Thursday, October 8, 2015

Autumn afternoon in the country







 In our district, citrus trees go through a sequence of growth 
phases and we can have multiple crops at the same time.
 Lemons picked at their silver-green stage can have
 a long post-harvest life. 




The little bouquet I’m showing you is quite humble but since the
 flourishing stage has come to an end and we are heading towards 
colder days the most of the gardens are looking exhausted .Ours too.
 Difficult to extend the blooming season 
in a garden you visit once a week!





So, by the end of the weekend we usually visit our country home as we have 
to keep watering citrus trees and bushes. Our area is still in drought 
conditions despite recent rains but watering has become a very enjoyable
activity for me. Not only that! Pottering outside, tidying up the autumn 
garden is really uplifting and time flies like an arrow… 
So last weekend, we spent some busy but quiet hours in the backyard, 
enjoying the balmy early October weather. The garden was shining under
 the soft sunshine and a leafy lemon aroma was spread through the air. 





 I’m always in a hurry to complete my chores, grasp my camera and take
 as many shots as possible. In the meanwhile, my husband who has green 
fingers is still working hard relieving me of the burden to keep on. 











Fresh flowers cut straight from my own garden 
can make me happier than a florist composition, I confess! 



May I stay keen on gardening and photos and fond of composing 
texts in English so that I will not quit this blog I have been 
so excited about. In fact, it’s all about those good, happy vibes 
I’m sending and receiving each time I post...
Thank you so much for visiting me and leaving your kind 
comments, they just light up my space like this little bouquet!
Wishing you all the best 

35 comments:

  1. Also during this month the garden still has wonderful gifts. The next week it will be much colder here and I don't like that at all...spring and summer are my favorite seasons and I am sad I have to leave them, despite I know autumn is wonderful too, with so many colours and so many gifts in the forests. Your bunch of flowers is wonderful, Olympia.

    Best wishes, Ingrid

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  2. Gorgeous flowers, gorgeous colours and lovely afghan! So many images that bring joy to my heart when I look at them. I think I need to get out and about with my camera this weekend and try for some of my own, equally stunning, pictures. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  3. Καλησπέρα Ολυμπία ..... υπέροχο φθινοπωρινό απόγευμα ....πολύ όμορφες φωτογραφίες
    Μ' αρέσουν πολύ οι λεμονιές, τ' ανθάκια και το άρωμά τους...φέτος αγόρασα και εγώ μια (για να δούμε )
    Ελπίζω να κρατήσει ο καιρός ...για να απολαμβάνεις τον κήπο σου ......

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  4. I love your blog and I hope you don't quit. Your photos are beautiful and so full of color. I'm glad to hear you like watering because I do too. We have sprinklers in the yard, but some things still need to be watered by hand in this dry climate and I like having that ritual in my days during the growing season. I hope you and your family are doing well. Take care, Olympia.

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  5. Oh Olympia, I think I enjoy your pictures more than any in blog land. They're so sweet and simple, and you always have unique items. Do you have an eclectic style because I just love that style, and you have so many different and unusual looking treasures. I love the rose pillow and the rocking chair. It reminds me of a time when I sat with my kids on a wicker rocking chair that I had. I love that picture of the lemon tree. aaahh, the roses are so pretty. And that blue vase is cool. I'm so glad you're enjoying this Autumn season as much as I am. Let us take it all in - it's my favorite season of all.

    love, ~Sheri

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  6. Again a joy to see your photos of that lovely place in the country of Greece.The lemons, the bougainvillea, the beautiful colours of the paint used is a delight to the eye. A bouquet from own garden is always so much more satisfying than a bought bouquet of flowers. You really made a feast of sunny colours. Thank you Olympia.
    Wish you a nice weekend!

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  7. I do love your Blog and all the colourful photos of flowers,cushions, chairs and most of all your mother's embroidered tablecloths.
    Hilary

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  8. Your beautiful photos just soothed my soul. Everything is amazingly gorgeous . . . love the colors :)

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  9. Wowwwww what a beautiful colorful post olympia !!!...love it ...love Ria x

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  10. Thank you Olympia for youre comment on my blog.
    I'am fine...
    What a nice post...Autumn is coming, and it is so beautiful, all those warm colours.

