The plane landed at Kos airport just after 06.00. Rapidly through baggage reclaim and out into the fresh morning air after having been cooped up in airports and planes since 19.30 the previous evening. I declined to wait an hour and a half for the first bus to Kos Town and took a taxi, arriving at 07.00 before the town had woken up.
On the seafront, the remnant of a dramatic sunrise-sky.
Remnant of dramatic sunrise sky
After breakfast in a friendly hotel and with the prospect of a whole day ahead of me before a ferry to Symi at 16.00 I headed for the archaeological site of the old agora. Which I always find fascinating. At the beginning of April it looked familiar but very different, prostrated marble columns almost lost in the spring vegetation. Initial impression was that it was mostly green but closer inspection showed a wide array of colour as plants flowered and hurriedly set seed to ripen before the blistering heat of summer. All against a backdrop of archaeological remains, some dating back to centuries BC.
Small brightly coloured flowers in a mass of vegetation
Mallow with prostrate marble column behind
Bits lying around everywhere
Marble columns almost lost in the vegetation
Bits lying around everywhere
In the cracks between marble steps
Small brightly coloured flowers in a mass of vegetation
Mallow with prostrate marble column behind
In large colourful patches
Less obvious but intricate
A reminder of the Mediterranean’s agricultural wealth from classical times – wild barley (I think)
Type of dandelion ?
Wild barley
Wild oats
A flight of marble steps
Standing columns, note the butterfly left foreground
…. take a closer look
Columns in a ‘meadow’ of flowers
… and with a mallow in the foreground
Masses of small flowers all mixed up
Daisies and masonry
Butterfly and mallow
A solitary orchid
Stately and spectacular
A kind of bugloss, I think
…. a closer look
Mallow and marble carving
Mostly finished flowering but a few reamin
Minaret on old mosque in the agora points to high cirrus cloud
Carving still in place on top of column
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Barry's Ramblings 
Lovely! I’ll be flying in to Kos in a couple of weeks, en route to Tilos…
When are you coming? How long will you be on Tilos? Have a good time.
I don’t like writing publicly my precise dates of travel but will be settling back in to my house on Tilos for the foreseeable future, so hope to see you either there or on an island nearby!
No problem Jen. I completely understand.
hope to see you on Tilos at some stage Barry
Hope to make it. I’ll let you know when I’m coming. Look forward to seeing you again.
Lovely gardens.
All wild and natural