Lifting the spirits

Once again - wake up, work, eat lunch - go out for a walk. Return just before sunset, then back to work. And today, the sun came out. So - today's wholesome catch. 

Below: the small forest at the end of the asphalt gives way farm track; in the distance the hill that rises gently over Jakubowizna. The orchards in between are in the final stages of harvesting.

Around the corner, a few hundred yards on, a row of silver birches at the edge of the forest.

The sun has emerged to cast some welcome light on the landscape. Somewhere midway between Jakubowizna, Adamów Rososki and Machin II, around 20 minutes' walk from home.

Below: the forest's edge; at the foot of the pines, toadstools aplenty. All the edible mushrooms were picked long ago. The pickers come early.

Below: a geodesic marker, POLREF 2702. It is one of 348 such markers in the Polish network that's part of the European Terrestrial Reference Frame, a geodetic control-point network, accurate to 2cm over 50km. That's a margin of error of 0.000001%. On the red plate on the concrete square, a metal boss bearing the number BA2613.

Below: a track veers off to the right. Where does it lead to? I shall find out... I follow it round, it straightens, and soon I reach...

Left: a hunter's pulpit. The first I've come across around these parts. I found one near Jeziorki earlier this year. That one was open, you can climb in. This one had a door, and it is locked shut. The idea of shooting at animals from the safety of an elevated shooting platform is unappealing to me. Larger mammals are sentient beings and feel fear, pain and grief.

Below: on the way home from the forest; down the hill we saw on the first photo. Down between the trees, towards the orchards. To the left, a track that meanders down to Grobice, once out of the forest, between more orchards.

Below: the sun is setting over Chynów; there's still half an hour until it goes down.

This time last two years ago:

The Hammer of Darkness descends one last time

[How wrong I was!]

This time three years ago:
Big news for Jeziorki
[the housing estate for 8,000 people. Three years on, the ground has been cleared, that's all.]

This time four years ago:
Autumn in Warsaw

This time five years ago:
Inside the Norblin factory 

This time seven years ago:
Sadness at the death of Tadeusz Mazowiecki

This time nine years ago:
More hipster mounts (Warsaw fixieism)

This time ten years ago:
Welcome to Warsaw

This time 11 years ago:
Just like the old days