Walking Milo, my trusty rescue pup, brings many joys and very occasionally sadness. He decides daily at the bottom of our stairs, ” Do we go left or right?” If we go left, around the corner we always greet the very, very elderly gentleman at Number 21 Immaculately dressed complete with blue blazer, polished shoes […]
Day in and day out she pottered around her little shed Creating pieces of magic amidst the dust and clay Her pottery was unique Plates, bowls and jugs with scenes of rustic houses …. wayward chickens strutting their arrogant stuff …. and olive patterns in green and black …. But my favourite were […]
This is one of my great loves! A little crumbling stone house with faded blue doors and shutters in a village nestled into a hillside in Eastern Crete. When I first met her in the late 1980s she sang to me. There was something about the peeling patina; the crooked way the doors and […]
It’s been 12 months today since I started Postcard Pictures and I could never have dreamed it would lead to so many new friends scattered all around the world; all linked through a passion for photography, creativity, a good story and bonhomie. Thank you for making me feel so welcome; for your encouragement; for […]
dear sweet geranium too often abandoned, unloved and underfed you are the unsung hero of the Mediterranean as you flourish and thrive on a breath of sunshine and hint of rain your tenacity is admirable as your colours flare outrageously, and your scent of lemon with a hint of pepper intoxicates as it reflects off […]
I am thrilled to have been invited by Lisa from Renovating Italy to participate in the Capture The Colour photographic competition run by TravelSupermarket. This is right up my alley as I just cannot live without colour. It lifts my spirits, feeds my soul, strengthens me when I am feeling ‘off’ and brightens my days […]
There is a chair that sits…. …. and sits …. …. all day long…. …. in the sun …. ….under the washing line. And no matter how I look at it …. …. from afar …. …. or this close …. …. or through it …. I just love it! This chair that sits and […]
…. the sun setting in an orange haze over the Saronic Gulf …. glimpses of the Acropolis overhead …. the harmony of the ancient, the old and the new …. Corinthian, Ionic and even Doric …. sesame-crisp koulouria from a barrow in the Plaka …. the blaze of colour at the bag […]
I was captivated by the beauty and intricacy of design of the Bali Hindu offerings. Small hand-made baskets called canang sari are offered to the Gods three times a day The canang is a tray made from coconut or palm leaves, and the sari are the items placed on the trays Filled with rice, flowers, sweets, biscuits […]
The picturesque fishing village of Elounda on the Gulf of Korfos in Eastern Crete embraces its vivid Minoan, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman and French history It boasts the sunken remains of the lost Minoan city of Olous; the remains of a Byzantine chapel, Venetian salt flats and French feats of engineering A […]