Walking With Captain Vimes

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Warszawa, Old Town. November 2009.

Spirit Of The Oliwa Cathedral - Part II

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Side oratory in Gdańsk Oliwa Cathedral.

Gdańsk Oliwa, September 2009.

Tales From Stone Garden - A Tale Of Wine

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Warszawa, November 2009.

Citywalk III

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Kraków, November 2009

Nightwalk V

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Warszawa, November 2009.

Still Strayed In Parallel World

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Kraków, November 2009.

Spirit Of The Oliwa Cathedral - Part I

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Great organ in Gdańsk Oliwa Cathedral.
Gdańsk Oliwa, September 2009.

Just Heather

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Choose Your Battlefield

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Enchanted Cab

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Warsaw, Old Town. November 2009.

Tales From Stone Garden - A Tale Of Heart.

(c) Piotr Woźniak

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Natural Philosophy II

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Postcard from Parallel World

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Kraków, November 2009.

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What Exactly Did You Mean, Mr. Magritte?

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Kraków, November 2009

Long-Suffering

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Nightwalk IV

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Warsaw Old Town, November 2009.

Still On The Road

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Karkonosze, September 2009.

Soilwalker

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

And Heaven Above Me

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Karkonosze, September 2009.

Now, Give Me That Horizon!

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

And the ship's name is... right - "The Black Pearl".

Gdańsk, September 2009.

Friday, The 13th.

(c) Piotr Woźniak

The Sentinel

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Karkonosze Mountains, September 2009.

Soulgates III

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Snow Kettles

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

A view from the edge of Great Snow Kettle.

Snow Kettles - Śnieżne Kotły in Karkonosze range are cirques or niches eroded by the glacier. There are two kettles: Small Kettle (ca 550 m. long, 400 m. width, 300 m. depth) and Great Kettle (800 m. long, 600 m. width, 300 m. depth), divided by rocky bed. The granite walls are 100 m. high. The Kettles area is natural and biosphere preserve with some unique, endemic species, like specific type of saxifraga - Saxifraga moschata basaltica - it's the only place where this type occurs. Also lot of alpine and arctic types, and, what's interesting, lichen type Rhizocarpon lecanorium which is the oldest plant in Karkonosze (some of them are 600 years old).

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Eastern wall of Great Snow Kettle.

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Look down to the north.

November Spleen

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Three Pigs

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Yes, that's the name of this rock formation - The Three Pigs. Located near Szrenica Peak (1,362 metres) are one of the most impressive rocks in Karkonosze Mountains.
Karkonosze range, which is part of Sudety, are filled with such rocks. Mountains are very old, those strange rocks were created during the erosion process. Rocks didn't eroded evenly, some parts were more resistant to this process - that way such forms appeared. The process begun somewhere in Carbon, as far as I know...

(c) Piotr Woźniak

And, of course, there is a legend about creation of Karkonosze... But I'll write more later ;-)

Old Masters Work

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Karkonosze Mountains, September 2009.

Tell You, What I Think

(c) Piotr Woźniak

In The Realm Of Gold - The Holy Tree.

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

In The Hall Of The Mountain King

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Karkonosze - old mountains on the border between Czech Republic and Poland.
This epic peak is Łabski Szczyt (Łabski Peak, Violik in Czech), 1471 m. above sea level. Name comes from river Łaba (Elba), one of the ancient slavonic holy rivers. Its sources are located on southern sides of the peak.
(Photo taken at Sept. 2009)

Tancred Crying After Clorinda's Death

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Morta e Clorinda: disperato ved
Della viitoria sua pianger Tancredi

Giniesz śliczna Clorindo, od miłosney dłoni
A Twoy Tankred nad własnym zwycięstwem łzy roni

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Royal Łazienki Park, Warsaw, Poland. 
Tancred And Clorinda, copy of sculpture by Francesco Lazaroni (probably), end of XVIII century. Original work was located in the park, but was sold in XIXth century. Original actually is located in Puławy Palace's park.

The Antagonist

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Monsieur Iris Explained

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Monsieur Iris is quite handsome drake, we have to agree.
This lovely duck is Mandarin (Aix galericulata). Originates from Asia (eastern Russia, China, Japan), was imported to Europe in XVIIIth century as a decorative fowl. Evaders from collections had planted in city parks - that's how European population started.
Currently they are rare - according to Wikipedia there's only about 7000 pairs in Asia and a bit more than 1000 pairs in Europe, mostly in Britain.
I can't say how many is here. Probably there is about 20 - 30 pairs in Warsaw's parks. Mandarins are under strict protection in Poland.
In China Mandarins are symbol of conjugal affection and fidelity.

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Warm Welcome Inwards

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

Natural Philosophy

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Le Temple Égyptien

(c) Beata Sobolewska-Woźniak

An Old-Fashioned Gentleman

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Circle Of Enlightenment

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Dante's Prayer

(c) Piotr Woźniak

(c) Piotr Woźniak

Though we share this humble path, alone
How fragile is the heart
Oh give these clay feet wings to fly
To touch the face of the stars

Breathe life into this feeble heart
Lift this mortal veil of fear
Take these crumbled hopes, etched with tears
We'll rise above these earthly cares 

Loreena McKennitt, Dante's Prayer

(From "The Book Of Secrets", Quinlan Road 1997)

(c) Piotr Woźniak

(c) Piotr Woźniak

(c) Piotr Woźniak