The Sun and Snow

A window of clear blue sky opened just as I was about to set off on foot to the shops. Lovely – time to fix the polarising filter to my 18-55mm kit lens... And who's this sitting on the ledge outside? Céleste telling me to come into the garden, so I do, and we circumnavigate the grounds together. She's in her element here – unlike lazy boy Czestuś, who's happy snoozing in the warm kitchen.

Below: house and car, covered in snow. I don't fancy driving. The walk will do me good, even with a rucksack of provisions including a large bag of dry cat-food. In winter, the garden is threadbare, vegetation is at its lowest ebb. Spring is three months away. 

Below: I take the back way into town. No pavement, but then no traffic. The sun and the snow bring to mind Count Basie's The Kid from Red Bank.

Below: ulica Słoneczna ('sunny street'), looking down towards ul. Główna ('main street').

Below: junction of ulica Główna and ul. Wolska. An atmosphere of small-town America in the 1950s.

Below: the local shopping centre/business district. The building to the right was completed last year, and awaits new tenants. I hope that a Nepalese restaurant pops up here! Or at least an indoor kebab bar. We shall see...

I walk home along ul. Wolska, turning into the farm track that is ul. Jabłoniowa ('apple-tree street'), cut through an orchard and then down ul. Spokojna ('peaceful street') to the level crossing, then along ul. Kolejowa ('railway street') back home. By this time, a sheet of dark grey cloud has swept in from the west. Never mind – more sunny, snowy days are forecast for the next few days. I shall make the most of them, and eschew use of the car until the snow finally melts. Lent starts on 18 February.

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Cleanliness, tidiness and idleness.

This time three years ago:
The Search for Perfection

This time four years ago:
Grabów, Krasnowola and Jeziorki Północne

This time eight years ago:
1929-1939; 2008-2018?

This time ten years ago:
Track works between W-wa Okęcie and W-wa Dawidy

This time 12 years ago:
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This time 15 years ago:
New Year's stocktaking

This time last 16 years ago:
A walk in the wild winter woods

This time 17 years ago:
Now that's what I call winter vol. 12

This time 18 years ago:
When the day starts getting longer