Jeziorki on even older maps

Over the summer, my mother-in-law gave me a history of Warsaw published in 1974 (Historia Warszawy, M.M. Dozdowski, A Zahorski), which contained this fascinating map of Warsaw and surrounding areas as it would have looked in the 16th Century. Below is a section of the map, focused on Jeziorki. Click to enlarge either map.

This suggests that Jeziorki has been around since the 15th Century, the property of a nobleman (rather than of the church or of royalty). Looking around; Dąbrówka dates back to the 15th Century, Podolszyn was called Podolszynie-Dukaty, Łady (pron. 'Wuddy') was Łady-Gramnice, Gramnice itself would have been where that chicken farm is on the road between Łady and Dawidy; Dawidy would have been within the Las Kabacki forest, Grabów would have been called Jemielinek and Jaworowa - Jaworowo; Falenty was once Falęta. The whole area was ill-served with inns (karczmy) or mills (młyny). The fishponds around Raszyn and Rybie were once extensive marshes. The nearest churches were at Służewo (the predecessor of the Dominican Abbey, Służew, where Moni sings) and Raszyniec (today's Raszyn).

This time last year:
Rotten weather
Rorate in caeli de super nubes pluant justum...

From Łady to Falenty

Yesterday we organised an event at the conference centre in Falenty. To enjoy the cocktail reception to the full, I left my car at home and made my way back by 715 bus from Jeziorki to the nearby village of Lady (pron. 'Wuddy') and proceeded on foot to Falenty. A 35 minute walk. En route I snapped at few shots as dusk was gathering. Above: leaving Lady. The horizon here as flat as it can possibly be. Below: the sun sets behind a cloud bank.

Below: Approaching Falenty. November 8, and most of the trees are bare. It is shortly after 4pm, and now the clocks have gone forward, late afternoons are gloomy indeed. It will be five months before the clocks go back to summer time.