szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Sometimes when the 2023 photograph you take turns out to be blurry you can boost colours a bit and tell people it's an 1883 oil painting. But only if the subject is plausible.

#Polesia #RuralRoads

The old, sturdy power pole, bravely providing electricity to our home despite the storms. Living at the end of the line means we're the last to get fixed when strong winds damage transmission lines. It's living on the edge, until we can afford a photovoltaic installation.

#Polesia #Wetlands

A freshly ploughed field is a feast for storks.

#Polesia #farming

#Polesia is going to sleep.

Crab or chicken? Laetiporus sulphureus, unfortunately too old to eat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus_sulphureus

#fungi #Polesia

We finally had some rain in the night. Getting to work is more exciting now.

#RuralRoads #wetlands #Polesia

Bardisco

#Polesia #EasternPoland #bar #disco

To jump in or not to jump in.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #Polesia

We stumbled upon a monument of a dog on our walk through wetland meadows and forests today. She must have been famous for something, but we don't know what.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #Polesia

A small ditch in the #wetlands. Now trying to confirm what I heard – that this used to be a small river, Mietułka, which formed the border between Poland and Lithuania a couple of centuries ago. Now just a ditch.

#Polesia

I can't id this #plant. A small dog the size of half a small dog for scale.

#Polesia, #EasternPoland #IdąPsięta

Okoliczna szlachta znaczy swój teren. A wystarczyło nasikać.

#Polesia #ojczyzna

#Polesia is hot.

The road was dry for a couple of days but now it's back to the way #IdąPsięta like it the most.

#Wetlands #Polesia #RuralRoads

Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle) encountered on a path through a wetland forest yesterday. Probably trying to lay her eggs, but with all the rain it won't be easy for her to find a good spot.

#wetlands #Polesia

A pack of wolves, #IdąPsięta, waiting for the sheep to fall from the sky.

#DogsOfMastodon #wetlands #Polesia

A tree fell on one of our favourite paths. This means there is no car traffic that would partially curb the growth of nettles. We'll have to buy a machete. Or a chainsaw.

#IdąPsięta #wetlands #Polesia

The local tree of life is dead, but it's still standing.

#Wetlands #Polesia

Nice, but can we please go somewhere dry and warm?

#IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon #wetlands #Polesia

Our dogs, #IdąPsięta, playing "Wolves and Tourists"

#FajtłapClub #DogsOfMastodon #Polesia