After a few days of unsettled weather, I hoofed it down to the coastal walkway. Earlier in the week, the winds were so bad that a plane attempting to land here in Paphos had to be diverted to Limassol to the east of us. Also a large boat in the harbor was damaged during the storms. We were snug in our apartment and we could see the whitecaps on the water off in the distance. When I made it to the coast, I could see the surf was strong as it was still a bit gusty. The desert finch is supposedly still here but once again I could not see it. There were lots of birds out feeding in the grasses. One the way back I saw many rose bushed in full bloom. At the evening time, we were treated to a delightful sliver of a moon.
The orange trees are dropping the fruit
One strange looking bird sculpture
Lemon tree very pretty
Another burst of color
So many oranges
I passed a very full cemetary
Some fat cats in the sun
Since the cemetery can not expand, the graves are now family plots with more plaques added over time
A chapel next door
An old church
Nobody home
Another animal warming up in the sun
Larks
The sun was out and the surf was up
As this wave crashed you can see the light blue of the wave to the left
A single person on the big rocks
The sun's angle was such that as the waves started to break they took on a bring blue hue
This is the roughest surf we have seen
The red throated pipet
Golden plovers with a starling
Very beautiful birds
The flowers still bloom
The linnets were plentiful
With greenfinches foraging alongside them....still no desert finch!
Chomp chomp
Peeking up out of the grass looking for more goodies
The fence line along the coast
On the way home I pass a restaurant
Lots of roses in bloom
Spectacular
Deep red
A pinkish hue
Sliver me timbers!
