Greek journals

I always try to keep some kind of record and not just when I travel. These two pages are typical. I was sipping Greek coffee on the balcony (what? again or still??!!) experiencing the day take hold...The journal entry reads:
"The sun, rising above the morning haze on the hill, strengthens. An old donkey guffaws appreciation. Olive wood smoke rises in lazy, spreading rolls, adding an aquatint feel to the dull greens, faded terracottas and old-white of the walls. Smoke lies in low swathes over the valley and lower hillsides. The sun picks up some angled roof tiles, silverly. A cock crows repeatedly and the morning smells of smoky almond. The sun climbs clear and any lingering shadow-chill evaporates, the colours become sharper, even the shapes. The smoke has cleared, morning is over, day begun."

Greek journal pages

Agio Ioannis to Rodaki Lefkada   Church   Doorway Lefkada   Old lady on the Athens bus   Olive grove   Valley with Olive and Cyrprus trees

Some sketches from my journals