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EwkaW

@ewkaw

Polish in Portugal. Owner of a grey diva feline and a small balcony full of plants. Cacti hoarder.

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EwkaW
@ewkaw May 24, 2025, 8:50 PM UTC

The return of a white Gumnocalycium

I did not have many blooms from my cacti this year. Overtime, I lost some that bloomed every year. Some suffer a bit. Others have maybe one flower here and there. I do enjoy every single one of them,…

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@ewkaw Mar 23, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

The webs

Nothing like a lazy Sunday accompanied by the perfect weather to stay home with a book under the blanket. Love those days... from time to time :) And especially after a busy week. Other times I would…

620 upvotes 17 replies $12.27
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@ewkaw Mar 21, 2025, 10:03 PM UTC

Any spring mushrooms?

It's early spring, the weather is just warming up, and nature is slowly waking up. Very slowly... though some flowers like to be first. The forests are still pretty empty and that includes mushrooms.…

532 upvotes 20 replies $13.57
EwkaW
@ewkaw Mar 16, 2025, 9:20 PM UTC

Sala do Capitulo - Alcobaça Monastery

And so we are back to the Alcobaça Monastery. It will take me a while to show you all the amazing rooms one by one. They all deserve the attention and with the amount of photos it is impossible to th…

671 upvotes 1 downvotes 47 replies $37.93
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@ewkaw Mar 11, 2025, 10:19 PM UTC

Kings and Queens

Visiting Alcobaça Monastery, you cannot miss the majestic church. Stunning on the outside, but when I entered (I will still show photos of that another time) I was stunned by the size of it. Big spac…

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@ewkaw Mar 9, 2025, 9:40 PM UTC

Spring is here!

They are always first! And they scream "Yo, spring is here!" :) The tiny, little snowdrops. Very often they would grow when there is still snow on the ground. The leaves would pierce through it and l…

600 upvotes 41 replies $28.52
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@ewkaw Mar 7, 2025, 9:58 PM UTC

FungiFriday - It is better with bros

Not long ago I mentioned a very messy and dense forest I went to in search of mushrooms. And as much as I tried to find the nice, edible ones I wasn't very lucky. But the place was quiet, humid and h…

571 upvotes 28 replies $11.55
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@ewkaw Mar 5, 2025, 6:55 PM UTC

Surrounded by water Wojnowice castle

Wojnowice is a very small village not far from Wroclaw in Poland. Only a few hundred people live there and and it is hidden among forests, fields, and not very popular roads. And I would have never h…

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@ewkaw Mar 3, 2025, 10:14 PM UTC

Seven months old seedlings

Last summer I committed cactus sowing! I did not plan it; it just happened :p All the seeds come from my own cacti that bloomed last year. And I really was not planning to sow any, but I cleaned the…

537 upvotes 25 replies $11.02
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@ewkaw Mar 1, 2025, 9:56 PM UTC

One, two, three... testing

I almost missed today's caturday (like many other times anyway). I wanted to take some photos of the Furry Diva, but she was just lazing all day and I was busy and then it got dark... and a million o…

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