Jeziorki, winter dusk

At last - proper winter comes to Jeziorki. A light snowfall, mild frost (from -5C to a daytime high of -3C); as the afternoon turns to evening, time for a walk. The sun set today 48 minutes later than at its earliest in mid-December. Out of the house, turn onto ul. Trombity; towards the northern end, the railway infrastructure is visible beyond a small orchard (below).

Below: view looking north from the old pedestrian level crossing on ul. Kórnicka; in the distance the lights of W-wa Dawidy station.

Below: looking along ul. Kórnicka towards ul. Baletowa on the corner of Trombity.

Below: onto the ponds, in the distance an airliner takes off from Okęcie. The reeds and rushes are taking over the ponds again - a greater area, greater density than last year. If this is not dealt with, within a few years the ponds will be clogged with reeds, and they will lose their purpose of soaking up floodwaters over-spilling from neighbouring fields - risking repeat of the 2010 Corpus Christi floods.

Below: I scramble to the top of the small island towards the southern end of the northern ponds to get a view that's impossible to get with dry feet at any other time of year.

Below: at the southern tip of the ponds, I make way up to ul. Dumki and 'dry land'

Below: ul. Dumki makes its way around the ponds asphalt and lighting as far as the last house. Beyond that a dirt track, impassably muddy until winter froze it.

Bonus shots from last week: below: 2018-19 Christmas lights on Nowy Świat. Fine-looking city, Warsaw!

Below: a time exposure taken as my Radom-bound train home pulls into W-wa Śródmieście station.

In other news: the Lidl on the corner of ul. Puławska and Cymbalistów has just introduced pay and display parking. The car park is free to shoppers for the first hour, then 4zł per hour. No ticket in window? 95zł fine. Great! Anything to promote more people to do local shopping on foot.

This time last six years ago:
Shooting into the winter sun

This time seven years ago:
Warsaw - Ready For Winter 

This time nine years ago:
Łazienki park, glorious midwinter

This time ten years ago:
At the Rampa - work stops

This time 11 years ago:
Polecamy MROŻONKI - old-school retail