Bright autumnal moods

Since Wednesday morning, the weather has been begging for my constant presence outdoors. In response, I have been breaking up my walks to get some paces in early, then some more around lunchtime, and then again around sunset. Below: golden leaves on silver birches against a perfectly blue sky, on the farm track between Jakubowizna and Grobice

Below: around the corner from my działka, returning from a morning walk, the sun still low in the sky.

Below: early afternoon, the level crossing between Chynów and Węszelówka. A local Koleje Mazowieckie train on its way to Radom, and in the distance, the PKP InterCity Lubomirski TLK service from Szczecin to Zakopane heading down the 'up' line, about to overtake the local train.

The sunset walk: this is the currently vacant Sala Venus, the restaurant behind the former BP (now Transoil) petrol station. Once a thriving venue for wedding receptions, the premises await a new operator.

Below: the Droga Krajowa nr. 50 (DK50), Warsaw's de facto southern ring-road. Will this become a motorway within the next eight to ten years? Keep following this blog.

Below: frozen with a 1/500th second exposure (rather than a long exposure like here), the Koleje Mazowieckie Radomianka limited-stop double-decker service approaches Chynów station at the end of my lane.

The combination of a full/almost full moon and a clear sky prompted short nocturnal strolls to the end of the asphalt and beyond a bit further into the orchards.

"Don't the moon look lonesome, shinin' through the trees" – moonrise from my działka.

My weather app suggests that the spell of four days of blue sky and relatively warm weather is an approaching an end; a foggy start tomorrow. Nearly two weeks of early-to-bed, early-to-rise, plus lots of sunshine, and the Hammer of Darkness is nowhere to be felt.

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[Since then Tesco has left Poland and I'm still boycotting Auchan – let its owners choke on their fucking roubles.]

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