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View on The Jaworzynka Valley from above. Tatra Mountains National Park, Poland.

The Jaworzynka Valley has a ravine-like character. In the past, this valley was one of the centers of pastoralism in the Tatras. Shielded on three sides, it is quiet, green and gentle. An easy hardened path leads straight to Mount Mała Kopa Królowa, which lies at the end of the valley. After a 25-minute walk you begin to see large numbers of larch trees growing right by the path, as if they were fishing for compliments. They are seldom to be seen in such large clusters on other trails. A while later, the trail turns 90 degrees to the right and begins to climb sharply along a stone pavement called the Siodłowa Perć path making for the slope of Mount Mała Kopa Królowa, from which a view of Mount Kopa Magury and the Żleb pod Czerwienicą ravine extend below. Hikers traditionally rest here after 45 minutes of walking, bracing themselves for the next portion. The trail runs along the Siodłowa Perć path, which, after 10 minutes, returns to the north face of Mount Mała Kopa.
But we didn't go to the end of the trail. Our baby is too small for so long walk, so we climbed only to this "rest" point and returned back :)

Me at the viewpoint above The Jaworzynka Valley. Tatra Mountains National Park, Poland.

No i tu zakończyliśmy (to jest to samo miejsce, co na poprzednim zdjęciu, ale widok w drugą stronę). Dalej robiło się stromo. Mała jeszcze chciała iść, ale my obawialiśmy się, że mogłaby jednak nie dać rady i woleliśmy wrócić. I tak uznaliśmy, że daleko zaszła :)

View from the same place as the previous photo, but in the opposite direction. This summit it's Kopa Magury. We weren't walking further, but we only rest there a little and then came back to Jaworzynka Valley :)

View from the upper part of the Jaworzynka Valley. Tatra Mountains National Park, Poland.

The Jaworzynka Valley has a ravine-like character. In the past, this valley was one of the centers of pastoralism in the Tatras. Shielded on three sides, it is quiet, green and gentle. An easy hardened path leads straight to Mount Mała Kopa Królowa, which lies at the end of the valley. After a 25-minute walk you begin to see large numbers of larch trees growing right by the path, as if they were fishing for compliments. They are seldom to be seen in such large clusters on other trails. A while later, the trail turns 90 degrees to the right and begins to climb sharply along a stone pavement called the Siodłowa Perć path making for the slope of Mount Mała Kopa Królowa, from which a view of Mount Kopa Magury and the Żleb pod Czerwienicą ravine extend below. Hikers traditionally rest here after 45 minutes of walking, bracing themselves for the next portion. The trail runs along the Siodłowa Perć path, which, after 10 minutes, returns to the north face of Mount Mała Kopa.
But we didn't go to the end of the trail. Our baby is too small for so long walk, so we climbed only to this "rest" point and returned back :)

Taken in the upper part of The Jaworzynka Valley. Tatra Mountains National Park, Poland.

Carlina acaulis (common names: Stemless carline thistle, Dwarf carline thistle, or Silver thistle) is a perennial dicotyledonous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe. The common names are descriptive of the manner that its flower head rests directly upon a basal leaf rosette.
The spiny, pinnatilobate leaves grow in a basal rosette approximately 20 cm in diameter. The flowers are produced in a large (up to 10 cm) flowerhead of silvery-white ray florets around a central disc. The disc florets are tubular and yellow-brown in colour. To protect the pollen, the head closes in wet weather, a phenomenon folklore holds to presage forthcoming rain. The flowering time is between August and September.
It prefers chalky soils and dry pastures in environments from valleys up to an altitude of 2,800 m.
The rhizome contains a number of essential oils, in particular the antibacterial carlina oxide. The root was formerly employed in herbal medicine as a diuretic and cold remedy.
It is sometimes cultivated as a rockery plant, or dried and hung as a house decoration.
In Basque culture it was traditionally used as symbol of good fortune, fixed into the frontal door of the house.
In Poland it's used as a classic motif of folk art in Podhale region.

Polish name: dziewięćsił bezłodygowy.