10.65 Runway 29
There’s not many seats on a plane where you’d get to take such a picture without the wing pretty much filling the frame so I couldn’t resist. It’s almost “pilot’s eye view”. Moments later we were over the Mediterranean and looking forward to dinner.
10.64 Spring flowers
More signs that Spring is on its way here in Cyprus, this time in the form of tiny white flowers in the garden. This one small tree has hundreds of them, each no more than 1-2cm across (these photographs were taken with a 100mm macro lens), with lots more in bud.
10.63 Tomb tourists
Had a few spare minutes this afternoon for a quick look around at the Tombs of the Kings, situated on the coast just north of Paphos.
10.62 Outdoor life
In the summer, with leaves on the trees, this is probably a great spot to sit and cool off, watching the world go by (I’ll have to come back and see). Looks a bit bleak in winter, though.
10.61 Spring lizard
Yes, spring has officially kicked in, up here in the hills of Cyprus! One of our resident lizards – an agama Laudakia stellio, for those interested – was out sunning itself on the large concrete pipe in the garden.
10.60 Cyprus yellow
Well, it’s the beginning of March, and “yellow month” is already well under way in Cyprus. Almost everywhere you go, the countryside – normally quite brown, or more recently greener during the rainy season – suddenly and rather dramatically turns yellow, due to several varieties of yellow flowers all appearing at once.
10.59 Airport beach
OK, so it isn’t really a beach in the Cyprus-as-popular-summer-tourism-destination kind of way, and certainly won’t be featured in the guide books any time soon, but it’s a shingle-strewn strip of land adjacent to the ocean so it should technically count as one.
10.58 Flying geese
Flying geese. Above the clouds! And no, I was not airborne myself while taking this shot, although it really does look like it.
10.57 Waiting for summer
I did think that these straw sun shades looked quite funky, and the stacked deck chairs rather forlorn. Just think, in a few weeks from now, people will be fighting over these…
10.54 Looking down
I love flying. Not just because it gets you somewhere else pretty quickly – I enjoy the journey itself, particularly when I can look out of the window and try to guess where we are at any given point. Mealtimes aside, I can spend entire flights just gazing in wonder at the view below.
10.8 Bee business
Just time for a quick shot taken in the garden today as I have a flight to catch. The temperature at the other end is apparently 25-30˚C lower than here…
10.7 Ho ho old
At first glance you might just see an old car, but it really is one of those images where the more you look, the more you see, and as such is certainly one of my recent favourites.
10.5 Outdoor office, orangetastic
Cyprus, today: a very old table under a very old olive tree, and oranges ripe for the picking – couldn’t decide which to post so here they both are…
10.3 The end of the vine
The remains of last year’s vines, currently dormant for the Cyprus winter and awaiting pruning.
10.2 ’twas the season
A selection of corks from various Cypriot wines, enjoyed at home over the festive season.
