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Post by pieter on Jan 18, 2008 16:53:42 GMT -7
Pawian,
Incredible beauty of the Polish mountains, oh I love the Polish mountains in the South I remember from my childhood of the seventees, playing with the farmer kids and fearing the gangs of older Polish boys in the woods, communicating with hands and feet and using gestures. I remember the summer that it rained for a week there.
Later I enjoyed the Arden mountains in Belgium from 1978 until 2003 when we had our holiday house there. I love the fresh mountain air, walking throught the large woods, the rocks, the mountain skies, the farm odeur, working in the garden for many years, making fences, planting small trees and plants, cutting grass in the old fashionate manners with a scythe, working yourself in sweat making days of 8 hours, painting and repairing the house, cutting large trees in the wood with an old fashionate axe and a large saw. Using the fresh farm products of the Belgian farms in the region and their little village super market, bakery and butchers, attending mass in their humble french language Catholic village churches, where farmers with beautiful voices sang their songs. These Belgian and Polish mountains are a part of my heritage, part of me is a mountain being.
Livia, I like your partly romantic images of Krakow too!
Pieter
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Post by livia on Jan 18, 2008 16:57:56 GMT -7
Pieter, in your pics you caught something of a normal, everyday life feeling of Warszawa. Amd the way you have expressed you wandering in the unknown cities (which I always try to do too!) was great. And reminded me the prose of Bruno Schulz. You might not know this , well genius, author en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schulzbut once you read him, you will like him I am sure. He WAS translated!! |
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Post by Mary on Jan 18, 2008 17:34:39 GMT -7
Reply to all;
The photographs you all are posting are just wonderful! I hope you realize how much the rest of us enjoy and appreciate them.
I was wondering, anyone ever heard of Krzekotow? Have any pictures from there? I know I used to have relatives there, maybe still.
It's about 5 miles (8km) north-east of Glogow, and must be small, population 150 according to Wikipedia.
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Post by Pawian on Jan 19, 2008 13:39:40 GMT -7
I was wondering, anyone ever heard of Krzekotow? Have any pictures from there? I know I used to have relatives there, maybe still. It's about 5 miles (8km) north-east of Glogow, and must be small, population 150 according to Wikipedia. Mary Sorry, it is too small and it hasn`t got any historical buildings. No pictures available. Someone has to go there on errand and take photos. How about Livia? |
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Post by Mary on Jan 19, 2008 13:56:46 GMT -7
I was wondering, anyone ever heard of Krzekotow? Have any pictures from there? I know I used to have relatives there, maybe still. It's about 5 miles (8km) north-east of Glogow, and must be small, population 150 according to Wikipedia. Mary Sorry, it is too small and it hasn`t got any historical buildings. No pictures available. Someone has to go there on errand and take photos. How about Livia? Pawian, Yes it does sound small, and quaint. How about it Livia? I'd never ask for a special trip, but if you are ever traveling that way.....would you take along your camera? Mary |
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Post by Pawian on Jan 19, 2008 14:08:46 GMT -7
Yes it does sound small, and quaint. How about it Livia? I'd never ask for a special trip, but if you are ever traveling that way.....would you take along your camera? Mary And paints and brushes because snap shots are good but paintings still better.... |
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Post by Pawian on Jan 19, 2008 14:28:57 GMT -7
Livia, I like your partly romantic images of Krakow too! Pieter I like them too. OK, both of you have persuaded me that Krakow is beautiful indeed. That`s why I will also show romantic photos, with my romantic commentary. Out in the fairy yard I see faces smiling up at me; Dainty faces free to roam all about their garden home. How I wish that I could go down to where the river's flow washes on the sparkling sand; hold a fairy in my hand;
Or into the deepest wood (though I know I never should) there to laugh with them and play in the coolness of the day. Oh a fairy song to sing, glide upon a tiny wing underneath the moon and sun; fairy life is full of fun! Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire,
I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, to dew her orbs upon the green. The cowslips tall her pensioners be: in their gold coats spots you see;
The fairy beam upon you, the stars to glisten on you, a moon of light in the noon of night, Till the firedrake hath o'er-gone you.the wheel of fortune guide you, the boy with the bow beside you run aye in the way, till the bird of day and the luckier lote betide you. They sparkle in the night. They're magical in the twilight. They live everywhere. You can here them humming a tune if you listen closely. They are mischievous and love to play tricks. They help take care of Mother Nature.  Fairies are beautiful creatures. They are mysterious in many ways.
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Post by Mary on Jan 19, 2008 14:57:37 GMT -7
Pawian, Very romantic indeed..........  I especially like the sixth one, with the trees growing on the roof! Mary |
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Post by bescheid on Jan 19, 2008 18:07:07 GMT -7
Pawian
You little monster you!! For you are to introduce of prose with that of your photos!!
You know I am a weakling with prose?? For I love it!!!
Ok, some time past {years} I was to provide {join}with an open air exhibition of paintings. It was open to all artist to display of their paintings.
