szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

#Wetlands exploration. I wonder what the hashtag for that would be. #WetEx? #WetlEx?

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Who needs #bridges when dead #trees are all around?

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#SpotTheDog

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Can I jump in?

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This was 12 hours ago, on my way to work. The dirt road is so full of potholes you have drive slowly and are forced to enjoy the scenery of the Polesie National Park.

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Guardian of the road that needs no guarding.

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A #tree felled by #beavers desperately trying to do business as usual.

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#Wetlands of #Polesia trying to lure their victims with cheap yellow flowers.

Queuing to take a bath and get a drink.

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I guess I should have waited with this picture for #TongueOutTuesday, but I could have forgotten to post it and it would be lost on my disk for all eternity.

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Nettles are beautiful, but some infection made this leaf look even better.

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Let's enjoy this pool while it's still here.

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Our #wetlands are drying out. Only a few days ago this meadow was partially covered with water. The white patches in the picture were green algae, growing in flooded spaces between clumps of tall grass.

A small dog for scale.

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Looks like this would make a perfect #smoothie, but Masza just sniffed it and walked away.

Young Urtica dioica (stinging nettle) and Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel)

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Taking the dogs for a swim in in the forest.

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Now Masza will smell of mud, and so will our bed.

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The forest is a bit flooded. We're not complaining.

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This snek stuck its head out from beneath the leaves and wants to know if it's spring already. Our answer is "complicated".

The part of Poland we live in is about two weeks, climatewise, behind the rest of the country. It's not winter, but not yet really spring. We expect spring to come tomorrow, or the day after.

The #snake is Natrix natrix, European grass snake. The green plant in the upper left corner is Oxalis acetosella, wood sorrell, which was once used to make soups, salads, and refreshing drinks. We just pluck it and chew it and hope foxes didn't pee on it.

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Bathing beauties.

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A storm is coming, but they're just calmly grazing. Like we all.

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