133/365: The only thing I accomplished today

133/365: The only thing I accomplished today, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

...was washing the dishes. Possibly because it was a May 13th Friday.

112/365: Mazurki

112/365: Mazurki, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

April 22nd

Also some babas and wine, and a poppyseed cake. We made less than usual this year, because half the usual guests are over in Finland where my half-brother's daughter's husband relocated with his family to work on building a powerplant. So no great-grand-nephew or great-grand-niece will eat these, alas. Well, more for me!

105/365: Breakfast with Monika

105/365: Breakfast with Monika, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

April 15th

She's visiting from Berlin and wanted healthy yumminess.

85/365: Fridge

85/365: Fridge, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

March 26th

With notes on what needs to be made before it goes bad. Which I didn't end up following anyway.

59/365: Piotrek's kitchen

59/365: Piotrek's kitchen, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

February 28th

A while back I sold Piotrek this cabinet and shelf set for pennies- it was cluttering up my living room. He sunk a sink into it. :)

37/365: Kidney beans

37/365: Kidney beans, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

February 6th

Something is wrong with me, all my most recent photos are...well, they're not terrible, but they're much worse than my usual. And I just can't get a proper exposure to save my life. What is going on?

Maybe my apartment is just too darn dark.

32/365: Good things in my kitchen

32/365: Good things in my kitchen, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

February 1st

That is powdered sugar in the jar, not celery, of course.

I got a special crepe pan from my mum for Christmas. Now I can't stop making crepes. It's so fast and easy. THANK YOU MUM

18/365:Natural History

18/365:Natural History, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

January 18th

Marta has been working hard all day, and so in the evening we went to get some beer and popcorn and spent a couple of hours in the kitchen, looking at all the nasty creepy crawly crustaceans in my natural history picture books.


And my North Pole Campaign? It's going very well, thank you! But I need more votes...

279/365:Playing with the kitties

279/365:Playing with the kitties, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

October 6th

After a long (oh so long) day at work it's a pleasure to play with the cats and admire their minimal needs for happiness. It would have also been nice if I could focus properly, but win some, lose some.

181/365: Intruder

181/365: Intruder, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

June 30th

Pre- breakfast. :) At lunchtime.

177/365: Self portrait with plants

177/365: Self portrait with plants, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

June 26th

I cleaned the kitchen. Such achievements call for commemoration. Of course, the thyme would be in focus...I am not. There's only so much I can do with a tripod and broken 50mm lens (it doesn't autofocus).

164/365: The blackout

164/365: The blackout, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

June 13th

Fourteen hours of darkness.

(Okay, not really, because the sun did rise, but we didn't have any electricity from 11 pm Sunday til about 2 pm Monday. No idea why.)

And this time the light was NOT hiding in the fridge like it was two years ago:

145/365: Welcome, moonlight.

145/365: Welcome, moonlight., originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

May 25th

It's spring, and the windows can stay wide open all day and all night.

127/365: Evening games

127/365: Evening games, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

May 7th

Marta is covering her ears because Konrad is about to put his knife through a can of fudge. We wanted to spread it on the wafers we were eating as we played a game, which for lack of imagination we call 'post-it notes'. The idea is you write the name of a famous individual on a piece of adhesive notepaper and stick it onto your neighbour's forehead; they must then ask the group questions to figure out who they are. Only yes and no answers are allowed. If you get a yes, you ask another question, if you get a no, the next person gets a turn. And it is much more entertaining when everyone's had a bit to drink.

I believe in this round we had Lady Di, Gorbatschov, and John Paul II.

78/365: Good bread

78/365: Good bread, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

March 19th

I took the train to my parents' house today, and my mum baked me some bread. :)

70/365: Onion within an onion

70/365: Onion within an onion, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

March 11th

But lo, what appeared before my very eyes as I cut the tail from the bulb: a secret treasure, a child coiled among the layers, like a skulking beetle or microscopic beast, to wit: an onion within the onion.

(then I chopped it up and ate it in a vegetable stew)

57/365: Tea in the evening

57/365: Tea in the evening, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

February 26th

A friend stopped by- he is getting on a plane in the morning. We drank some tea.

27/365: More seats, please!

No, I didn't miss a day yet. But yesterday one of my flatmates was getting his Master's degree, and we were so busy taking the piss out of him all day that I didn't have the time to upload a photo. ;)

So, with congratulations to Konrad....

27/365: More seats, please!, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

January 27th

After a long long day of teasing, ribbing, and being taken the piss out of, Konrad (front row right) has passed his graduation defense and received a Master's degree. Well done, that man! And he got top grades all around.

Here we are back at my place, winding down at the end of the day with fake champagne in the japanese porcelain tea set my grandparents bought me to honour my own graduation three years ago. From left to right: Marta, Maciek, Robert, and our hero Konrad. I don't know how long all these people will be living with me but I hope they don't run away too quickly. :)

11/365: Saving space

11/365: Saving space, originally uploaded by Magic Madzik.

January 11th

To offset yesterday's very exciting photograph, here is something more mundane but which brings me great joy: my new kitchen arrangement. After years of promises IKEA finally opened a store in Lodz. My Christmas giftcard (thank you, mom) bought me what is hopefully a cure for our messy kitchen. Amazing what you can do with those railing systems they have- and they're cheap, too!

And bonus, only one snafu during installation! When I tried drilling into the bathroom wall, half of it fell off and I had to patch it with cement. This building is oooold.

Here's another mini-makeover on my window: