... a whiter shade of pale ...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year..... !

Haven't been here for such a long time and hope you have missed me :)

Send you my love!


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Enjoy Annie Lennox
"A whiter shade of pale"

... meeting by the lake ...

wildlife on the lake in Kastoria  (dalmatian pelicans)

impressions of Samos

Samos is a Greek Island situated in the Eastern Aegean Sea. It is one of the most fertile islands of the Aegean Sea and is occupied by approximately 40,000 inhabitants. Samos Island is blessed with exquisite beauty as well as a strong cultural and historical heritage.

post from Messinia ...

In an abandoned village, surrounded by a fantastic

vegetation, I found this little chapel with a 

tiny cemetery.

Seen in Messinia (Peloponnese).

See my photographic work also at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpmonikastratblogspotgr/

 http://www.fluidr.com/photos/httpmonikastratblogspotgr

... colors red and blue ...

Thank you for following and wishes for a happy weekend !!

A wish for nice Holidays ...

Don't try to do this !  You might hurt your eye  !!

This morning, coming out on my veranda, holding a cup of

freshly brewed  coffee, I saw this situation.

As you can understand, there was no time for

setting up my tripod…

I have never seen a sight like this!

Frohe Pfingsten !!!

finally ... peace !!!

with wishes for a sunny weekend  !!!

~ the last drop ~~~

coming back from Bremen

der lichtbringer ~ entrance to Böttcherstrasse in Bremen

 

This old narrow street lined with craftsmen was given its name in the Middle Ages by barrel makers and coopers (Böttcher) located here. Later this street was transformed into a unique work of art by Bremen coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius (Kaffee Hag) and the architects, Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge, as well as sculptor Bernhard Hoetger from Worpswede.

The “Lichtbringer” by Hoetger, an impressive golden relief plate, marks the entrance to Bremen’s “secret main street” with the red brick architecture typical of the 1920s

"seifenblasen"

coming back from Bremen

my hometown in Germany..
My hands where trembling from cold ~~~

Wishes for a nice Easter !!

  

A close up of a painting at the entrance of the St. Petri Cathedral in Bremen, Germany..

I photographed these as I visited lately my hometown Bremen in Germany ...

Meteora 'hovering in the air'

Tá metéora monastíra - the monasteries suspended in the air. The first settlement by monks took place in the 10th century. In the 16th century there were still 24 prosperous monasteries. Today, only six monasteries are inhabited, two with nuns and four with monks.

this lady observes my photographing "skills" ....