Tag Archives: Cyprus

Aug 7 2016

Weekly Photo Challenge : Morning #2

Morning all… Fresh figs picked from the tree for my breakfast….

Breakfast figs from my tree…

Morning

Aug 4 2016

Thursday Doors: 4/8/16

Returning to Omodos in Cyprus, a small village in the Troodos foothills, the narrow cobbled streets of the traditional village are perfect for a door hunter…..  Continue reading →

Jul 7 2016

Thursday Doors: 7/7/16….

A very typical Cyprus door, note the high, round handles, operating an inner latch… you see these in mountain villages on the old houses…often a door to a courtyard entrance rather than a house, hence the solid wood structure.

Offset by pink bougainvillea, a traditional pot and some rather lovely stonework, I wouldn’t mind a set of these at my house!

Traditional doors….

Linking with Thursday Doors , pop over and see doors for this week….

Jul 4 2016

Monday Window: 4/7/16

Traditional Cyprus stone village houses are so appealing to the eye, especially when there are blue skies and fluffy clouds to offset the background.  Continue reading →

Jun 30 2016

Thursday Doors: 30/6/16

Fifteen kilometres below the summit of Mount Olympus in the Troodos mountains in Southern Cyprus lies the picturesque village of Omodos. One main, wide cobbled street runs down the centre towards the Monastery of the Holy Cross. Flanked by mulberry trees the road is lined with cafes and restaurants and it is a popular mountain village to visit.  Continue reading →

Jun 27 2016

Monday Window: Window to a shrine….

Off the beaten track in Cyprus, away from the tourist areas, out in the beautiful countryside, you often find small shrines on the road-side. Small religious icons inside, behind little glass windows with candles and melted wax from the years of lighting… Hints of religion playing an essential part in village life. Shot in the foothills of the Troodos mountains near Omodos a couple of days ago….  Continue reading →

Jun 24 2016

Skywatch Friday: 24/6/16…

Arriving home in Cyprus on 18/6/16, driving along the motorway to Paphos around mid-day, a column of smoke was visible in the distance for many miles.

I watched it on and off during the day, seeing there was a fire and thankful for myself that it was over the mountain, the temperature was 40, and windy, ideal conditions for a fire to spread.

This shot was taken at 7.15 pm, the fire was still raging in Argaka on the north-west coast. All day helicopters and planes flew overhead carrying water.

After a mammoth effort from the Cypriot fire services, RAF Akrotiri, and Israel, the fire was settled after 2 days. The link explains how the fire started…. Check out the heat in the sky…It was a Skywatch day….

Subsequent fires over the last few days in various areas of the island have resulted in the deaths of 2 members of the fire service. Blessings for those who lost their lives….

Smoke from the burning forest fills the sky….. view from my roof….
Apr 21 2016

Thursday Doors: 21/4/16

Traditional Cyprus town house doors on an empty building in Paphos old town. Colonial style villas once lined these streets, now there are few left. The centre glass pane opens to allow air to pass through into the house.  Continue reading →

Mar 17 2016

Photo 101, Day Nine: Warmth and the Quality of Light

I spent the first week in January in Cyprus for some family time. A lunch invitation on a beautiful sunny day, the next fields hold a Mandora plantation, so whilst the bbq was cooking our souvla, I took a walk through the plantation snapping away.  Continue reading →

Feb 16 2016

Almond blossom…

Spring is marked in Cyprus by the blossoming of Almond trees. Clouds of ethereal white and pink blossom appear, scattered over the hillsides, clear blue skies overhead. Continue reading →

Jan 20 2016

Garden Challenge January: A Winter Garden, Cyprus.

A Cyprus winter garden is full of colour. I love to go home and spend time with my flowers. Some captured over this winter on my visits home.  Continue reading →

Jan 6 2016

Cyclamen in Cyprus….

My greatest pleasure is to come home… home is in Cyprus, a million miles in mindset away from the big Dubai city in terms of pace, progress and landscape and of course heat. Cyprus has its own special pace, the nation has been struggling through a turbulent period of ups and downs since it’s foray into the world of the EU and is still a divided island since the 1974 invasion. Continue reading →