    Greetings,
    Inge, my choice

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  11. Olympia

    Thank you for a lovely post, and for sharing ...
    Colour, joy and peacefulness as I look at your amazing photo's.

    Do please keep blogging and sharing.

    All the best Jan

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  12. Lieve Olympia,

    Wat heerlijk om me even virtueel op te kunnen warmen aan jou prachtige foto's.
    De sprekende kleuren in het haakwerk passen perfect bij de kleuren van de bloemen uit je tuin, zelfs de blauwe bessen hebben exact de kleur van lampvoet.
    Ken geen blogger die kleuren zo mooi en warm kan combineren.

    Geniet met volle teugen van de aangename najaars dagen in tuin van jullie zomer landhuis!!!

    Hier wordt het de komende dagen stuk kouder met nachtvorst en ook al zal de zon zondag volop schijnen zal het met 10 graden geen buitenfeest gaan worden op kleindochter haar 16e verjaardag, de BBQ zal wel branden, het wordt buiten roosteren en binnen eten.

    Liefs,Ger

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  13. Preciosa fotos otoñales Olympia, me encantan, y ese cojin y esas colchas de crochet son maravillosas, yo tambien estoy haciendo un cojin y una manta de crochet.
    Besitos.

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  14. The visits to your country home are always so colourful and joyful. I too suddenly get the urge to grab the camera too! My husband is just like yours and carries on with the work! Sarah x

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  15. Dear Olympia, which was again a pleasure to view your post and read.
    All those beautiful colors and autumnsun through it, it makes me so happy.
    Even here the sun is shining, but it's be a lot colder. We can not more sit outside.

    With love, Gerry

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  16. I enjoyed this post, Olympia. I also prefer casual friends bouquets of flowers to anything a florist will make. And what a collection of crochet throws you have for those chilly October evenings, simply beautiful.
    Happy Friday.
    Amalia
    xo

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  17. Your autumn garden is blooming with colour, despite the cooler days and colder nights. Bougainvillea brightens your rough stone walls with bold accents; I've always adored this flower against a bright, blue sky! Yes, I couldn't agree with you more: I've always delighted in putting together pretty posies from my Cretan garden than purchasing expensive, slightly more formal bouquets from a florist. I think it's the fact that they all those pretty floral faces are part of me, my home, and my soul, and they make me smile so!

    I hope you continue to blog, but only when time allows, as I, too, am finding that the demands and dedications of every day life have forced me to make Poppy View less of a priority, even though, like you, I receive great pleasure from creating posts and hearing from my lovely friends across the globe.

    Happy weekend, to you!

    Love,
    Poppy

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  18. Beautiful colours and images !!!
    Have a relaxing , happy weekend Olympia!
    Tina xxx

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  19. It looks as though you are having a beautiful autumn! I hope that you get the rain you need for the garden, and nothing but sunshine in your life the rest of the time! xx

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  20. Mi sono riempita gli occhi di bellezza. Come già detto altre volte, sei bravissima a raccontare una storia e creare un'atmosfera con le sole photo. Ti auguro un buon weekend , abbraccio.

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  21. A la douceur de la lumière on reconnaît l'approche de l'automne en Grèce aussi.
    Mais heureusement beaucoup de fleurs nous offrent encore la beauté de leurs couleurs!
    Ton bouquet est très joli!
    Belle semaine à toi Olympia!
    Grosses bises.

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  22. I love your photos! Can still feel a piece of summer from there... here its getting colder, at night it will start freezing again! So thanks for sharing your flowers!!

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  23. Your garden is full of lemon aroma which must let us know the surprising power of nature. How long does it take to change lemons yellow?

