A Late Yield from the Orchard

Happy to say that we attained a decent late August/early September yield of not only apples:

But also pears from the orchard:

 

Which all resulted in the apple (plus pear) pie, of course:

 Let's hope there's another decent yield, next year.

Agnes Obel - Warsaw Progresja (2nd September 2025)

 Managed to catch Agnes Obel on the second of her three-night stint at the Progresja during the week:

 Found every moment of the 90-minute set absolutely amazing.

 

It'd been about 14 years since I'd last seen Agnes Obel at the Palladium in Warsaw, so it was more than the right time to catch up with her.

 Loved every song in the set, especially Fuel to Fire, On Powdered Ground, Riverside, and what seemed to be a wonderfully melodic new song.

 So glad that I caught up with Agnes Obel again.

Agnes and her great band taking well-earned praise at the end of the show: 

 

Good Food and Drink in the Gazebo

Some of the good food that I had in the gazebo in Eastern Poland, starting with pierogi ruskie (cheese and potato dumplings) and cabbage leaves filled with mushrooms and buckwheat:

 Diced melon which is really refreshing while working in the garden:

A mint-flavoured, lemon drink:

And of course, apple pie and yoghurt:

Our New Friend, Kotka

 

Our new friend, Kotka, from a recent visit to Eastern Poland.

Kotka doing a stretching exercise:

 It soon became clear that Kotka was expecting kittens:

Zosia: Moving to Warsaw from Eastern Poland

 

Young Zosia has recently moved to Warsaw from Eastern Poland.

She was sadly without owners in Eastern Poland but thankfully she was adopted by new owners in Warsaw:

 Hope this is the start of a good adventure for Zosia.

Sweet Apples from the Orchard

 

Sweet tasting apples from the orchard in Eastern Poland.

Raspberries as well, fresh from the fields:

 

Seeing Infinity Song in Warsaw Last Friday

 Yeah, this time last week, I was watching the wonderful Infinity Song at the Hybrydy Club in Warsaw:

 Find this band's music incredibly uplifting, especially tunes like No One Comes Close and The Sunshine (a truly beautiful, therapeutic song).

 

But the highlight of the night was the 13-14 minute version of Slow Burn.

Will readily admit that a few months ago, I'd never heard of Infinity Song but I saw that they were playing Warsaw; checked them out; found them incredibly harmonious/melodic; and could not waste a chance of seeing them live.

 

The picture below shows the band dancing with members of the crowd (fantastic band-audience interaction): 

 

But for an almost 60-year-old bloke like myself, I really enjoyed watching things from the back with a few decent beers.

 

And after the band finished a thoroughly engaging 90-minute set, Joan Baez's Diamonds and Rust started being played (this caught the atmosphere perfectly as Infinity Song remind me of that kind of profoundly innocent music that accompanied the late 60s/early 70s such as Joan Baez, Godspell etc.).

 

And after the concert, being greeted by a lit-up Palace of Culture: