szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Masza and Bruno inspecting molehills before a walk in the forest with the rest of #IdaPsięta. #DogsOfMastodon

Masza, of the #IdąPsięta pack, inspecting a patch of #moss in the wetlands. Shout I tag it #DogsOfMosstodon? #DogsOfMastodon #Mosstodon

Inspected the last stretch of power lines to our place today. #Trees are keeping reasonable distance, though this might change when snow starts falling and cracked branches hit the wires. The generator tank is full, so we're ready. Life in the #forests of #EasternPoland.

After weeks of cloudy skies we finally had some sunshine. The low quality sunshine you would expect in the #forests of #EasternPoland at this time of the year, but nevertheless real sunshine, not the canned thing we've depended on. #IdaPsięta, our pack of #dogs, appeared to be happy

Trying to decipher the logs, dazed and confused. #IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #wetlands

A slightly wet Polish Lowland #Sheepdog, Bruno, of the #IdąPsięta pack, in our slightly wet #wetlands. There should be much more water here now, but we're losing it quickly as old ditches are cleared to make meadows in the background easier to mow. Farmers don't really need all that hay, but they get paid for this, and if they don't mow them they will get no money.

Something snacked on this #AntHill. A woodpecker? A fox? #nature

#IdąPsięta, our dogs, want to turn left. The road straight ahead is much longer and they know it.

That one tree with dried leaves is probably not well as apoptosis didn't kick in on time. We''ll see how it survives the winter.

Driving home through the #forests of #Polesia. My 4WD car is still waiting to be fixed, but the old rear-wheel drive city car can still handle our roads. There's a video on Twitter (https://twitter.com/szescstopni/status/1596245974669828096) – don't want to clog up this place.

#IdąPsięta, our #dogs, enjoying the first day of snow on the road to our place. If it snows more our car will not be able to get through antil then #snowplow comes – which might take a few days.

Bruno wanted to get a drink, but Masza just had to press the "make ripples" button. #IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #Polesia #EasternPoland

There are no really old #trees here on the edge of one of the youngest national parks in #EasternPoland, #Polesia #NationalPark, so this will have to do for #ThickTrunkTuesday. That brown blur is not a #beaver (most of the large trees near this one have been felled by #beavers) but Vuko, a #dog from our #IdąPsięta pack of (mostly) rescue mutts. The branches on the ground in the back are what is left of a small beaver dam destroyed by humans. The beavers are constantly rebuilding it.

One of the innumerable monuments Masza, of the #IdąPsięta pack of #dogs, has in the #wetlands and #forests of #Polesia in #EasternPoland. #DogsOfMastodon

"I didn't do it! She did!". No way. Now trying to explain to him she's not like the wind. #IdąPsięta pack od #dogs, #forests of #EasternPoland. #DogsOfMastodon

Fortunately they weren't here at the same time. #dogs #wildlife

Finally the ditches are frozen and the #dogs of the #IdąPsięta pack can roam a wider area of our #wetlands. #DogsOfMastodon

Our #wetlands are being drained. Come next summer, the wet meadows won't be wet any more.

First #snow – very little of it, but still fun for Masza, the senior bitch of the #IdąPsięta pack. #DogsOfMastodon

Fallen #trees in an unmanaged #forest. Is there any better explanation for this than ancient civilisations? :)

Frozen #mushroom hunt with the #dogs, our #IdaPsięta pack. This Xercocomus won't end up in our kitchen, we'll leave it to the snails.