Freshly Washed

The little island of Symi is gleaming brightly, freshly washed after several days of heavy rain, thunder showers and squalls.  A luminous green haze of new vegetation tinges the hillsides and terraces and the moss and ferns are reviving from the summer drought.  Symi received over 40 millimetres of rain in the recent bout of wet weather and it certainly shows.  This weekend the Pedi valley will be humming with rotavators as everyone takes advantage of the freshly softened earth before the next bout of showery weather moves in on Sunday.

Here are some photographs of Symi in her autumnal colours for you to enjoy.

The windmills of Chorio catching the late afternoon sun.

Looking across Yialos from the sunny side towards the Kastro and the Kali Strata.  The hill in the far background is actually the Vigla, Symi's highest point at 700 metres.

Sponge sellers and tourists along the waterfront in Yialos.  

This is definitely the sunny side at this time of the year.

The pediment of this building in Yialos was part of the cover of an old Symi guide book 

written by J. Farmakides.  Now out of print this was a very interesting and 

informative book and worth looking out for.

If you look carefully there is a face under the balcony, partially masked by the light fitting.

Have a good weekend.

Regards,

Adriana