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  24. Such beautiful colourful pictures...I love to see citrus fruits growing like this, and your flowers and blue skies are delightful! I also loved seeing the pretty crochet blankets in your photos...how lovely they look. Thank you for sharing your lovely blog with us, dear Olympia.
    Wishing you a happy new week.
    Helen xox

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  25. I too love a home grown bouquet ..they have much more personality than a shop bought one. Love all the citrus fruit trees too ...wish we could grow them but I guess I should be content with apples and pears ! I enjoy watering the garden ..it's a time for reflection and I find it quite soothing....enjoy your week....Gail x

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  26. Hello dear Olympia, love your bespoke bouquet, they speak wildflowers. Love your lemon tree too, I can see myself sitting underneath it with a book. Like you I find watering the garden relaxing too. Have a good week my friend. And I don't think I can stop blogging too, I will miss it so much as it is part of me and my little journey.

    Hugs,
    Aida

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  27. Such beauty sweet Olympia and what a joy to have citrus trees filled with fruit in your garden. I'm glad your lovely warm blog is out there for us to read and share little glmpses of your life. You spread so muh joy in the blogwold.♥

    Take care my dear.♥

    Charlie
    xx

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  28. Hello Olympia,
    Very nioce shots of this cozy garden. Wonderful with the beautiful flowers.
    The trees with the delicious fruit are very nice.

    Many greetings,
    Marco

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  29. The blue goes so beautifully against the pink! And I love to see limes,(though the colour isn't really what I think of as "lime green" actually. I suppose I have had the wrong colour in mind all these years. I like the look of them more than I like the taste). In fact, what I like best about citrus trees is the smell of the leaves. That's something that can't be conveyed by a blog - yet!

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  30. The blue goes so beautifully against the pink! And I love to see limes,(though the colour isn't really what I think of as "lime green" actually. I suppose I have had the wrong colour in mind all these years. I like the look of them more than I like the taste). In fact, what I like best about citrus trees is the smell of the leaves. That's something that can't be conveyed by a blog - yet!

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  31. The blue goes so beautifully against the pink! And I love to see limes,(though the colour isn't really what I think of as "lime green" actually. I suppose I have had the wrong colour in mind all these years. I like the look of them more than I like the taste). In fact, what I like best about citrus trees is the smell of the leaves. That's something that can't be conveyed by a blog - yet!

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  32. Bonjour très chère amie,

    Je suis très heureuse de vous retrouver et d'admirer votre petit paradis fleuri... Des couleurs qui nourrissent mon esprit et me fait oublier que la mauvaise saison arrive à grand pas !... Cette semaine les températures ont rudement chuté.
    Je suis contente que vous profitiez de la cueillette de vos fleurs, ce sont les plus belles. J'aime aussi cueillir les fleurs sauvages au printemps.
    Votre citronnier est un véritable délice ! Humm comme il doit être agréable de déguster une petite salade arrosée de leur jus !...

    Je m'en vais sur la pointe des pieds, car il le faut mais un peu à regret tant on se sent bien chez vous !

    Gros bisous ♡

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  33. Bonjour très chère amie,

    Je suis très heureuse de vous retrouver et d'admirer votre petit paradis fleuri... Des couleurs qui nourrissent mon esprit et me fait oublier que la mauvaise saison arrive à grand pas !... Cette semaine les températures ont rudement chuté.
    Je suis contente que vous profitiez de la cueillette de vos fleurs, ce sont les plus belles. J'aime aussi cueillir les fleurs sauvages au printemps.
    Votre citronnier est un véritable délice ! Humm comme il doit être agréable de déguster une petite salade arrosée de leur jus !...

    Je m'en vais sur la pointe des pieds, car il le faut mais un peu à regret tant on se sent bien chez vous !

    Gros bisous ♡

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  34. Αγαπητή Ολυμπία ,όμορφες φθινοπωρινές εικόνες με τα χρώματα της γης να γεμίζουν τον κήπο σου .Οι λεμονιές σου φορτωμένες θα σας δώσουν μπόλικα λεμόνια .Εδώ πλέον δεν ποτίζουμε επειδή οι βροχές είναι αρκετές και αρκούν για τα δένδρα και τα φυτά . Εύχομαι καλό και γλυκό υπόλοιπο φθινοπώρου !

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