We introduced of 1st, the artist, then of their paintings. This with my reading of prose and poetry with use of an amplified out door system. We would describe of the painting, intrinsic meaning as displayed of emperical feelings of the artist in his/her works.
The sommer shows actually sold of much of the works. We only ask of a donation for cost to make, my self and some others donated our time..It was much fun and the new friends to make was justifiable for late night hours.
It was only of the sommer season whilst the air was warm and sky of clear. But, on occasion, the see fog would drift in and add to the show, an eerie scary climate of air.
I have a love of prose and poetry for it brings to surface for only of a moment, the soul of life, then as fleeting, it is departed from there in, it had come. {I think that is the word in English}.
Your introduction was so very classical {I just enjoyed it so} of:
{Out in the fairyard I see faces smiling at me. Dainty faces free to roam all about their garden home.} Now, that is out standing!!!
And all this of time, you have this withen your head and not to share!! For shame, for shame!!
Charles
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Post by valpomike on Jan 19, 2008 18:12:08 GMT -7
Livia,
The photo of Zlote Tarasy, is that the large shopping center, is it not? Next, the photo's of Plac Zbawiciela, is it a church on the main street? If yes, next time you are near there, step inside, and on the wall, near the front door, to the left, is a large plack, or wall hanging, to a Doctor Roszkowski, this man, was my uncle. He passed away going on 12 years now. He was a great man, in Warsaw, and loved by many.
Great photo's, I sure enjoy them, as do others, I can see. Pawain's photo's are the real Warsaw, good and bad. The sites most don't want to see, but are also, a part of Warsaw. If I knew how to post photo's, I could show you all some, that would make you scared, from cities like Gary, Indiana, and parts of Chicago. Each city, big and small, has it's dark side.
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Post by Pawian on Jan 20, 2008 3:09:36 GMT -7
Pawian, Very romantic indeed.......... I especially like the sixth one, with the trees growing on the roof! Mary Good. Since you like them, I will show more: Many years ago, when I was very young and there was lots of magic around  I went out for a walk in the wood and this was what I found  On a stone by a stream in the heart of the wood danced a beautiful shiny light  Dancing there on a stone in the wood a truly magical sight  I looked at the light and soon I saw it was a fairy with golden wings, she spoke to me right there in the wood, and told me magical things.  I believed in fairies right there and then and I knew that they were good and I knew that I could never forget my magical walk in the wood.  |
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Post by livia on Jan 20, 2008 3:40:16 GMT -7
Over hill, over dale, thorough bush, thorough brier, over park, over pale, thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moon’s sphere Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Call'd Pahvee Bounouboh: are not you he That frights the maidens of the villagery; Skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern And bootless make the breathless housewife churn; And sometime make the drink to bear no barm; Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?  |
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Post by livia on Jan 20, 2008 3:49:23 GMT -7
Livia, The photo of Zlote Tarasy, is that the large shopping center, is it not? Next, the photo's of Plac Zbawiciela, is it a church on the main street? If yes, next time you are near there, step inside, and on the wall, near the front door, to the left, is a large plack, or wall hanging, to a Doctor Roszkowski, this man, was my uncle. He passed away going on 12 years now. He was a great man, in Warsaw, and loved by many. Great photo's, I sure enjoy them, as do others, I can see. Pawain's photo's are the real Warsaw, good and bad. The sites most don't want to see, but are also, a part of Warsaw. If I knew how to post photo's, I could show you all some, that would make you scared, from cities like Gary, Indiana, and parts of Chicago. Each city, big and small, has it's dark side. Michael Dabrowski Michael, yes it is the church in Plac Zbawiciela. It is my part of the city, I am there very often. Pawian's photos doesn't show real Warszawa, it is just his Polish sense of humor . Charles, how nice you shared some of your more art-oriented side too! Frankly I was also surprised when it was you, the seaman who recognized the spider in Mary's garden ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by livia on Jan 20, 2008 3:51:28 GMT -7
Yes it does sound small, and quaint. How about it Livia? I'd never ask for a special trip, but if you are ever traveling that way.....would you take along your camera? Mary Mary, if I ever go that direction I will remember about you. |
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Post by pieter on Jan 20, 2008 4:22:18 GMT -7
Pieter, in your pics you caught something of a normal, everyday life feeling of Warszawa. Amd the way you have expressed you wandering in the unknown cities (which I always try to do too!) was great. And reminded me the prose of Bruno Schulz. You might not know this , well genius, author en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schulzbut once you read him, you will like him I am sure. He WAS translated!! Livia, I learned about him via a great former Forummember Aadam, and talked about him with Jaga and another former forum member and Warsaw friend Wojtek (also known as Bunjo here). So I learned about him, read about him and saw his drawings and paintings via the Internet. It seems to me that he is well known to educated, cultural Poles. In the Dutch version of Wikipedia I read that he was not only a great painter and graphical artist, but also one of the most important Polish writers of the 20th century. jagahost.proboards79.com/index.cgi?board=arts&action=display&thread=1158807423 |
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