Rydno Picnic at Lyzwy!

After meeting some local students of different ages we headed for the Archeo-Picnic at Rydno Paleolithic Settlement in Lyzwy, on the outskirts of Skarzysko. It was great fun and you still have two days to go there!

Dinosaurs and clay

Another great day in Poland and a pleasant short trip to see the dinosaur footprints in the forest between Skarzysko and Konskie and to visit an old pottery maker in Redocin! The footprints were found in the area where  clay was dug in the past. No time to add pictures or to tell you about an interesting museum in Radom where these days you can see Mloda Polska. Kobieta exhibition!

Lots of travelling, no time to write here!:-)

Busy and tired, I find it impossoble to post here every day now...

Hitchhikers

We met a young pair at the services towards Dover. They were hitchhiking to Dover and then to Paris and Barcelona. We couldn't give them a lift but someone else did as they were gone when we came back to the car.

All the best to Pani Zosia!

May 15 for many years meant a festive evening at our neighbours' for my family. The lady of the house's name is Zofia and it is her name day. (In Poland each person's name has a special day in the calendar when that name is celebrated.) She loves nature and flowers so today, not being able to visit her, I took pictures for Pani Zosia when I went to the park at lunchtime. All the best to you, Pani Zosienko!

These two birds were hoping to 'dig out' some food from the wrapping that hadn't made its way to the rubbish bin. They took turns trying to get into it and even tasted some paper before they left it alone.

Towards St Margaret's and Richmond today!

Sky at dusk

Edible flowers!

One evening on the bus home I saw this woman with a huge bouquet. Two oblong buds fell off it and I picked them up getting off at the last stop, brought them home, put in a little vase with water and let them open to show the full glory!
Don't they look well in the kitchen window too?

They are called daylilies in English, I believe. There are many different kinds of these plants.
Can you believe that the flowers of some species of this plant are edible raw or dried and used in the Chinese cuisine in such dishes as: Buddha's delight, moo shu pork and daylily soup.

Acton Park and Maya's birds

Are you like me? Whenever possible I try to avoid the same route, try to find a new one. It's more fun and you never know what you may encounter. Besides, it makes sense to avoid the main throughfares when on a bicycle. Cycling home via Acton this evening I turned into Acton Park and stopped there for a few minutes. It was a welcome change after the busy street and all day's work.

 

Acton Park

 This building across the street north of the park is called The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths:

 There is an obelisk in the park. It commemorates  James Radcliffe Earl of Derwentwater, one of the 1715 rebellion against the Anglo-Scottish Union.

Acton Park lawn reading a newspaper

I left the park through the north-western gate, turned left and soon stopped in front of my friend's Maya Stanic's workshop. Of course it was closed on the Sunday, but the low sun allowed me to take nice pictures of the building and of the little stained-glass birds made by Maya. I photographed them inside when I visited Maya some time ago.

Later, at home I opened a link my Polish friend sent me and I saw more birds. They were humming birds, painted by Philip Reinagle two hundred or more years ago.

Going back to the main road I stopped to photograph the house that stands out among all the Victorian red-brick dwellings like the one below.

And then I headed home without any more delays.