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Various ventures into Mr. Scott’s mind.

Cemetery of Memories

The first time I approached the cemetery in Lipnica Wielka was November of 1996, and I headed up for my first experience with All Saints' Day in Poland. I took pictures and made mental notes for my journal: I left my apartment around 4:30 and headed up to the cemetery...
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Trstená Supermarket

Just across the border from where I lived in Poland (Lipnica Wielka) and where my wife grew up (Jablonka) is a Slovak town called Trstená. We go there every time we visit family in Poland. I love Trstená because unlike much of Central Europe, it seems frozen in time....
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Warszawa Centralna

Looking at some old pictures, I found a shot of Warszawa Centralna train station from about 2002. It was an exterior night shot, and there was little indication of what the station looked like inside. What it looks like now is vaguely similar, but there have been so...
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Burning the Fields

Burning the Fields

Mar 12, 2016

In the rural areas of southern Poland, farmers traditionally burned off the last year's growth as spring approached. The practice was declared illegal decades ago, but the practice continues in some...

Daytime

Daytime

Feb 27, 2016

Namestovo, Slovakia in the daytime hours.

Frozen

Frozen

Feb 21, 2016

Walking on the frozen Orava Lake.

Namestovo

Namestovo

Feb 20, 2016

Namestovo, Slovakia, at night.

Lipnica Wielka

Lipnica Wielka

Feb 19, 2016

Where Mr. Scott lived for many happy years...

Playing in Poland

Playing in Poland

Feb 17, 2016

Mr. Scott's children and their cousins playing in Poland in the summer of 2015.

Walking in Poland

Walking in Poland

Feb 16, 2016

Mr. Scott's mother-in-law in Poland chatting with a nun.