The other day, I was wandering around the front of the house, when I looked down and saw a gecko “sitting” very still on a step that leads to the pedestrian gate. At first, I was a bit taken a back by the site of him as he was much larger than other geckos I …
It was a beautiful evening Sunday, May 15th, 2022. I was out starting the barbecue up and waiting for the charcoal to be ready for grilling the steaks purchased from an awesome butcher in Ataladi and watched as the moon rose in the still sunlit evening. I grabbed my camera and with the 50mm lens, …
It started with the above photo – some musings and questions in my head. Well, actually, some of the musings began after I did a bit of research, being unable to read the date on the back of the photograph. Was it 1903? 1953? The hand printing of the description was easy enough to read …
While trying to organize some older photos including “tagging,” I came across several from a day in September, 2020. We had driven from Nea Ionia out to Artemida (where there is a beach locally known as “Loutsa Beach”) and through Rafina. This area is located on the east shore of the Attica Prefecture, looking out …
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I was a bit nervous. More than a bit, but I tried not to let it show. First, getting up at 7am is not my usual thing. Then,when I got up, what was the proper dress code, or how to act, for a traditional Greek Easter Sunday? I had no clue. It would be my …
I Teach Exarchos How To Dance – Jump! On Easter! Read More »
One day last August, I was in Exarchos (in the Phthiotis Prefecture) and woke up early in the morning and took some photos which I published here, Morning Walk In Exarchos Village. Over the Easter (Orthodox) weekend in 2022, I took quite a few evening walks, including one on Saturday, April 23rd. The weather was …
On April 22, 2022, the Aegean Sea (or at least the portion of it including the Straight of Makronisos and the Petalioi Gulf) had a shiny almost glass-like or even “icy” look to it. It was very calm but the sun was hidden behind clouds when I looked out and saw the red-hulled ship plying …
“It’s like night and day!” was an oft used idiom (I haven’t heard it in a while) to describe something that contrasted very differently from something else. For example, a teacher might say, “It’s like night and day how your marks have changed from last semester to this semester. Keep up the good work.” I’ve …
On my third visit to the local garden centre, ΚΟΚΟΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ, Yannis recommended I try to grow some vegetable native to Crete. At the time, I couldn’t remember the name of it, and I had no clue what to expect after planting it. So I bought four. Now, I wish I had purchased at least four …
In The Garden: Stamnagathi – A Greek Cretan Superfood? Read More »
In Greece, among English speaking people, the words sheeps and ships are often interchanged. A ship becomes a “sheep” and a sheep becomes a “ship.” Lambs become “lamps.” I have often giggled and laughed and made up sayings about the ships going down to the sea to board the sheeps, bringing along the lamps with …