences and a good look at the lovely neighborhood.
Very creative with their fences =)
I do like the simple homes, but I'm not too sure about that blue-green fence color! :-) If somebody used that here, we'd think they were crazy.
i was going to say an orange fence? but i guess it is more of a tan or stained fence, right? nice fences. ( :
Fun to see the brightly colored fences of Russia. Would not be my choice for a fence but I do love that color.
lol, that´s some colorful fences.
Re your question about the yellow colors in sweden. Never heard of a name for it. I think that color is a variety of yellows.
You can read about Falured here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falu_red
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