...with a glass of chilled white wine

...and a good book, Paradise is closer than you think.

Private garden

Codevilla

...when Art and Kitsch come together

This vase with flowers and yellow-colour wooden shutters were painted in the 1990ies on the darker shutters of an 18th century window-frame.

Ispra

Drying feathers

Arona

Day dreaming...

...in the early afternoon, just after lunch, lying on the big bed, with the shutters closed to shut out the heat, thinking about what you have done for, with and to other people, and also what you have done for, with and to yourself...You never seem to get an answer, because your eyes get heavy while you slowly drift away into another world.

Arona

Winemakers at rest on a warm sunday morning...

...while recalling their incredible and "true" hunting stories.

Codevilla

...and eight plus five of the mighty...

...came together in l'Aquila (Italy) to decide the destiny of many.

Arona

Beautiful Lindos...

...with its beautiful medieval walls which enclose the remains of the acropolis dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom, of household arts and crafts, of spinning and weaving, of textiles. Inventor of the flute, the plough and the ox-yoke, the horse bridle and the chariot. Athena, goddess of war, guardian of Athens, the city named for her; defender of heroes, and of justice.

last photo of my holiday in Greece

Exhausted

Acropolis of Lindos

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

The old streets of Lindos

In the 6th Century B.C., seven wise men of Antiquity became known for their social and political wisdom: Thalis of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Solon of Athens, Bias of Priene, Chilon of Sparta, Periander of Corinth and Cleoboulos of Lindos.

Cleoboulos, the ruler of Lindos , boasted descendence from Hercules. He traveled widely and was well acquainted with Egyptian philosophy. He wrote poems, riddles and epigrams.

The only riddle written by him which has arrived to us is the following: The father is one and his children twelve. Each of the children has twice thirty daughters who have a different appearance: some are white others are black, some of them are immortal while others die.

The answer is: Time.

Lindos

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

The Rhodian deers

Elafos is one of the the two deer statues which today form the entrance of Mandraki Harbour (Rhodes), where once the legendary Colossus stood, a 31m high bronze statue erected between 292 and 280 B.C. ,by design of Charles of Lindos, and dedicated to the Titan God of the Sun, Helios, who was also the guardian of the Oaths and the God of gifts of sight. One of his daughters was the famous Circe, who could turn men into animals with her magic wand. The statue, considered as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was said to have collapsed during a heavy earthquake in 226 Before Christ. Elafos and Elafina represent the symbol of the victory of the Rhodian deers over the enormous quantites of snakes which had invaded the island.

Mandraki Harbour, Rhodes

Greece

An invitation...

...to join folk dancers in a heart-pumping "Sirtaki"

(which I did)

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

Waiting for entertainment

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

Pearls of light

garden lighting

(the lamps are between 30 and 40 cm high)

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

Essential lines

Isle of Rhodes

Greece

What sunlight can do...

...to an empty corridor.

Isle of Rhodes

Greece