Thursday, 15 May 2025

Sheltered from the Hailstorm


 While in Eastern Poland, I got caught in hailstorm, you can see the stuff bouncing off the road above.

Thankfully, a bus shelter was just across the road:


 It was just big enough to offer shelter, and small enough to feel part of the storm:


 Ten minutes of raw weather excitement or so.

Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Turning over the Compost Heap


 The compost heap while being turned over with a rake.


Should help to provide good nutrition for the garden.

An apple tree looking in early bloom:

Monday, 12 May 2025

Small Bird on the Window Sill


 A small bird on the window sill outside the bathroom window, hoping to make a nest during springtime.

Saturday, 10 May 2025

Apple Orchard Amidst Yellow-Flowered Fields


 Some nice shots from a small orchard in springtime Eastern Poland.


 Thankfully, a professional gardener has given the place a kiss of life.

 It was great seeing the apple blossom with the yellow-flowered fields in the background.

 The fields of yellow flowers are for local margarine production.

Hopefully, there'll be a decent yield of apples in August/early September.

Sunday, 27 April 2025

Bear McCreary - Warsaw Progresja (21-04-2025)

 A few nice shots from the Bear McCreary concert at Warsaw Progresja last Monday:

This gig was a fantastic audio-visual experience.


Bear McCreary and his great band provided a perfect balance of material from McCreary's film/video game tunes and recent Rock album, The Singularity.


From The Singularity, the standout tunes, for me, were Tatarigami; The End of Tomorrow; and, of course, Tears for the Dead Life'.

From the film tunes, Dance of the Druids was amazing.

In fact, everything was amazing on a great night.

Class musicians on stage with two completely different kinds of singers (Brendan McCreary and Morgan Sorne), this worked really well.


And, of course, a great finale with Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult = one of my favourite bands, have been blessed to see them quite a few times).


 Bear McCreary and his band taking thoroughly deserved rounds of applause at the end of the gig:


 Came out of this gig feeling really uplifted, in the night-time air.

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

Another Buckwheat Meal


Yet another buckwheat meal.

This time, with cottage cheese accompanying chick peas, cherry tomatoes, green olives, camembert cheese, and of course, the tried and trusted, buckwheat.

Monday, 14 April 2025

Palm Sunday 2025

 
Inside a Catholic church in Warsaw on Palm Sunday 2025.
 
The windows around the church show Christ's journey to Calvary, upcoming Easter:
 

  The Stations of the Cross:
 

It's good to be reminded of the real meaning of Easter, of course.