225/365 Music at the market

225/365 Music at the market, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 13th

These musicians show up at the market near my place on most Saturdays. They play what are called courtyard songs, songs from the city streets about love, adventure, and urban legends.

I always drop a few coins in their hat. I love music in my neighbourhood, and street bands like this one have become rare.

224/365 Memories of the fairground

224/365 Memories of the fairground, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 12th

Another evening filled with work. These poor man yoyos hang on my doorknob, I got them at the fair.

223/365 Empty sign

223/365 Empty sign, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 11th

Jan said there were kittens in his courtyard. They hissed and hid in the basement, so I could not take a picture of them. So I took one of this empty sign, instead.

222/365 A plant, which I hope is the almond I planted and not some weed.

222/365 A plant, which I hope is the almond I planted and not some weed., originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 10th

If you know for a fact that it is not an almond, please be so kind as to not shatter my dreams.

221/365 Pea

221/365 Pea, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 9th

What I *was* supposed to do was to take a nice picture of my friend Marysia, but the only halfway decent photo I managed was this one of her holding an old pea she found on my kitchen table.

220/365 Even the University looks like crap here

220/365 Even the University looks like crap here, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 8th

I love my shitty, dirty city.

219/365 This is where they gather

219/365 This is where they gather, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 7th

Pigeons. Everyone hates them.

218/365 Magic Storm

218/365 Magic Storm, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 6th

It rolled up in seconds, then the sky went black and it poured, poured, poured...

217/365 Balcony

217/365 Balcony, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 5th

Blurry photo. I need to take more care. And like I said before, I envy people who have real balconies.

216/365 Vera

216/365 Vera, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 4th

A trashcan in the storage space at work. The factory complex we work in is called Vera.

215/365 Pink flowers

215/365 Pink flowers, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 3rd

Pelargonium?

214/365 I love Polesie

214/365 I love Polesie, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 2nd

Seen while waiting for the morning bus. Polesie is my neighbourhood. ŁKS is the football team. Kocham means I love, and the x.x is... who knows.

213/365 Tomato plants which won't grow tomatoes

213/365 Tomato plants which won't grow tomatoes, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

August 1st

But they smell nice, at least. I wish I had a real balcony.

212/365: My neighbourhood

212/365: My neighbourhood, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 31st

Particularly glorious in the sunshine. You can get anything you want on that corner- there's a daily market with everything from bread and eggs to beef and eggplants, there's a confectioner, a bakery, three tanning salons, six florists, a butcher shop, two pharmacies, two herbal remedy stores, two Asian take-aways, a watchmaker, a bookmaker, three 24h liquor stores, two electric supply shops, a gardening store, a fake flower shop, a scrap metal buyer, two cobblers, a photo print shop, a second-hand clothes shop, a jeans store, a discount tchotchke shop, and four or five little grocery stores which somehow still hold on despite the raging competition.

I love living here.

211/365: Evening

211/365: Evening, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 30th

Thyme and basil on my window.

210/365: Return of the Maneki Neko

210/365: Return of the Maneki Neko, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 29th

Agi's beloved maneki neko was abducted! After many ransom notes and threats, it was returned to her in time for her birthday. But she had to bake a cake to appease the kidnappers.

209/365: Broken :(

209/365: Broken :(, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 28th

Those are the keys which stopped working after I cleaned it with this special cleaning foam the IT department said was good. >:(

208/365:My door

208/365:My door, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 27th

Sparkly, shiny, pretty. Tired.

207/365: The Mothership

207/365: The Mothership, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 26th

I was too tired to scout for good photo ops after the Cracow trip, so here is a picture of the spaceship in my hallway.

Why am I not around so much?

Because:

Ten more days (because that is my deadline) and I will be back at normal speed.

206/365: Salt

206/365: Salt, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 25th

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is another wonderful place to go. It's been in operation since at least the 13th century and is now nine levels and 327 metres deep, with over 300 kilometres of corridors running underground. Once again I took my foreign friends to visit it, taking both the regular tourist tour and then later a special walk through parts of the mine which are not open to tourists. Unfortunately they forgot to tell us that we could not bring any battery-operated cameras due to the methane- any spark from an electrical switch is a fire hazard down there. I suppose most of the time it was too dark to take photos anyway. All we had for light were our headlamps.

The photo above is from the regular tour, which is fantastic all by itself, but the off-trail tour really complements it. I heartily recommend it to anyone planning to visit Wieliczka.

205/365: A weekend in Cracow

205/365: A weekend in Cracow, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 24th

A few people from work really wanted to go visit the Salt Mines, so we made it a weekend in Cracow. This is the view from the belltower in the castle cathedral up on Wawel Hill. I insisted on taking them up to see the Sigismund Bell, as it is my favourite place to go when in the royal city, touristy as it might be.

204/365 Hands

204/365 Hands, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 23rd

Can you guess where I work? Why, yes, at the tiny human factory.

203/365 Nowhere

203/365 Nowhere, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 22nd

Waiting for the bus after work. There was lightning all around, but no rain.

202/365 The evening light

202/365 The evening light, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 21st

After another long day at work it's nice to look out the window and see the sunset. Or something.

201/365 The Sketchbook Project

201/365 The Sketchbook Project, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 20th

I sent away for a sketchbook to complete for the 2011 edition of Art House Co-op's Sketchbook Project. I won't have time to draw anything in it until a few weeks from now, but I'm really looking forward to it.

200/365: City fly

200/365: City fly, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 19th

Her fate was cruel.

199/365: Dinner

199/365: Dinner, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

July 18th

I made too much food again. Well, 'made' is an overstatement, considering what is on the plate.