Kasia Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 In this quarry we were a bit more lucky to find actually some shells preserved plus something hollow inside, which broke into pieces during extraction from a larger block 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 And of course some steinkerns and sponges again Stay tuned for more of Sara's adventures 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Lovely photos! And I rather like the stripy castle and the ferry. Some of the fossils are very interesting, adore the spongy bits and bobs. Sponge Bobs! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 @Kasia to me that doesn't look like such a "disappointing" haul... some of these shells are very nice! Good finds Sara and Kasia! 2 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thanks to Sara (and Kasia ) for taking us along on a visually interesting trip. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 A grand adventure, I very much enjoyed the scenic views. 1 Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 21 hours ago, Kasia said: After a bit of history and culture, we proceeded to cross the Vistula River in a manner which I quite like - namely using a little local ferry Our next site is right at the other side of the river - it's the quarry in Kazimierz Dolny As I was transporting such a VIP as Sara, we were offered the first place in a row on a ferry Kaziemierz ? Casimir : Sorry, i'm a Troll. 20 hours ago, Kasia said: And of course some steinkerns and sponges again Stay tuned for more of Sara's adventures Nice finds, Kasia, and nice hexactinellid sponge. It looks like the fossilization we can find in a Campanian-Maastritchian quarry we have here. 2 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Welcome back, it's time to continue Sara's report. On Sunday, Sara started from a decent breakfast - because the previous day was quite exhausting. She carefully inspected all plates on the table: and decided to take this breakfast - probably because of the raspberries After such a solid supply of calories, she went for a little sightseeing around Kazimierz Dolny, which was voted one of 10 most beautiful towns in Poland She started from the medieval tower, which was used as a treasury, a dungeon and then- as an inland lighthouse for the ships sailing the Vistula River: She climbed all the stairs to admire the pretty view from top: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 She loved the view of the Kazimierz Dolny castle from above: so she has urged us to go and visit it. Soon she discovered that the castle walls are full of fossils she had already seen She was persuaded not to remove the stones with fossils from the walls, because after all it's a historic monument... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Then we continued our visit - this is the main square: and the famous well in the middle: When the local tour guide noticed Sara and her photo-session, he recommended a place in town that has just been opened a month ago - namely a store called Gifts of the earth. We added it to our itinerary, and continued looking around the town. We showed her Renaissance houses and the famous Kazimierz Rooster which however is sold now like this 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 There is a legend, why the rooster is a symbol of town: Once upon a time, a devil flew over Kazimierz Dolny. He liked the green areas of the Lublin region so much that he decided to settle down in a ravine near the city. The evil spirit quickly developed a taste for the local poultry. Soon there was only one rooster left in Kazimierz Dolny - it was very old and wise. The bird hid from the devil in a nearby cave. When the devil went in search, the monks sprinkled his hiding place with holy water. Unable to bear the holy water, the devil fled the city. The rescued rooster left his hiding place and proudly started strolling around the Kazimierz market square. Since then, his likenesses have been baked out of yeast dough. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 We climbed the nearby mountain of 3 crosses to have another look of the panorama: and then we went to find the store mentioned by the tour guide. It turned out the store is the house of several representatives of Sara's family 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Sara got a little tired of the urban environment, so we decided to go for a rather long walk to the Root Ravine - one of several loess ravines around the town. Sara went for a short walk on her own, but I was afraid she might never be found afterwards, as her camouflage is perfect so I kindly asked her to walk only on tree roots 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 We chose one of smaller ravines, not so crowded and Sara even managed to find (and taste) some local mushrooms She would have probably stayed the whole day in the ravine, had it not been for the local cousins, who tricked her into visiting a local winery - luring poor Sara with images of superb grapewine bushes: So we paid a visit to Rzeczyca - all the foreigners please now say the winery name - loud and clear, please: Rze-czy-ca 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 where Sara tasted and picked a few bottles of local wine: After wine tasting, other activities were sort of out of question :), so we headed back home and returned right after sunset. Stay tuned 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Sara sure is getting the grand tour this time around. What a lucky little dino she is! 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Welcome back Sara told me it was a custom of all the previous hosts to show her some of the fossils in their collections. As I don't really have any display space and all the fossils are safely stored in the basement, we went there and unpacked some of them (most easily accessible Here are some of the specimen Sara examined: a big plate with foating crinoids from Solnhofen She also had a look at some coprolites - but she didn't like the smell Then she had a look at the Chinese crinoid a pretty and shiny ammo from UK (from @Bobby Rico) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Eusphenopteris from Poland the Moroccan trilo - she said "arthropods should not be that big, that's just not right" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 She liked the crazy Oligocene fish from Poland and the polished Polish nautiloid As Sara likes variety, she also checked some more delicate stuff from Australia plus some echinoids and fossilised cones from Poland 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Then she inquired if I had fossils she could more associate with, so I showed her some specimen from the US plus some Triassic stuff from Poland (a tooth and a piece of bone) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Then we found the box with a little more recent stuff - Sara admired the Romanian cave bear skull (Pleistocene) and some jaws and teeth from Poland 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Another box revealed the English crab and a Devonian fish from Scotland a small American ammo trilos from Portugal 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Sara expressed some interest also in the amber inclusions - the specimens are from Burma and sharks teeth from Belgium She was intrigued by the Canadian graptolites and the cystoid from Czech Republic As Sara is a polite visitor, she didn't ask me to unpack any more of the boxes and decided to see the remaining part of the collection in the digital form. So, we called it a day (for today, of course). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 47 minutes ago, Kasia said: show her some of the fossils Danger! Learn from my almost fatal mistake! Don't expose her to any Ceratopsian material! Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Just now, snolly50 said: Danger! Learn from my almost fatal mistake! Don't expose her to any Ceratopsian material! Yup, I do remember her shock when seeing one of your fossils - so I steered cleared of anyhting that could make Sara feel uneasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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