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Photos of the day 2006

 

 

 

Although I have been running the "Photo of the day" since late 2003 I only started to archive the photos of the day in February 2006 so this is also where this page will start. Click on the thumbnails to get to the photos.

 

Orchid

 

Orchid

 

Chania harbour

 

Chania harbour

 

Chania harbour

 

Above Xylokskala

 

Gingilos

 

George Psychoundakis aka "The Cretan Runner" 1920 - 2006

 

Long term parking

 

The café above Xylokskala

 

The 'mountain' of Stavros, Akrotiri

 

The 'mountain' of Stavros, Akrotiri

 

Spring on Akrotiri

 

Southwest view from the summit of Psilafi

 

Climbing the summit of Spathi

 

The church of Agios Nikolaos in Splanzia, Chania

 

Tragopogon sinuatus

 

Chania harbour in winter

 

Ascending the western summit of Pachnes (2410m)

 

Ascending the western summit of Pachnes (2410m)

 

South view from the summit of Pachnes (2453m)

 

Wasp Ophrys or Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd.

 

Old houses on the sea front of Chania harbour

 

Escape!

 

The harbour of Chania

 

Goat's portrait

 

Goat's portrait

 

Church in Halepa, Chania

 

The bay of Agiofarango

 

Elafonisos

 

Juniper tree in Elafonisos

 

Dead (?) tree in Elafonisos

 

Seagull in Elafonisos

 

Elafonisos

 

Elafonisos

 

The monastery of Chryssoskalitisa

 

Presence in the window

 

Near Amoutsera in the southern White Mountains

 

Spring in Crete

 

The bay of Lissos

 

Roman graves in Lissos

 

The bay of Agia Roumeli from Sellouda

 

Cemetary of Polyrrinia

 

Jerusalem sage

 

Orchid (orchis italica)

 

Goat in Polyrrinia

 

Goats in Polyrrinia

 

Goats in Polyrrinia

 

On the summit of Pachnes

 

Flowering orange tree

 

Root of a shrub

 

Aethionema saxatile creticum (Burnt Candytuft)

 

Asphodeline lutea in Anopolis

 

Asphodeline lutea in Anopolis

 

Poppies in Anopolis

 

Dung beetles

 

Dracunculus vulgaris - now proven to be a carnivorous flower!

 

Erhard's wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii)

 

Lichen, rock and crystals

 

Crocus sieberi

 

On Pachnes

 

Paeonia clusii (White peony)

 

The village of Loutro

 

Broken pier in Loutro

 

Female agrimi (or kri-kri) in the gorge of Samaria

 

Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris)

 

The path between Sweet Water beach and Hora Sfakion

 

Anchusa cespitosa

 

The gorge of Aradena

 

The bridge of Aradena seen from inside the gorge

 

Goats resting in the shade in the gorge of Aradena

 

Gingilos from the plateau of Omalos

 

E4 sign in Katsivelli

 

Verbascum macrurum and ikonostase

 

Assumption basilica in Lambini

 

In the gorge of Agios Antonios near Patsos

 

Shrine of Agios Antonios near Patsos

 

Petromarula pinnata - "Rock lettuce"

 

Verbascum arcturus

 

Verbascum arcturus

 

Field of anchusa cespitosa in Axlada

 

Agia Marina beach on a windy day

 

Anchusa cespitosa - a White Mountains endemic flower

 

Anchusa cespitosa - a White Mountains endemic flower

 

The valley north of Ammoutsera and Grias Soros

 

Grias Soros (left), Pavlia in front of it and Askifiotikos Soros to the right

 

Chania harbour early in the morning

 

Chania harbour early in the morning

 

The northern wall of the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

The northern wall of the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

The northern wall of the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

The western wall of the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

Chapel of Agios Theodoros Trikhinas in the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

Public telephone by the Venetian fortress in Rethymnon

 

Ancient cypress tree in the mountains

 

Satureja alpina (formerly called Acinos alpinus) in the White Mountains

 

Sheep on snow in the Madares

 

Centaurea idaea

 

View towards the east of Paleochora

 

Sideritis syriaca - Cretan mountain tea

 

The sandy beach of Paleochora

 

In the White Mountains at sunset

 

Flowering thyme

 

Flowering thyme

 

Flowering thyme

 

Silene variegata

 

Ammoutsera in the White Mountains

 

The old shepherds path into the White Mountains

 

A cypress trunk in the mountains

 

Fresco in the Michael Archangelos Church in Aradena

 

In a Chania alley

 

In a Chania alley

 

Heatwave - My local beach in the afternoon

 

Sea daffodil (Pancratium maritimum)

 

Sea daffodil (Pancratium maritimum)

 

Campanula jacquinii

 

Campanula jacquinii

 

Campanula jacquinii

 

Dead cypress in the mountains

 

Rock and wood

 

Marathi at sunrise

 

Moon rising in Marathi

 

Chania sea front in the morning

 

An alley in Chania

 

 

A small fishing boat in Chania harbour

 

The newly restorated lighthouse of Chania

 

The newly restorated lighthouse of Chania

 

Budding sea squill (Urginea maritima)

 
Small pebbles at the water edge on the beach of Anidri

A very large bougainvillea in Kalyves

 

Sea squill (Urginea maritima) high above the gorge of Samaria

 

Prickly pears (Opuntia ficus-indica)

 

Arrival from Agia Roumeli and the gorge of Samaria

 

The ferry boat Daskalogiannis leaving Loutro

 

Cypress tree (cuperus sempervirens)

 

From the summit of Pachnes in December

From the summit of Pachnes on the 2nd of December

 

From the summit of Pachnes on the 2nd of December

 

Pachnes in December

 

Pachnes in December

 

In the White Mountains between Melidoni (Apokoronas) and Grias Soros

 

Abandoned tugboat in Souda harbour

 

The ferryboats Samaria and Daskalogiannis at rest in Souda

 

Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

 

Palm tree on the Souda sea front

 

New born goat and worried mum

 

Prisoners of the White Mountains

 

Fog on the plateau of Askyfou

 

Winter sunrise in Hora Sfakion

 

Fishing from the lighthouse of Chania

 

Chania old town

 

Old harbour of Chania

 

Detail of a fresco in the chapel of the Panagia near Spilia

 

Detail of a fresco in the chapel of Agios Stefanos

 

Detail of a fresco in the chapel of Agios Stefanos

 

Dried palm leaf

 

Stormy weather

 

Georgioupolis and the White Mountains

 

Agia Galini

 
 

Mountain village

 

 

 

  

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