Some habits are good! This morning walk routine is pure pleasure, apart from the odd diagonal drunk declaiming loudly and incoherently. Today my main mission is to rephotograph a few things from yesterday and to revisit the columns and lions and hieroglyphics I missed when the camera absented itself from duty the other day. But there are always contingent delights.
Buildings and statues
Taras Szewczenko, a Ukrainian poet and artist with an amazing life story.
Józef Piłsudski, Polish statesman and the most statued man in Poland
The Belweder Palace, used by the President and the government for ceremonial purposes, and as a residence for heads of state on official visits.
What we missed when the camera died
The pavilion in Łazienki with the columns and four spitting lions (or are they sheep with headphones?) is the Egyptian Temple, built in the 19th century, when it was a conservatory for fig trees. Today it houses the Museum of Scouting.
Things botanical
I enjoy your morning walks, Meg!
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Join me!
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Perhaps on Praga Friday!
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Do you fancy early? I’m just back and there was hardly anyone around ie midday.
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See how I go, but it sounds good!
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Love your “things botanical” and the reflections in the water are beautiful. So the camera is fine?
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Yes thanks, but I’m wary.
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Museum of Scouting? Not quite in keeping 🙂 🙂 I loved this park. Thanks for sharing it and your botanics. Have a happy day!
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But don’t you love incongruities? Spent the morning reconnoitring for a dilapidation ramble with Sue.
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She’ll love that! 🙂
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Your morning walks are full of beauty and have a feeling of calm and tranquillity (of course I cannot hear the drunk shouting) l adore the little fountain with a ‘proper’ lion head and the steps. Your sheep lions are most peculiar looking creatures.
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Calm and tranquillity because that’s how I feel early in the morning. I can amble without intruding on people or people intruding, and I can photograph at my leisure rather than trying to snatch shots.
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Lovely photos, botanical things are joy to look at.
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Can you see the great big smile on my face? these photos make me very happy 🙂
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I am very happy to have contributed to your happiness!
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I love all the detail you capture Meg. I,Ve just started reading a book called “On looking”. Jack read it and kept saying “listen to how she puts this” . Alexandra Horowitz takes different
People for walks around the same block to record what they see, starting with her 19 month old son. Made me think of your rambles and descriptions of them. She has an excellent way with words and phrases
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I love the concept of this book. I’ll track it down: thanks for the introduction! Sue (from WordsVisual) and I will be walking around the same block next week and I’m eager to see the photographic results.
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That will be very interesting. Say G’day to Sue from me…
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I can’t wait to early-morning in Lazienki with you.
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Me neither. Although your earliness is earlier than my earliness, and you won’t have dogs. The twins are no substitute. They’ve only just gone to sleep at daybreak.
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