Blog launched: November 10, 2009

Monday, October 31, 2011

Hemidactylus turcicus

CCC_498: Hemidactylus turcicus


An uninvited night-guest on our balcony.
 Terrifying for some, yet harmless and friendly.

Holargos 07/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Cyclamen graecum

IMG_0398: Cyclamen graecum 
 
Lavrio 25/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides


Thursday, October 27, 2011

Colchicum cupanii

IMG_0404 [Colchicum cupanii]
Lavrio 25/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Calopteryx virgo

AAA8: Calopteryx virgo

Mt. Taygetos: 20/07/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sternbergia with a view

IMG_0194-2 Sternbergia lutea

Filopapou: 05/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Friday, October 21, 2011

St. John the Baptist

IMG_0037 St. John the Baptist

This little church was built in 1919 on a hill facing the hill where the Temple of Poseidon is built on Cape Sounio. The church is abandoned today and not in use anymore. Yet, it subliminally continues to shed “the eternal light”.
Legrena: 12/09/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sternbergia lutea

IMG_0296 [Sternbergia lutea]

Filopapou: 14/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Monday, October 17, 2011

A snail acrobat

IMG_0285 [Helix aspersa]


Filopapou: 14/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Biarum tenuifolium ssp. abbreviatum

IMG_0173: Biarum tenuifolium ssp. abbreviatum

Filopappou: 05/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Cethosia cyane

Canon 057 [Cethosia cyane]

Malaysia: 26/01/2005, photo © Tony Taglides


Leontodon tuberosus

CCC2495: Leontodon tuberosus

Kaisariani: 14/04/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Crocus cancellatus ssp. mazziaricus

 IMG_0217 [Crocus cancellatus ssp. mazziaricus]

Mt.  Parnitha: 08/10/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Ajuga iva

AAA4720: Ajuga iva


Ermioni:22/11/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

Friday, October 7, 2011

Centaurea spruneri

MG_0175: Centaurea spruneri

Kea: 30/04/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Kirinia roxelana

AAA2858: Kirinia roxelana

Karpenisi: 14/07/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

Monday, October 3, 2011

Petronas Twin Tower

057 [Petronas Twin Tower]


The Petronas Towers, the landmark of Kuala Lumpur, are the tallest twin buildings in the world. This 88-floor structure (452m high) was constructed with glass and steel and completed in 1997. Today it houses PETRONAS’ corporate headquarters.

Kuala Lampur: 20/01/2005, photo © Tony Taglides

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Larus michahellis

AAA8898 [Larus michahellis]

Photographed in Evoia on April 4, 2009