Railway musings south of Warsaw

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Monday, 28 May 2007

The Marian month of May

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May in the Catholic calendar is the month of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the villages that lie just beyond Warsaw's borders, there are m...

Hissing of the summer lawns

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Although there's no drought - last week brought thunderclouds and mid-afternoon downpours ever other day, the greenery is beginning to l...
Sunday, 27 May 2007

Late May reflections

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A week on from Thomas Bewick's "most beautiful day" and the year has turned; the air is hot and sultry, the grass decidedly ye...
Thursday, 24 May 2007

Present rising, future loading

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Today I had to take an early morning train to Poznan. Outside Warsaw's Central station, I snapped this pic (below) of the newly-opened ...
Saturday, 19 May 2007

The year's most beautiful day?

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18th/19th century English naturalist, Thomas Bewick, claimed after many years of observation, that May 18 was the most beautiful day of the ...
Thursday, 17 May 2007

Twilight time

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Yesterday's walk, setting off half an hour before sunset, getting home half an hour after sunset, left impressions of the perfect sprin...
Monday, 14 May 2007

Got to get ourselves back to the garden

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Above: The view from our kitchen window, Sunday morning. There's something about being in the kitchen which triggers past life memories...
Sunday, 13 May 2007

Agricultural progress

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Yesterday evening and this morning, the field next door was being sprayed with something. It is interesting to see just how fast the crop ha...