Hello hello ! Greece was astonishing, but I’m glad to be back in my own garden again. Didn’t come across one cyber café in Athens, mountain villages or on island. But, there were plenty outdoor cafes everywhere – known as ‘tavernas’ – sans cyber connection. This was the most intriguing aspect of the culture, where everyone - entire families - come out in the evening to interact with their neighbors, eyeball invaders and generally eat, drink and enjoy the coolest part of the day. Tons of folks sit around tiny tables, usually under marker umbrellas or a vine-covered trellis – almost always crawling with grape vine. The pics are still in the camera, awaiting my jet lag recovery and catch-up phase. Glad to be back – missed you guys.

Here's one for starters - oh that blue!

You're not scanning us a post card are you So pretty! I can't wait to see more.

Come on you didn't miss all of us??? Did you??? Hope to see ya soon.....

Course I missed ya'll ! Put your flipper specks on David, when you read those lime green lines :-) Tell Cheryn I brought her back some turquoise mud, just in case she was in need of it.

You know Mk,, I think I could have aimed that camera without looking thru the lens and still ended up with entire rolls of postcard pics - the landscape is so beautiful - everywhere you look.

Notice the big shaded leaves at top of pic - it was a tree-sized rubber tree plant, the Ficus houseplant, but this was 20 by 20 feet and growing strong. Also in pic, the Agave and Loquat were also installed as alien ornamentals on the residence, rather than being native. But the wispy leaved thing on the right is what seeming grows in every square foot of Greece - the olive tree. Interestingly, many of the natives and indigenous wildlings were the same as we have in arid regions of Texas.