Tag Archives: Cyprus

Feb 24 2017

Skywatch Friday: 23/2/17…

There has been NO sky in the UAE to snap this week. The country has been covered in low hanging, sand-filled clouds, no chance to take anything interesting, it’s been a cover of haze all week, so a throwback shot of a Cyprus sunset from January 2017.

Taken from a mountain village down towards the coast, the intense colors of the setting sun are magnified over the sea.

 

Jan 13 2017

Skywatch Friday : 13/1/17…

So much fire in the sky over this winter in Cyprus. We have had stormy days here recently but with some spectacular Mediterranean winter sunsets and cloudscapes…

For Skywatch Friday…

Jan 9 2017

Monday Window: 9/1/17

Today’s window is from the small village of Kelokedara (Greek: Κελοκέδαρα) located around 33km east of the town of Paphos, Cyprus at an altitude of 700 metres between the Pauora mountain and the Xeropotamos valley. Continue reading →

Jan 5 2017

Thursday Doors: 4/1/17

Just one unusual door from the old town, Paphos, Cyprus this week.

I need new doors for my house here, so I’m starting a project to have some traditional Cypriot doors copied for a porch extension. Continue reading →

Jan 2 2017

Weekly Photo Challenge: Resilient…

Resilient to the forces of nature, this tree continues to endure…

The Resilient tree, Agios Georgios, Cyprus.

Jan 2 2017

Monday Window: 2/1/17

Happy New Year to you all.

Home in Cyprus it’s time to search for windows locally. Thunderstorms are making the task a wet one, but I did manage to find a little gem today. Continue reading →

Dec 30 2016

Skywatch Friday: 30/12/16

Stormy skies over Paphos, Cyprus last night. Today it’s pouring with the needed rain to fill the dams for 2017.

Happy New Year!

Linking with Skywatch Friday

Dec 26 2016

Monday Window: 27/12/16…

I’m celebrating the Christmas holidays in my Cyprus home this year and as Christmas 2016 passes and the New Year bringing 2017 into our lives is not far away, sad news today to hear of one my favorite singer’s untimely death, the iconic George Michael. His Greek Cypriot roots allowed this small island to claim some affiliation with this talented singer/songwriter. RIP, George.

Today’s Monday Window post is from the small village of Armou (Greek: (η) Άρμου).  Continue reading →

Sep 26 2016

Monday Window: 25/9/16

This week it’s spot the window!

Close by my Cyprus home is the village of Lemba, home to the unique Cyprus College of Art.

The founder, Stass Paraskos , a prominent Cypriot artist, together with fellow artists and students decorated the boundary of the college with many avant-garde works, creating a sculpture wall over 25 years.  Continue reading →

Sep 15 2016

Thursday Doors: 15/9/16

I featured an unusual window in the small Cypriot village of Emba in this Monday Window post. At the same house, the door is worthy of a post, which should have been last week’s offering for Thursday doors, but as I was felled by a nasty summer cold, my Thursday doors didn’t happen.  Continue reading →

Sep 12 2016

Monday Window: 12/9/16

Day tripping to Limassol town in Cyprus, lunching at the new and rather glamorous Limassol Marina, then a visit to one of the property developer’s site offices.  Continue reading →

Sep 5 2016

Monday Window: 5/9/16

Just one window this week. Not far from my home in Cyprus, on a journey I take frequently, I pass an old house in the centre of the village.  Continue reading →

Sep 1 2016

Thursday Doors: 1/9/16

Up in the hills above my home in Cyprus is a beautiful little monastery called Stavros Tis Minthis which dates back to the 12th century.  Continue reading →

Aug 26 2016

Skywatch Friday: 26/8/16

No, it’s a Cypus sunset, no-where near Italy…

Before sunset, from Mirage, Paphos, Cyprus…….

Linking with Skywatch Friday, pop over and check out the sky today……

Aug 15 2016

Monday Window: 15/8/16

August the fifteenth is a Bank holiday in Cyprus. The Eastern Orthodox church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption. This day, dedicated to the Virgin Mary or Panayia as she is known here, is not a day of mourning for her loss, but a celebration of joy for the union of the mother with her beloved son, the blossoming of nature, the flood of emotions, and the return of people to their native land.  Continue reading →

Aug 12 2016

Skywatch Friday: 12/8/16

After sunset at Coral Bay, Paphos, Cyprus…..

Am apricot sunset at Coral Bay….

Linking to Skywatch Friday a weekly challenge for sky lovers…..