Greetings and welcome to another of my fuzzy-headed, little, open-threaded bits of fluff. Like the dust speck in Horton Hears a Who, just a bit of fluff, floating through space, with a surprisingly delightful and tiny community hanging out on it.
This week I’m getting back to my series of open-thread diaries featuring photos from my summer trip to Poland. I’ve got a few shots from the streets and a visit to the Amber Museum.
As for my own, more recent, news—
My thanks to everyone joining in the comments on my last diary! I got back in from my little trip (and yeah, a diary or two about that later) and stayed up a bit longer Sunday night replying.
Peace
I recently discovered that despite image hosting site Photobucket’s occasional emails begging me to subscribe to their hosting services that were once free or risk losing my photos forever, they don’t seem to be in any rush to delete my account. I can’t access my account, but the images are apparently all still there and I can embed them on dKos just like in the olden times. So I may be digging in the closet for some of my old hats from time to time.
And I’ve also got a tiny update on my tiny habanero pepper plant:
It’s actually still growing!
And now, back to Poland
Gdansk
Our day in Gdansk was off to a rainy start. We found a convenient parking ramp near the historic center of the city and stepped into a nearby shopping mall to find some Polish treats for breakfast. Just a little something for the road, a snack for strolling the streets until the Amber Museum opened.
The peaked brick building on the right edge there is the 14th century Great Mill of Gdansk, the current home of the Amber Museum
A park with an interesting fountain along the side of the Great Mill
The mill channel
At the base of a nearby tower
Entrance to the Trade Academy
The Great Armory
Yet another Polish bronze statuette outside the Amber Museum entrance. Still not open.
Still time to explore a bit. The mill channel/spillway continued on and under what looks to be another old mill.
Finally inside the museum.
In a little side room there was this lovely wooden model of the Great Mill— and that’s just the half of it. There’s another full set of water wheels on the other side.
A spider caught in amber
And here’s a tiny lizard
“The Alien” Bogdan Mirowski, 2006 a sculpture in amber, silver and mahogany
Pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, hairpins … so much stuff made from amber.
Where the magic happens. a typical setup for working amber
Iron Age face urn (left) decorated with amber beads and a copy of another Iron Age face urn also decorated with amber beads.
The museum store wasn’t all jewelry.
Thanks for stopping by.
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