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Tag Archives: flora and fauna
Symi: it’s good to be back
I didn’t manage to get the issues sorted out which prevented me coming back to Symi in April as planned but I bit the bullet, cut the Gordion knot, took the bull by the horns, and came back on 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring, Wildlife
Tagged Butterflies, Dragon Arum, flora and fauna, Greece, poppies, Symi, thistles, tortoise, views
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Symi: the end of Spring
A wet winter and a cool spring made for an even more than usually vivid display of colour and life on Symi, the island reputed to be the hottest and driest in Greece. In the summer months it is bleached … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Nature, Photography, Spring, Wildlife
Tagged crickets, dragonflies, Flora, flora and fauna, Greece, Oertzeni lizard, photography, Red Darter, Symi, tortoise, unpredictable weather, wild flowers, wildlife
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Symi: the island in colour
Most visitors to Symi come in the summer months. During the day they lie sweating in the sun coated in Factor 50 and then, showered and perfumed, in the evening sashay to the taverna or restaurant of choice. And have … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring
Tagged April, Flora, flora and fauna, Greece, photography, Scarce Swallowtail, spring, Symi, Turkish Ghecko
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Symi: a trek to the ridge at the end of Europe
One of my favourite easier walks on Symi is to Nimborio, the original harbour on the island, and then along the narrow shingly/pebbly beach and a steep zigzag climb up the razor-sharp limestone crags at the far side to the … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Reflections, Spring
Tagged arum lilies, Butterflies, cornflowers, flora and fauna, Greece, mandrake, Oertzeni lizard, Painted Dragon lizard, photography, refugees, Symi, tortoises, wild flowers
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November Daily Blog 18: broad views and small details in the Brecon Beacons National Park
Sunday was indeed another good day. Sunny days in Grey Britain are rare, opportunities not to be missed. So, despite warnings to rest my knee, I walked up the ridge at the southern tip of the Brecon Beacons National Park … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Monmouthshire, Mountains, Pontypool, Uncategorized, Wales, Winter
Tagged Abergavenny, brecon beacons national park, brecon canal, flora and fauna, footpaths, Pontypool
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November Daily Blog 13: a day in the City
Though I was born and grew up in a city I’m not and never was a City Person. But sometimes it’s got to be done. Occasionally I have to go back for practical reasons and, though I dislike admitting it, … Continue reading
November Daily Blog 12: climate change and Blue House thinking.
There is nolonger any doubt that world climates are changing. What is disputed is the extent to which the change is simply part of a natural cycle and the extent to which it is man-made. I have no doubt whatever … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, extreme gardening
Tagged agaves, climate change, flora and fauna, Mediterranean plants, unpredictable weather
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November Daily Blog 5: clichés, truth and poetic cobblers.
Mention ‘Autumn’ and like-as-not someone will think of and, if they don’t have a filter between their mind and their mouth, trot out the line “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”. It has become so much a cliché that I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autumn, Grey Britain, Grumpy Old Men, Reflections
Tagged flora and fauna, Keats, poetry, Pontypool
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November Daily Blog: towards a philosophy of enjoyment.
With the challenge to find something worth blogging about every day it was disconcerting to see Friday begin very grey, very wet and with a mountain of clearing up after having friends over for a meal on Thursday evening. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in extreme gardening, Grey Britain, Reflections
Tagged flora and fauna, Symi, unpredictable weather
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Symi: looking back, connections and a bit of history.
Those who followed my ramblings while I was in Greece may remember photos of a flower which we found growing in profusion on the last walking day on Symi at the beginning of October. I had no idea what it … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain
Tagged Arum, canoeing, flora and fauna, Gecko, Greece, Greek history, history, rocks, Symi, Turkey, underground water, water
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