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These are photos of my daughters small balcony down in the maze of Poros town.
One day there will be a curtain of bougainvillia falling from the balcony, growing up to the roof terrace above
The balcony is long and narrow
There is just enough room for two chairs either side of the fold down table, enough room to sit and enjoy the sunset
Downstairs their aunt will be pottering about, watering a pot of basil or chasing a young grandson
On the road outside there will be the sounds of roaming children, and neighbours chatting on their own balconies or talking to friends passing underneath
Elli has the family 'green thumb' - which I missed
Brussel Sprouts!
Just a few
Pots of basil at the top of the steps outside her front door
The spiral staircase leads up to the roof terrace
And this is the view from the terrace above
Sunset over Poros harbour
Why don't they sit up here. They do, as we did when we lived in the house, but it is so much easier after a long day to collapse on the balcony with a glass of wine and a bowl of olives.
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Love the pots, plants and view.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great time of the year for a photo. Everything is green and blooming
DeleteOh, what a wonderful place to live. If I could learn to speak Greek I would move there in a heartbeat!
ReplyDeleteThe only drawback there is the number of steps you go up and down to get anywhere. Keeps you fit in old age!!
DeleteIt must have been hard, to leave this home...
ReplyDeleteDid you want to?
Or was it more, your husband's idea?
Too much family around. In-laws, cousins, sisters, aunts, we both needed space to breathe. My daughter grew up there and loves the close family
DeleteWhat a beautiful view, how lucky they are.
ReplyDeleteIt's an awesome view. I always take visitors up there for photos
DeleteThat's a great view. As someone who is very far from an ocean / sea, it seems other-worldly! I love that families live together and there is such a sense of older / younger generations helping out. -Jenn
ReplyDeleteClose family has its good points and some not so good. There's always someone there to tell you what you 'should' be doing, intruding when you want privacy but also they are always there in times of trouble. Just don't fall out with them! They're right next door
DeleteI’ve tried to grow bougainvillea a couple of times. But the frost kills it.
ReplyDeleteI’m just too far south I think
Anyway sitting and drinking and enjoying that view would be bliss
We used to spend summer evenings up there often watching what was going on. Great
DeleteThat is quite an amazing view, I'd be happy there.
ReplyDeleteA really specta ular view of all the harbour....and our neighbours!
Deletewhat a beautiful description, you painted a picture with your words xx
ReplyDeleteThanks. It is something special
DeleteThe first time I saw a really big Bougainvillea in flower was covering a lovely old village house in Formentera, back in the 1960's. I was totally amazed, and took loads of photos so I could find out what it was. I wish I could grow one here, but Winter would kill it.
ReplyDeleteThey have loads of different varieties now. Some are thornless. We had a huge one over our front gate where we live now, gorgeous all through summer, but trimming it was torture. The thorns were huge and sharp and ripped us to bits.
DeleteYou should see if they have any hardier sorts now.
Even a small balcony is opened up by that glorious view. I do love bougainvillea, sadly winter is too cold here.
ReplyDeleteThe view is magnificent!
DeleteStrange how you had daughters who grew up Greek and you grew up a New Zealander. Strange to me anyway.
ReplyDeleteI guess they grew up as greeks, like it or not. They got the english language from me and a few funny customs. Hard not to be a greek here in greece, specially once they got to school
DeleteI would KILL to have such an amazing view/roof top terrace, it's stunning. I don't have a green thumb either. Once upon a time I had about 40+ houseplants, but over the past 30 years I have managed to kill ALL OF THEM. Now I have ... NONE! Just pretty artificial flowers, I can't kill them.
ReplyDeleteI've found a few things that I can grow and stuck to them, mint, lettuces and squash! Thank goodness there were already roses and lemon trees here when we arrived and a few geraniums which we have managed to keep alive
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