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my Sunday silence ----- Mamiya RB67 + Sekor C 90mm f/3.8 + Ilford Delta 100 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

Decoration of a wall over the bar counter at Fotomato - once my favorite little restaurant and pizzeria in Łódź. I do not remember the name of the artist who authored it but I was told that he had been a student / acquaintance of Władysław Strzemiński and Katarzyna Kobro - renown Polish avant-garde artists (a painter and a sculptor) in the 1950s. I used to photograph this wall a lot as it looked very different depending on the time of day and light (natural coming from windows or artificial from above). I hope that they didn't demolish this beautiful piece of art when they renovated the building some years ago. Artists who apparently rent the place now are as far detached from unism and constructivism art as they can be. ----- Olympus C-8080WZ

I am browsing my digital archives again. It looks like I was into ceilings for much longer than I thought ;) ----- Samsung Digimax Pro 815

Calluna vulgaris 'Alicia' I took this shot today in a local grocery / convenience store. I felt tempted to buy a pot with lovely white little flowers but I knew that I couldn't bring them home. You see, ever since I was a little kid I was told by my Mom that heather was bad luck. She learned it in September 1939 when she was ten years old. Summer 1939 was beautiful. Hot and sunny. Heather thrived. My grandparents house was full of heather. All shades of pink and purple. Then on September 1, 1939 the Second World War begun. My Grandma threw away all flowers and banned all those that were there from being brought back ever. I think that the cultivar that was on sale today is named 'Alicia'. My Mom's name is Alicja / Alice too. ----- Asus Zenfone

----- WZFO Start + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110(Dil.B) Euktar lens (triplet anastigmat)

On August 28, 1946 the communist authorities (ruling Poland occupied by Soviets since 1945) murdered this 17 year old girl whose crime was being a medical orderly in the anti-communist underground. Her name was Danuta Siedzikówna, nickname Inka . She was captured in July 1946. While in prison she was beaten and tortured but refused to give up any information about her contacts in the anti-communist underground and their meeting points. She was sentenced to death after a "trial" that lasted two hours only. In her last secret letter smuggled out of the prison she wrote: "Please tell my grandmother, that I have acted right" . Six days before her 18th birthday she was tied to a wooden stake in the basement of the prison. She refused a blindfold. Members of the firing squad didn't want to kill her. All of them missed on purpose, only grazing her body with several bullets. It was the firing squad leader who eventually killed her with a handgun. Her last words were "Niech żyje Polska!" ( Long live Poland! ) and "Niech żyje Łupaszka" (her commanding officer). Her body was not returned to her Grandma. Inka was buried clandestinely and unrespectfully by the authorities. Her remains were eventually found and DNA-confirmed in 2014/2015. Please read more about her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuta_Siedzikówna (her parents were war heroes too). I took this photo at a concert dedicated to our indomitable soldiers in early 2013. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7FjtfTs9pE www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Podziemna+Armia+powraca

Heatwave, drought... Everybody around is complaining. My neighbors try to save their gardens and they fail. I am not. I didn't water my garden even once this year. You see, in several past years my neighbors raised their properties areas and that why I am flooded every time when heavy rains come. Their water (and fertilizers) come down to my garden. Plants in my private jungle are thriving now. Revenge is so sweet! ----- Asus Zenfone

My grapes will turn pink and sweet in September. Provided starlings won't rob them first. ----- Samsung NX10

World Photography Day 2022 It was one of the hottest days this year. It still is: 32°C / 90°F at 10 pm. I think that I already long for winter. And as we are told to expect some shortages of natural gas in December or so (no need to explain why) I already have one of my garages almost full of wood ready to be put in my fireplace and stove when need arises. This is a sample of what is still waiting to be chopped and stashed in my basement maybe. One of these days, when it gets colder. For now it is just something to shoot on the World Photography Day (in lack of more interesting objects). ----- Samsung NX10 and Silver Efex Pro 2

Friday me ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B) (taken on Saturday)

crazy orange daylilies are back! ----- Asus Zenfone

(better times long remembered) My Dad loved to make and mend such benches. Dad is not with us anymore but the bench - rather surprisingly - is! ----- Samsung Digimax Pro 815

once upon a time... ----- Olympus C-8080WZ

Veterans commemorating their friends fallen on August 2, 1944 during the Battle of Pęcice. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_P%C4%99cice " Boys strong as steel, eyes gazing afar And on our lips our assault song " lyricstranslate.com/en/ch%C5%82opcy-silni-jak-stal-boys-strong-steel.html ----- Pentacon Six + Rollei Retro 400

My Mom's lilies started to fade. ----- Asus Zenfone

Once upon a time... When I was a digital shooter I bought a set of Cokin filters and did my best trying to use them 'creatively'. Not my kettle of fish... I sold those filters some time later. ----- Olympus C-8080WZ + Cokin Gradual Tobacco

once upon a time... ----- Olympus C-8080WZ

When I was a kid I used to spend two weeks of my summer holidays at a small village at the Baltic sea coast. There were beautiful golden sand beaches there. But I always preferred another place (several kilometers to the east) where I could find treasure troves of colorful stones like that. Every summer I tried to smuggle some of them into our luggage and bring them home. Every summer I negotiated with my Dad who'd eventually let me choose three of them provided it was me who actually carried them in my knapsack on our way back home (no family car then ment 12-hours journey by bus and train but I didn't mind that). Many years later I revisited the place with my daughter. Fortunately she was not that interested in collecting stones so I took some photos instead. ----- Olympus C-220Z Taken 20 years ago with my first digital camera.