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| On rolling countryside not far from our temple location is a collection of typical Ukrainian rural buildings moved from elsewhere in the country to become a natural museum. A group of us temple missionaries went there on Sept 5, their annual day when the buildings are opened up for view with attending people in folk costumes, and a fair. This is one of several examples of the orthodox church buildings. The three sections of building are the entrance, the middle open chapel with standing room and front altar with a wall covered with icons which separates it from third section, the holy place accessed by two doors where only priests are allowed. |
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| This swing was interesting to us! |
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| These are beehives! Notice entrance/exit holes and slots cut to access the honeycombs. We also liked the decorative shingled roofs. |
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| We could see why they would pick Fall for their open house. The gardens and flowers were at their best. Sunflowers of all kinds are the national flower. The homes had been recently painted. Inside they were festooned with flowers and fresh herbs. Typically in the homes there were large living rooms with fireplaces for heat/cooking on either side of a front entrance hall and lofts overhead accessed by ladders for storage and sleeping. There were also storage and barn buildings--all thatched. |
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| There were many groups of these wooden windmills to harness wind power for grinding grain. Ukraine is known as the breadbasket of eastern Europe with very deep rich topsoil. Notice the bracing so the wind won't topple the building. |
