The guards

About a screaming Sultan, the very first artichoke and lots of more thistles that guard the island, continue reading

The attack

They are small terrorists making all the oceans unsafe: jellyfish. This summer the purple jellyfish has decided to invade the South European seas: keep baking soda and salt water ready. Continue reading

A magic garden

 

The month of June stands for mountains of fruit: cherries, apricots, mulberries, peaches. Masses fall out of the trees, when not picked. And they all ripen in the same time, making it very busy in the kitchens for fruit preservation. Here a column about this lovely month, continue reading

Artists of Lesvos

 

Thé painter of Lesvos is Theofilos, who captured his time of life on the island on canvasses and walls. Also photographer and film maker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou tries to save life on Lesvos from getting eaten by the time. But there are more artists on the island. Part of them will be represented at the end of May on the exhibition All Arts Expo Avlonas, continue reading

About the flowers and the bees

 

Lesvos not only is a unique place for petrified trees, birds and flowers, but of all Greek islands it also has the biggest bee population with about 650 different species. The volcanic landscape, the migrating birds, a long list of orchids, dragon flies, beetles, butterflies, they all form a Vahalla for scientists. continue reading

The Lesvos Beetle

 

The world, just like Lesvos, is full with beetles. But they are not one of the most popular insects, just like a fight between scientists about a beetle that has been found in Turkey as well as on Lesvos. The female beetles are not the same, meaning that the beetle on Lesvos should be a specie on its own and not a sub specie. (foto: internet), continue reading

Stories for bombshelters

Greek mythology has plenty of stories to explain natural events and other things as actions of the Gods. Even most of the plants, trees and stars have a story how they were born, with love and Gods having a prominent role. Entertaining stories about spring flowers, nice to be told in bombshelters, continue reading