Heat

Wearing only the thinnest, thinnest cotton dresses.
Walking the dog before seven, when the day is new and fresh. At half past eight it starts getting hot, at height it´s too hot, at half past eight it´s unbearably hot...
Escaping to the shadow of the house...Shutters closed, the fan on. The fan keeps the flies off me as I am writing.
At noon I am exhausted and could kill for a cold beer or a glass of white wine with ice.
Siesta. Dozing, not sleeping.
A late afternoon swim on a shady beach. White sand, turquoise waters that turn darker and darker as cooler it is. Rocks with pine trees and olive trees hunching over the sea. Incredible beauty.
The black velvet sky, star-specked...
Sleeping under the stars.

Some days..

..are just for being, not for achieving anything.
I think today will be that kind of day.
Hanging around, doing very little...:)

Good bye and welcome...

Au revoir to our French guests, who also visited last year - and hopefully will come back again!
And now the rooms are cleaned and ready for a big Dutch family arriving any minute. I am sitting here with a cup of green tea and having a short break, before I start to cook.
On the menu today: Papoutsakia, stuffed eggplant.

Stuffed tomatoes and peppers

We have French and Norwegian guests staying with us at Kairos garden this week. Tonight, this is what they will be offered: stuffed tomatoes and peppers, all ingredients from the garden! Read how to make this delicious summer dish here: http://www.my-greek-recipes.com/stuffed-peppers-recipe.html

Sunflower fields

I love sunflowers and I am thrilled that there´s suddenly popping up huge sunflower fields everywhere in this area - it starts feeling like Tuscany! (Not that I have ever been, but that´s how I imagine it would feel like!). Obviously, there´s some kind of farmer´s program encouraging the sunflower production. Whatever, I fully support it!
Sunflowers are tall and beautiful, just like me :) - always turn towards the sun rise, the new day and new opportunities. Like me, too.:)
Definitely MY flower!

Sunday morning happiness...

..is a long swim in the sea, first thing in the morning..
Then meditating on the beach,  the sea breeze blowing away all thoughts and the morning sun filling me with light and joy..

Followed by straight from the oven spinach pie from Dimitri´s and coffee on the terrace...
Was I missing something?
Oh, yeah, the birds singing happily!

This is why it´s called Butterflybush!

Look, how pretty!