This post is a ragbag of bits and pieces that I can’t bear to let go into oblivion – things that have caught my eye for one reason or another.
What warsaw offers at a very busy intersection: Plac na Rozdrożu
Why did they leave their shoes behind?
A colourful installation at Plac na Rozdrożu
Windows of a building taken from the rooftop gardens
Fungi (or grzyb)
Studio portraits of a crow
Shopping at Złote Tarasy
Lying back in the sun
Waterlily pond in botanical gardens
inventive advertising of a gallery on one of the blue angels of Praga
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Oh that worked ! I love the fungi, it has a blue tinge on my phone, but the crow wins, he’s just a baby and so cute 🐦
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The crow enabled bird photography by this amateur by standing close and still. As of yesterday, the fungi has been mowed or brush-cutted out of existence. The lawns look lovely, but all the meadow flowers have gone.
(There was another comment from you under another name and from Twitter, which I cut out, since it said the same thing.
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I like that kind of crow, some are less attractive, but they still do a good job. It sounds like it would be too neat for me now, but the fungi and meadow will be back sooner or later. I was commenting on my phone yesterday in an office with no signal, very annoying!
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I was sad to lose the dandelions particularly, but mowed has its own beauty – and at least you can see the dog turds and deep holes! The trunks of the trees are also wonderfully displayed.
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Interesting variety…..and do you have any images of decrepitude in Praga?
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There’s a post on just that subject at https://warsaw2015.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/dilapidation/. There may be more on the preceding post.
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Oh, must check it out…..perhaps I did see it, and this is what I am dimly remembering…. Off to look….
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Yes! That’s it, and I had commented previously!! 😀 so now I definitely want to go on that tour…..😳🙄
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Spoiler alert. I’ve just emailed you a link to my account of the tour, if you haven’t already seen it.
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I have, just!
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I have only ever seen black crows so this one is quite unusual. Always lovely to see what your eye has seen, ragbag posts are fun 🙂
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I could never do a Tibetan sand mandala: I couldn’t bear to let it go. Once I even sent my sister an unposted letter from a year ago, much to her mystification. Therefore ragbag posts are inevitable.
Crow? Magpie? Whatever, it was more than happy to be the subject of a photo shoot, even if I didn’t offer food.
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I believe House or Indian crows are this colouring and apparently can be found in Europe.
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I bow to your nthn hemispherean and avian knowledge!
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Google is my friend 🙂
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Will you ever metro duck me? (OH, predictive text and a slow finger! – I meant to type “introduce”) I don’t know him as well as I should!
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These are all great photos – I understand why you couldn’t let them go! I always have a folder of photos that I don’t know what to do with because they don’t quite fit with anything else. This is a good idea of how to handle it.
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I think I was half inspired by my personality disorder (as outlined to Jude) and half by Viveka at myguiltypleasures, and her “xxx in random” posts. I could write an essay justifying this inability to let go – and another one decrying it!
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But that’s just what blogs are! Memories you want to consign… somewhere! 🙂 🙂 I love my old heap of junk. Never thought I’d ever find a cute crow though. 🙂
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The crow was one of the many delights of my stroll back through Morskie Oko when I’ve walked with the kids to preschool and done the day’s shop. I often just sit and absorb, and the crow was my companion one morning. Hope your week is progressing with joy.
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The arrival of a son creates it’s own pandemonium. 🙂 But in a good way!
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Pleased you have shared all these orphan (?) images. The crow is quite unusual compared to our raven feathered noisy individuals over. He has the same shaped beak though. Was he as noisy? One of the reasons I like the challenges is because I can sift through old photos and resurrect them.
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“Orphan images” is a very apt phrase! Thank you – I might use it next time with attribution of course.
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