Awaiting the Rain!

Was walking home this evening and almost splatted this poor frog! It was sitting on the pavement minding its business. Walked right past it and it didn't even flinch. Apparently, it was sitting waiting for the rain which is forecast this evening. Let's hope it moves away before some passer-by does accidently splat it!

THE BEST PHOTO OF 2009!

Well it's that time of year again...so here is TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO'S best photo of 2009. Hope you agree! For the original post see here: http://torundailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/12/frog-among-pigeons.html

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Frog shop

This is one of the few Zabka shops that we have in Torun. The shops stock groceries, drinks, snack food, newspapers and magazines and are open from 6am to 11pm. I had a strange experience a few months ago in this very Zabka store. Went to get a bar of chocolate and queued up at the counter to pay. The young (and rather dim) cashier scanned by chocolate in...but then refused to take my money as the chocolate didnt come up on her screen and she didnt know how much it was (she couldnt even bother to check!). So I had to forgoe my favourite chocolate all because the incompentent staff forgot to add the price to the till!

Incidentally the word Zabka derives from the Polish word "zaba" which means frog. Hence the picture on the logo!

A Plague of Frogs

In Toruń's main square, there is a fountain dedicated to the story of the Raftsman and the frogs. Legend has it that in the medieval times, the city was infested by a plague of frogs (well the River Vistula is really close by!). In stepped a raftsman who managed to rid the city of the frogs simply by playing his violin to them! The story is very similar to that of 'The Pied Piper of Hamlyn' and it'll be interesting to see which one inspired which!

Froggy Foto

Well you will notice, that we have been having a bit of a nature-theme this week here at Toruń Daily Photo. So to cap off the week, here is one more nature shot...and unfortunately its not a live one!!! This frog lamp stands proudly in my parents-in-laws' garden a few kms north of Toruń. It was a wedding present from a good university friend of mine. It runs completely by solar power. During the day, it soaks up the rays...and in the night it beams them back for all of us to see!