It's Saturday, September 20th, 2025, I'm in Łódź and today I'm off to the Włocławek Rock Festival. Outside the sky is blue and there is a warmth in the air. I went out for a short "walk around the block" before breakfast. The streets of Łódź are very much in a grid layout in this … Continue reading Łódź, Włocławek, Łódź, Poznań, Łódź. Part 2.
My mother bought me this this Circle of Friends candle holder for my birthday, many years ago now. When I picked up the package it was wrapped in, I heard a faint chinking sound which only served to pique my curiosity as to what could be inside. When I opened the package however, I found … Continue reading Pagan tribal.
Hard on the heels of Saturday morning's full Moon (January 3rd, 2026, at 10:03 UTC) Saturday evening brought a conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter. I know… I'm a sucker for these kinds of thing. A conjunction in astronomical terms is when two planets or a planet and a star or other celestial bodies appear … Continue reading By Jupiter.
The first full moon of 2026 sets into the waiting arms of a fir tree. Disc illumination 100%, distance 362,142 km. Me? Standing with the window open trying to get a good shot without a tripod as the icy winds of January flood the bedroom. I was in the garden earlier and the thermometer on … Continue reading Lunatic tendencies.
05/12/2025 and the last full moon of 2025, the so-called Cold Moon, slips serenely into the early morning mist.. The Moon, now waning gibbous as full moon was at 23:13 UTC yesterday. Distance 357,734 km. The next full moon is on January 3rd at 10:03 UTC.Don't miss it!
Purist photographers, look away now…I'm posting these snapshots, blurred as they are, as they show something that I haven't seen before.Yesterday evening I was sitting in the garden reading "Guests of Summer" by Theunis Piersma. The book's subtitle is "A House Martin love story" and it is an account of house martins and other "swallow … Continue reading Noisy guests of summer.
Further to the post "Spadger!", I've finally managed to get a photograph of the sparrow that visits us. I hope it's not just this lone sparrow but I've only ever seen the one of late so here's hoping that he tells his friends about our bird table and the delicious treats thereon. 🙂
When I went to bed last night, before I settled in I took a look out of the window, as I always do, and there hanging low in the sky was a lovely crescent moon. I don't know why but I felt compelled to photograph it, the Moon that is, so I fetched a camera … Continue reading Implicit imperfections.
Well, what do you know? On Saturday 30th March 2025 there was a partial solar eclipse visible from the part of England where I live, and it wasn't (very) cloudy!
Date: 14th March 2025. Time: 04:50. Temperature: Minus three Celsius. It's the early morning of the fourteenth of March 2025 and this morning there is a partial eclipse of the Moon.
A Point of Views, A Polish Odyssey, and Other Stories. 