Kabaty Forest

Spider tree

In Warsaw there are many great parks, it is actually something the communists did well, was retain parks as they could have just as easily slapped down more apartment buildings but they didn't so we should be thankful. I have shown off before small amounts of łazienki, Saski and the infamous Granny parks. But, never have I shown off the biggest one that is nearest to me. Well, to start with it really isn't a park. It is actually a forest. Where during the war lots of people hid and apparently many Jewish families, and was also a scene of uprising when the southern militia tried to reach Warsaw to help the Warsaw Uprising units. It is called the Kabaty Forest or Las Kabacki in Polish.
So let's stroll through it.

The curved trees and good healthy humus layer

A sleeping tree, one of the recent victims of strong winds

Now what on earth is here? It is a bit of a tricky one, stare at it and try and find what is there.

Yes it is a little forest frog.

The freshest of the leaves are out.

They look so pretty when fresh and new

They pop up in all the oddest places

Low and high

Creating beautiful crisp shadows

Or coming out of the shadows.

Showing their veins

Popping out their berries

I do love great textures of nature

It can be seen on the branches that are scaly

Or the trunks

Where nature just makes it own patterns

It makes the beauty simple

And delicate at the same time

Sometimes you even get some flowers if the grannies haven't picked them already

So after strolling through the forest it is time to head home

Through the tall buildings, long shadows

And random graffiti

 That, was a stroll through an Urban forest, I hope it wasn't too urbane.