Ushguli, Svaneti, Georgia

4 more from the early October tour with Someone.

Feeding Time

Ratiani Family with Someone

Ushguli from the watchtower of Lamaria Church

Lamaria Church door

Etseri and Ushguli, Svaneti, Georgia

Top: Ushguli. I love the look of old fences in winter, strung together from whatever's at hand. From far enough away they take on the look of that sublime Japanese brush ink painting of the simplest strokes on white paper, looking effortless but requiring enough hard practice time that the artist can say, "This took me... 20 years and 10 minutes to produce."

Second: Mt Shkhara and Lamaria Church again - different moods from anything seen before, never to be repeated

Third: More winter fences, Etseri

Fourth: Goats and pigs in the sun, Ushguli

Ushguli, August 2007

Bottom, a sow and her piglets, oblivious to the legendary scenery around them. I have stayed in both the house behind the red fence, left, and that behind the woodpile, right.

Top, the lower part of Ushguli from river level.