Mild spell continues, ground frost persists

Although not quite as warm as yesterday, with the daytime high hitting +5.5C, the strong sunlight made it spring-like for the third day in a row. So a good day for two walks around Jeziorki. Above: Some of the more traditional architecture on ul. Karczunkowska.

I walked across the fields to the rampa na kruszywo, crossing a frozen drainage ditch.

Now, although last night's minimum air temperature did not fall below zero (indeed at 22:30 in the centre of Warsaw it was +6C!), there was ground frost out in the suburbs.

The ditch stays in the shadow all day long, so the ice here was still thick enough to walk on (below).

However, around the corner, a few days' worth of late-afternoon sunshine managed to peek into the ditch, melting the ice and leaving three distinct layers between where the water once was (below).