Walking or driving around Poland, you often see little glass shrines like this with a small statue inside. I’ve also seen them in southern Germany, where there’s a strong Catholic tradition—sometimes the figure inside is Jesus on the cross, but…
Category: Photo Friday
A happy New Year to you all with a very fitting quote from one of my favorite writers, Neil Gaiman. Photo from the beach at Sopot, Poland. See you again on Monday!
“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn’t show.” —Andrew Wyeth Because Sopot is a tourist town on the seaside, summertime around the main area can…
“And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.” —JK Rowling Photo taken while sitting at a cafe in Krakow with a notebook,…
“All the windows of my heart I open to the day”. —John Greenleaf Whittier I can’t resist photographing beautiful windows. This one is on a little sidestreet I discovered by accident, in Krakow, Poland. Happy Friday!
Last weekend we stopped in at our local Modern Art Museum for a special exhibition of Polish artists. I can never understand why were are literally the only people in the entire museum—after all, the exhibits are usually pretty interesting,…
Last Saturday was All Saints’ Day, followed by All Souls’ Day on Sunday. Here in Poland, these days are a big occasion, with people traveling if necessary to their home towns and villages in order to clean and decorate the…
We live in Poland, where Halloween isn’t as widely celebrated as it is other places. You can’t go shopping for a costume, for example. Businesses are not decorated, nor are homes. You can get pumpkins at the market, and you…