Χρόνια πολλά. Happy Easter to all.

Sunday braai and a nice, gifted bottle of red wine. I'm not much of a wine drinker; I'm more the taverna table wine type of drinker.

A summer of heavy rain has meant that we've been battling snails a lot of the time. Thankfully, not all doom and gloom.

Merry Christmas. Hope you get to spend it with your loved ones.

I watched this today. It's based on the novel by Denis Johnson. Devastating, poetic and beautifully cinematic. Hard watch emotionally but well worth it

Papadopoulos Petit-Beurre biscuit and Lavazza coffee. A winning combo.

They like cool soil and short days and don't need too much watering. Good luck.

I planted them in early March, here in South Africa. I get all my seeds from a local company that grows and supplies a variety of Heirloom seeds.

Yes, smells wonderful. Growing garlic teaches you patience, and the process is gratifying.

First of the garlic. Egyptian Pink. The Persian Star variety is probably a few weeks away from harvesting.

Rain or shine. We braai.

Now for a couple of weeks of drying.

Yes.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Yannis Ritsos, trs. Nikos Stangos.

Mr Frangiskos on his mule bringing the milk back from the farm.

📸 Daphne Tolis

This is tallest brick tower in Europe The Torazzo of Cremona 112.54 m (≈ 369.2 ft).

.. hear..

Wow! It's been a long time. I'm doing ok. Fighting the good fight, so to speak. Hope you are well. Lovely to here from you. It's been too long.

Almost through this biography. For fans of the poet, I would definitely recommend it. Some biographies are fascinating, even to the casual reader; this is not such a book, though.

Patiently waiting for the garlic to be ready for harvesting. Nearly there.

I recently read Butcher's Crossing by John Williams. I was a little underwhelmed. Not realising that Stoner was from the same author, I followed Kindle's suggestion and read it.
A truly brilliant novel, wonderfully written. A story of an ordinary man that will feel so familiar.

The almond trees are waking up:

Lovely post. Thank you.

Thanks to Emma Smith’s Old Friends Project for Wild Eye, my part of the #Scarborough-Whitby cinder track has acquired new resting places.

The view may be different from the coast at #Karlovasi, but I think that the poet #YannisRitsos would have approved.

wildeye.org.uk/project/old-...

"I have drunken deep of joy,
And I will taste no other wine tonight."

—Percy Bysshe Shelley

When it seems like the world's gone mad don't forget how much joy you can derive from a little bit of dirt and water.

I decided to pick up one of my childhood hobbies again. Really enjoying it. It helps with stress and wonderfully relaxing.

It's been a good day. Time spent in the garden, cooking outdoors and got the kids to step out of their rooms for a while. All in all a big success.

The first year of my fig tree bearing fruit. Only a handful, but I am happy to have beaten the birds to the first ripe one.