Not all lavender fields are born equal. You can witness how different this classic aromatic plant can be when grown by a rebel Soul (See my interview with her at The Lavender Way: Growth of the Soul). This is now a late spring album on occasion of my visit there together with Anna Orosz, the …
It all started with an invitation of doing some picking at The Lavender Way on one of those sunny days towards the year end. Warm hugs and soul talk with a cup of tea. More precisely, the inimitable Earl Grey with a bit of milk & honey as served by Gill, the Lavender Lady. As …
Greeks first began pressing olives over 5,000 years ago. In this little-known small family-run olive oil factory in the village of Vafes they still use cold-press method, combining old traditions with new inox equipment. There are not so many of these outstanding places left where hands and human energy help the process of cold-pressed extraction providing …
I was cleaning black cumin today and this is what came out of it. Shaping face for the future. Sending it out to the Universe now to return it to me as a real-life nigella man with a smiling face. Thank you.
My secret garden… is not so secret anymore – to start with a quote from Depeche Mode. How could I keep it secret for so long? I have certainly had my own time contemplating over all the beauty. Now it is time to share. You might enjoy seeing the world – and within that – …
After a week of heavy rain, this winter Sunday appeared to be full of sunshine. A perfect place to be is by the sea where you can see a great selection of the beautifulCretan landscape, including the white caps on the high mountains of Lefka Ori. Another perfect place to be is the lavender farm …
A real unforgettable experience with the Kokotsakis family and all their shepherd friends. Great company, lots of fun for us visitors, with quite a bit of serious insight of the shepherds’ life in the Cretan villages! This is one event of a series whereas all the guys have their own flock of maybe a few hundred sheep …
