I'm from the south - the south of Warsaw

The southernmost street in Jeziorki, ulica Katarynki (lit. 'Barrel-Organ Street'). On the corner a house with a tall hedge outside. That dark shape you see on the hedge is the opening in which is the gate to the house - it reminds me of the Great Hedge of India! On examination, it turns out that there's one street in Warsaw that extends even further south than ul. Katarynki, and that's ul. Prawdziwka (lit. 'Boletus Street'), to the south-east of Las Kabacki forest.

Fields run south from ul. Katarynki to the border, marked with a long, straight drainage ditch running east-west. The rooftops on the horizon are in Mysiadło (which is not Warsaw).

Below: looking west along ul. Katarynki. As rural a scene as one can imagine in Poland, with a cart-track running between fields; we are still actually within Warsaw's boundaries.

Below: looking east towards the last houses on ul. Katarynki. Note the proliferation of solar panels - a subject I intend to return to.

Below: drainage ditch running between ul. Katarynki (to the right) and ul. Żmijewska (to the left). Neither street has asphalt, both end up in a dead end surrounded by fields. On the horizon to the left, three large piles of builder's sand, stored by Falbruk, a road-building and repair company headquartered on ul. Karczunkowska.

Left: another pile of construction material, across the tracks on the S7 construction site. Rendered in black and white, this heap of soil  gives the impression of a high mountain somewhere in the Rockies. Note the waxing gibbous moon up top and vapour trail.

Scramble up to the top of the hill  for some good views. Below: looking west towards Jeziorki and the railway line, between W-wa Dawidy station to the left and W-wa Jeziorki station to the right. Beyond, on the horizon, the Las Kabacki forest. Zielony (Green) Ursynów at its greenest.

I turn 90 degrees to the left for an even more stunning than ever panorama of central Warsaw, getting better as the hill I photograph from rises ever higher. Work on the S7 is progressing at a rapid pace.

Below: the sun has set over the horizon, its afterglow still visible, reflected from the pond and from the clouds. The Sublime Aesthetic; the sensual and the spiritual, merging.

This time last year:

Summer day at school, 50 years ago...

This time three years ago:
Warsaw wealthier than most of UK shock!

This time five years ago:
Opening of the railway line to Warsaw's Okęcie airport