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January

Thankfully we have alternatives
A break in the clouds
180°
Elafonisi at dawn
Androcymbium rechingeri
On Gramvousa
Androcymbium rechingeri close-up
Driving down to Livaniana
South slopes of the White Mountains
Koum Kapi on a cold windy day
Olive harvest
In the hills above Meskla
Psiloritis
Up a ridge on Gramvousa
Tersanas cave on Gramvousa
Spring is in the air
View of the White Mountains from Aptera
Aptera

February

Thankfully we have alternatives
From the top of Gramvousa
Chapel of Agios Giorgos
Tulipa cretica
The Bay of Agia Roumeli seen from Kakos Poros
High above the Libyan Sea
The summit of Volakias
A walk to Ammoutsera
A budding Giant Fennel in Polyrinia
Euphorbia dendroides
Arenaria cretica
Rock pools in Falasarna
The White Mountains at dusk
The White Mountains in evening light

March

Elafonisi
Roman tombs in Lissos
Clouds play
The view from above
Neotinea lacteae
Tordylium apulum seed heads
In the forest
Ruined house in Aradena
At ground level
Lotus ornithopodioides
Erodium gruinum
Moraea mediterranea
Malva sylvestris
Spring in an olive grove
Daucus carota - Wild carrot
Silene colorata close-up
Elafonisi
Lavender

April

Spring in an olive grove
Spring in Krapi
In a field
Orchis pauciflora
Chania harbour
Anchusa italica
Crocus sieberi
Crocus sieberi
Spring in Omalos
Mediterranean temporary pond in Omalos
Beachside flowers
Poppies in Polyrinia
A field in Anopolis
A field in Anopolis
Hummingbird hawk-moth in a field of Gladiolus italicus
Almost no snow left
Red Ranunculus asiaticus
In my neck of the woods
Sonelopsis minuta subsp. annua

May

Ranunculus radinotrichus
Prunus prostrata
Evening clouds
A grasshopper in the mountains
Galactites tomentosus
Griffon vultures
Dianthus xylorrhizus
Lamium garganicum subsp. striatum
Sheep at rest
Onobrychis sphaciotica
On a walk up the Kastellos hill
On a walk up the Kastellos hill to Debla
In the northern White Mountains
Limonium frederici
High above the South coast
On the summit

June

Cerastium brachypetalum subsp. roeseri
On the way to Pachnes
Grias Soros and Agio Pnevma
Mountain panorama
Plane tree in the gorge of Agia Irini
In the gorge of Agia Irini
In the gorge of Samaria
A Cretan wild goat in the gorge of Samaria
In the gorge of Samaria
Shadow selfie
Golden hour in the White Mountains
Finix bay

July

The beach of Loutro
Wild places in the White Mountains
Katsivelli
Clouds in the mountains
Chania harbour in the evening
Clematis elisabethae-carolae
Mountain juniper
Malotira
Chania harbour before dawn
Thymus capitatus and Satureja spinosa
Moonrise
Campanula jacquinii
Flowering thyme
On Svourichti
Nepeta sphaciotica
Minuartia attica
Acantholimon androsaceum
Sedum tristriatum

August

Griffon vulture
Lomelosia sphaciotica subsp. sphaciotica
Fumana paphlagonica subsp. alpina
Gerani beach sunset
Cephalaria squamiflora
Cephalaria squamiflora
Early morning in Elafonisi
A cypress on the way to Gingilos
Cypress and maple trees on the way to Gingilos
Sea daffoidils
Gerani beach
The three 'Soros'
Kakovoli ridge
Flowering heather
Evening in an olive grove
Evening in an olive grove
Dancing cypresses
The 'two-legged' cypress

September

Descending Pachnes
Sea squill
A moon eclipse in the mountains
Evening time at Kalathas beach
The Byzantine fort of Kastellos
Sea squill bulbs
Chania harbour
Ancient cypress
Rain clouds

October

Chania harbour
The summits of Troxaris and Thodori
Limonium frederici
Colchicum macrophyllum
Colchicum macrophyllum
Ancient cypress
Ancient cypress
View from the ancient quarry at Marmara
Heather
Church of Panagia Kera in Chromonastiri
Waves in Falasarna
Sea squills
Cyclamen graecum
Cyclamen graecum

November

Kedrodasos
Plane tree by the Venetian wells of Gavalohori
The Roupakias forest, Apokorona
Kako Kasteli valley
Above Kako Kasteli valley
The Bay of Agia Roumeli at sunset
Ready for the harvest
Gramvousa Bay
Gramvousa Bay
Gramvousa Fortress
Euphorbia dimorphocaulon
The chapel of Agios Ioannis near Douliana
The island of Imeri Gramvousa
Gramvousa Fortress
Colchicum pusillum
On the trail between Agia Roumeli and Loutro
My happy place

December

Above Kournas lake
Cape Flomos
After the rains
Androcymbium rechingeri
Falasarna
Cypress trunk covered in lichen
In the forest of Agios Ioannis
The White Mountains seen from a hill above Agios Ioannis
The trail to the northern tip of Gramvousa
A sprouting Sea squill bulb
Detail of Androcymbium rechingeri
Balos cat
The chapel of Agios Giorgos at sunset
Above Balos Bay
An outing with the kids

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