Last day in Poland. Finally some snow ❄️

Monday, 30th of January 2023 [37]

Happy new week everyone!

I have mixed feelings about this new week to be honest. On one side I’m happy to finally see the snow and on the other side I’m a little sad to be leaving my parents tomorrow morning.

All good and bad eventually comes to the end. My spontaneous trip to Poland was sure fun. For the first time in many years I was able to be with my mum for her birthday. Not that she celebrates it anyway, but she was very happy when I walked in with this huge Dendrobium orchid and chocolates for her birthday.

It has a very delicate scent, but there are also roses from my dad and a pot with hyacinths sent by my brother, so the other scents overpower this cute, sublime scent of Dendrobium.

For the time being it sits here, next to this pretty clock, so the couple on the swing can enjoy it 😉

Later on, after all flowers drop, I’ll remind mum on skype to move it closer to the window. In this spot here it looks pretty, but it won’t survive. It needs much more light.

This morning I got up very late - around 11am. Soon enough I developed a massive headache. Most likely all those cigarettes I smoked over the weekend plus I slept too late.

It was early afternoon when through my mum’s room windows I noticed it started snowing ❄️. I wanted some more snow to settle before going out for a photo walk with mum.

It snowed heavily for maybe an hour and then sun came out and all started melting. Through kitchen window I could see that it won’t really settle. Passing cars quickly helped with melting process and soon enough it got cloudy too.

I thought it was time to move if I wanted to take some pictures in a daylight. My headache was increasing and I needed some pills and fresh air.

I looked on those snowmen by my parents front door and they too were excited for the snow ⛄️

Turns out we were just in time to be able to take a few daylight pictures for another pinmapple post, but the sun was already preparing to move to another parts of the globe, creating beautiful orange flame at the horizon.

I think people living in this old building were frustrated with parcels not arriving at the right number, so someone graffiti’d the number laud and clear on the side on the building. Now everyone knows where number 170 is.

I wanted to take many more pictures, but my head was exploding and my new shoes were rather tight. My left foot was already blistered from another long walk with dad and I was really struggling to walk.

Even my mum was walking faster than me, especially when I’d stop to take more pictures. She was my model for the day again. Although she would mainly show her back 😉

As soon as we arrived in the pharmacy, I swallowed the pill with almost half a litre of water that I took with me for that purpose. I got a few packs of blister platers too. I have 2 hours drive from the airport ahead of me tomorrow and those new shoes will take a while before they get more comfortable.

Once I swallowed the painkiller we were ready for a little more walking. Barely 5k today, but that’s better than sitting on my bum all day long I guess.

Chess anyone? I sure like the idea, although I doubt anyone will be willing to sit here in winter.

How about shoe tree? Anyone saw a shoe tree before? I did. On someone’s post awhile ago and I remember it made me laugh. It made my mum laugh too. Not the shoes, but me taking the pictures of the shoes 😂

We continued the walk, heading towards that pretty golden flame at the horizon. I really wanted to take a better capture of it, but street lights and all kind of buildings were covering up the view.

If only the camera could show it as well as I could see it, but that’s the best I have. I managed to find a little spot away from street lights.

That’s where I’ll end this post. My stomach is a bit squeezed knowing I need to get up at 3:30am tomorrow morning and leave my parents behind for unknown period of time again.

From the airport I will take a bus to the car park, pick up my car and drive straight to work. I have a bribe for my director - a few of my favourite doughnuts. Sadly not the ones he requested, as there were none in the shop, so the custard ones will have to do.

Until next time 💙