Where Horses Trot Back in August, I had an unexpected day off, so what did I do? With camera in hand, I headed down to Lagana/Kalamaki beach to see what I could photograph. I wandered around the sand dunes, snapping random things that caught my eye trying to practice using different focal points ... [ Read More ]
All Was Not As It Seemed
All Was Not As It Seemed Last week I shared photos of the dogs lizarding, saying that the lizards were far too fast for them to catch. This week My Sunday Photos are of a lizard that wasn't quite so fast. Don't worry they aren't gruesome! Lizards have remarkable survival tricks. The one that ... [ Read More ]
Wild Tortoise In Greece
Wild Tortoise In Greece It's a shame, but it's been a long time since I've seen a wild tortoise on Zakynthos. At one time it wasn't uncommon to see one at the side of the road and I have on occasion stopped the car to move one to safety off the road. Back in March, a group of us went on a ... [ Read More ]
Missed Sunrise
Missed Sunrise Carrying on in the vein of my previous couple of Sunday Photos, my planned photo wasn't to be. I have given up (for now) getting a decent photo of a bumble bee and have set my sights (or viewfinder) on something totally different. The sun rising over the mainland, as seen from the ... [ Read More ]
Meet Jiminy
Meet Jiminy I know Jiminy is meant to be a cricket and I'm pretty sure this creature is a grasshopper but it was the only name that came to mind. It's not unusual for me to name creatures or animals I see, it amuses the family (and I wonder why they question my sanity?). Once again this photo ... [ Read More ]
It Wasn’t To Bee
It Wasn't To Bee No, that's not a spelling mistake! I promise. I'm just feeling a little bit silly today. Which could have something to do with the fact I spent a considerable amount of time, this morning, stalking the bumblebees that are busy pollinating the flowers on my courgette plants. The ... [ Read More ]
Keep Things Doable
Keep Things Doable I don't know about you, but when there is too much to do I often find myself feeling overwhelmed which in turn leads me under doing. No matter what we do, or where we live, if we have a family there is never enough time. That's a fact! Living on a Greek island ... [ Read More ]
There’s Nothing Like A Good Stretch
There's Nothing Like A Good Stretch Every year, for the past I don't know how many years we have had swallows nesting around the house. I could spend hours sitting out on the balcony watching them go about their business, but alas I do not have the time. That doesn't mean I don't sit out there a ... [ Read More ]
Daisies, Daisies…
Daisies, Daisies... Spring has to be my favourite season. It's when nature starts waking up from its winter slumber. Everywhere you look there is are signs that winter is over. Trees are starting to blossom. Flowers are starting to bloom. Even lizards are starting to make an appearance. It's ... [ Read More ]
An Orchid With Character
An Orchid With Character You wouldn't know it now, but a couple of weeks ago we thought spring had arrived. Temperatures were up, skies were blue and the flowers were fooled. The spring flowers are still blooming and the birds are still flirting shamelessly albeit in the rain, but spring seems to ... [ Read More ]
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos On A Very Dull Day
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos This was a hike we did to the top of Vrachionas, the highest point on Zakynthos. The views, you can imagine, are quite something, on a clear day, but we didn't venture up on a clear day. We ventured up on a cold, grey day. In fact, I took very few photos ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Go Cliff Climbing At Agalas, Zakynthos
Cliff Climbing At Agalas Just as our legs had finished recovering from scaling the hills of Kiliomenos, we got 'sprung' an even more challenging hike. Last Wednesday the Intrepid Explorers went cliff climbing at Agalas. Okay, okay, so it wasn't so much sprung on us, we knew what we were in ... [ Read More ]
The Cliffs At Agalas
The Cliffs At Agalas This week's mid-week walk had us climbing down the cliffs at Agalas. It was a steep climb down, as you would expect a climb down a cliffside to be, but as always it was well worth it. If we thought the climb down was hard, the climb back up was doubly so. But I think you'll ... [ Read More ]
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos Last week the Intrepid Explorers were caught out good and proper. We met up with Derek, our walk leader just outside the village of Kiliomenos, for what was supposed to be a six-kilometre hike. We have learned that most of our walks are 'six kilometres' and 'easy to ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave, Machairado
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave Some of you may be wondering who the Intrepid Explorers are? And who are they indeed? Are they some sort of super group of adventurers taking on dangerous missions for the government? Or maybe they are top secret explorers searching for untold ... [ Read More ]
Wet And Wild Narcissi
Wet And Wild Narcissi I honestly felt a little stuck for my Sunday photo this week. Which seems ridiculous considering the number of photographs I take. Don't you find that your mood dictates how you see a photograph? Some weeks I have trouble selecting which photo to use and sometimes, like today, ... [ Read More ]
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos It seems to have taken me an age to sort through these photos from an Intrepid Explorers hike we did around Askos and Korithi a couple of weeks back. That'll teach me to take so many photos, but in my defence, I was messing with different settings so I ... [ Read More ]
A Walk Around Tragaki, Zakynthos – Through My Lens
A Walk Around Tragaki, Zakynthos How much difference a week makes! Last Sunday's walk around Tragaki, Zakynthos was the busiest one in a while. I'm not really sure why that was as it wasn't a particularly short walk, maybe after being cooped up due to the weather people were determined to get out ... [ Read More ]
A Walk Above Dafni Beach, Zakynthos – Through My Lens
Our Walk Above Dafni Beach, Zakynthos Last Sunday, despite Zakynthos seeing the worst snowfall in I don't know how long (several millimetres) some of us (brave souls) still headed out for a Sunday walk. At this point, I do feel that I have to be honest and say that the snowfall was fun but hardly ... [ Read More ]
Our Elusive Robin Redbreast
Our Elusive Robin Redbreast For as many winters as I can remember, we have had a little robin redbreast bobbing around our woodpiles. It is probably not the same robin every year as a robin's lifespan isn't that long. But it is rather a brave robin nonetheless, considering we have a stealthy cat ... [ Read More ]