Jeziorki scarecrows

Today's walk around Jeziorki was in warm weather for the time of year. The temperature was +5C, nearer early spring than mid-winter. The fields, which are usually under snow, are looking bright green. It is as if Poland has been shifted 1,000 miles west and is now under the influence of Atlantic systems, rather than Arctic and Siberian weather that usually dominates in mid-January.

However, the UK is currently suffering an even more extreme weather anomaly, with a record high temperature (+15C on 20 January in Great Malvern)

I passed a couple of scarecrows in a field between ul. Trombity and the railway line. Both seemed very expressive; the anthropomorphic headless grey blouse, rising wraith-like from the soil, seeming to shield her eyes from the light, the three bottles dangling from the arm of a crucifix, two more lying on the ground below, like a boozer's grave.


It is not for me to say whether these scarecrows are effective at keeping birds off the crop, but I must say they do add interest to the Jeziorki landscape.

The weatherman on TVN Meteo last night predicted that the rest of January would remain unseasonably warm, but that a cold snap could be expected in early February. That remains to be seen.