Showing posts with label 2024. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2024. Show all posts

Monday, September 21, 2026

Rescued Birds

The Wola sanctuary not only rescues bison, it rescues birds. Andreas' favorite part.








 

Recovered Items

Things (and people) left on the battlefield.... with weird lighting.




 

Side Trip

Every trip to Wroclaw includes a side trip to Boleslawiec.

 

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Working Down the Vines

Time to concentrate solely on the vines since the alphabet's done.

 

Magenta Bauble Done

Some beads got misplaced somewhere, so I improvised and added some colors.

 

Where the Buffalo ... Relax

 

Wola National Park near Szczeczin has a buffalo sanctuary for European bison. They're big, but smaller than American bison. And they tend to be pretty placid. Poland has approximately 15k bison out in the wild.








Military Saddlebags

Saddlebags from the order of march at the Waterloo museum. That's got to be wearing on the horses after a while. Imaging fighting with that. I guess it's protection for the horse?




 

Riese Tunnels Big Enough for Cars

 

This is one of the now-uncovered entrances to Project Riese. It was hidden for decades before coming to light. Helped that it's in a forested rural area of Poland. And the tunnels were big enough to let cars drive - because the network was going to be huge.