Left: An unidentified woman in her traditional Ukrainian costume. These varied from region to region, both in style as well as cross stitch patterns.  Flax were grown for making cloth, the thread spun by hand, the cloth woven on a home-made loom.

Right: Mrs. Stypura was said to have a lazy husband who was always un-kept but always wore an embroidered shirt.

 

 

Above left: Wasyl Browarnykiw was not a landowner and made his living at odd jobs and delivering mail. I have been told that he  was executed around the end of WWII because of his nationalistic views. Right: On the left  is the provisor who helped out at church. My grandfather is wearing the white coat. To the right is the church cantor Myron. His hobby was his orchard, perhaps the finest in the village. Myron was shipped off to Siberia. To the right from him is Nestor who collected the church taxes to be sent to the communist authorities, and looked after church finances. 

   

Above: My photographer uncle with the village midwife that delivered me (center) and my grandmother sitting under a walnut tree in our orchard. Right: My sister and I with her friend (center) in her embroidered shirt.