Paphos Life

................we are not allowed to go for a ride at the moment.

Here some photos from my gallery in the course of the season starting with January


February 2011


Orchid time March


Spring







already hot


caper in full bloom


summer heat...


first thunder clouds in September


Nicosia outskirts October


Winter clouds


and finally.....


Max

They are beautiful pictures Max, my favorite is the zoomed in picture of the flower.
I have to say not one day goes by when I don't count my blessings for living in this amazing country, as you say we are all truly lucky.

Cherry345 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:00 am They are beautiful pictures Max, my favorite is the zoomed in picture of the flower.
I have to say not one day goes by when I don't count my blessings for living in this amazing country, as you say we are all truly lucky.

Glad you like the photos. As you enjoyed the pic from the caper bush the most, here another one. Do you know that the flower is dead within hours in full sunshine, like the one you can see on the left-hand side but other flowers open in the evening...



Max

To me the main reason why we´re lucky seems to be way the coronavirus is contained here and how government is handling it. E. g. tomorrow my neighbour who is an essential worker will be tested preventatively for the virus. If you compare the number of deaths per million of population as well as the number of tests per million Cyprus is doing very well compared to other countries (see here:https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries ). I think I´ll cancel my summer trip to Germany as I feel safer here.

Your photos are stunning Max, they truly show the beauty of this island.

I am happy to be here in Cyprus during this pandemic, I feel very safe and applaud the government’s handling of the situation.

I had never heard of a caper bush, and quite sad that the flowers don't last, but they are stunning, thanks for sharing Max.
We are fortunate to be living in a country which is doing everything right, I also feel very safe here, and after watching the BBC news every evening I am so glad we left the UK when we did,

Fantastic pics thanks for sharing

This is another plant that lives only in the evening. In the UK you have "Evening primrose" which does something very similar.

Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing. Hopefully see views in September if not April 2021. Xx