This post, of photos taken in and around Greece, is dedicated to you. Opa!
(Athens)
Creativity is one of the most personally helpful gifts a person can possess.
It gets you through all sorts of negative situations, because it pulls you out of yourself, and your individual worries and concerns.
I think the willingness of bloggers to put their creativity out in the universe, consistently, in a blog, is a huge act of individual human courage.
This individual blogging courage and creativity results in a blogsphere replete with fascinating, absorbing and intriguing blog posts, that offer an improved reading and viewing experience, that is a refreshing alternative to mass media.
(Above four photos were taken on the island of Corfu)
Being part of a worldwide community of talented and supportive bloggers broadens our horizons and perspectives, and enhances our lives.
(Stairway Hotel Bretagne Athens)
It enables bloggers to form genuine friendships with like-minded people from all over the world.
(Corfu)
I wanted to take time to let you know how much I admire and respect you, and how grateful I am to be part of your community.
(Santorini)
You make my life, and the lives of so many others, much richer!
(Santorini)
So here’s to you, and to the enjoyment you provide to those who look at your blogs!
(Corfu lizard)
Cheers to you from The Holler (and Opa to you from Greece!)
Que maravilla!
Muchas gracias!
Thank you Cindy and right back at you – reading through the many blogs from such different parts of the world can most definitely make the dullest day that much brighter! xx
Thank you Joanne. Your blog showcases under-reported and wide spread animal abuse which needs to be seen and responded too, and I thank you for doing this. <3
This is such a lovely thought Cindy! Thank you Yvonne aka GrannyApples
Hugs to you and thank you too!
Great post and photos Cindy, lovely vibe coming from it all💙
I am so glad because I get lovely vibes from you!
Well said. It is, indeed, a moveable feast.
It is so great that bloggers have crumbled much of the controlling grip of mass media and have created our own alternate media world!
Beautiful as always Cindy!
Visa versa 2UX2! <3
Thank you Cindy. <3
Thank you, Cindy, for letting us travel along with you, as you share your beautiful photos! 🙂
Thank you much more for joining me! You make the experience better~ <3
Well it would be you, Cindy, who takes the time to pay tribute to your followers! As one them, I say you have made lives of many of us fuller, more aware, more grateful – not least for the way you respond to people who comment on your luminous posts from around the world. Thank you for being a leader in the blogging community!
Ahhhh, I am honored by your kindness and humbled too. Everyday, bloggers enhance my life. So the thanks fly right back to you! <3
Klasse Fotos. Wolfgang
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund Wolfgang! <3
Wonderful thoughts, and great images.
Efcharistó! Thank you my friend & cheers to you~
Thank you, Cindy, I feel the same way. TG for the internet, it has truly changed our world for the better.
It has really opened the controlled media world up in a truly democratic manner, giving anyone who wants a platform in which they can freely express themselves, and this has created a wonderfully unexpected virtual community! I am so happy to be a part of it and to have met you Eliza~
Ditto, girlfriend! 🙂
<3
Great post and images! 🙂
Thank you Bette & cheers!
You are just so great – reflective and supportive. And gorgeous photos throughout your posts. We are all grateful to be a part of this positive community – and you are a wonderful speaker for us all!
I am grateful to know you Leya. We connect so well, across the distance don’t we! I feel very lucky to have met you~ <3
And I you ♥
<3
Hi Cindy, the lovely images enhance your words beautifully. Blogging has enhanced my life and continues to create ripples all over our planet. Thank you for your appreciation and I will respond back to you in kind. I value your world view via photography and your friendship.
love, Linda
You are a colleague and a sweetheart Linda. Sending you virtual hugs and hopes for continued healing. I know you have been having a tough time medically and my thoughts are with you my friend~ <3
Such a beautiful tribute to the creativity you see around you in the blogging world! The use of your photos to say thank you is a beautiful interpretation, Cindy. I agree that it’s nice to have the alternative to the mass media 🙂
And wonderful to have friends like you Christy! <3
I feel the same way! ♥
OPA! To you, Cindy!
Efcharistó! <3
Opa! That is granddad in German, and also in my language, Dutch. Great pictures from a beautiful country. And I agree, communities like this broadens your sight and thus thougts. It’s wonderful to be able to communicate with folks from all over the globe. It makes The world smaller and One’s world bigger. Isn’t that a miraclulous thing. 🙂
And Oma grandmother? It is indeed a miraculous thing and I am grateful everyday for the bridge and connections with wonderful people, like you Peter!
Oma is grandmother indeed 🙂 I am from Frisian descent (Friesland is a northen province in the Netherlands, where they have an own language. Interestingly Frisian and middle-English (spoken from ca 1100 till 1500) have very much in common) and over there granddad is called Pake en grandmother Beppe. But this linguistic sidestep totally, well, aside 🙂
I can speak a smidgen of middle-English from my English Lit days, and am fascinated by the developmental connections between languages, so thank you for the interesting info~
You have certainly enriched my life a hundred fold, Cindy! Sending that admiration and respect right back atcha! <3 (p.s. I wish my computer screen was much larger than it is so I can fully appreciate your wonderful photos)
I am constantly entranced by your delightful artwork and the kind <3 behind it Teresa. Blogging is wonderful because it connects people like us with each other!
I agree! I am certainly a better person from having made online friends like you, Cindy! <3
Hugs to you dear one~ <3
Thank you for dedicating a post to your fellow bloggers. You definitely inspire me, and countless others I’m sure. Your beauty shines through in all that you do.
So very kind of you Gina, but creative people so often are! It is wonderful to know you~ <3
Likewise!
So well said – and your photos are (as usual) amazing. The blogging community is, indeed, creative and so very special.
It is for me an unexpected and truly wonderful community!
Thank you, Cindy, for such a beautiful affirmation. I did enjoy seeing the selfie in the second-to-last picture! Ooops!
Thank you. I felt it was an exceptionally flattering shot of me, although I may need a tad of moisturizer!
!!! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Hi Cindy, thank you for your great and beautiful words. It is very true that we have come across a difficult path from waiting for the postman to arrive to be able to read from a friend who lives across the pond to be actually be reading from all of them every single day. It is amazing how we can cross the oceans, only at the tip of our own home. Isn’t that fantastic. I so much adored your pictures of Greece, it is about time for me to return. Thank you for sharing and have a happy week!
It is fantastic, amazing, and wonderful. Bloggers are doing quite better jobs than politicians in forging international relationships. Bloggers rule! <3
Exactly Cindy, the more politicians we have the more the world will crumble down!
I love being part of this wonderful blogging community too Cindy. I have learned so much and also enjoyed seeing other people’s talents (like yours with phorography)! 🙂
Thank you Judy. It is a wonderfully talented and supportive community and I love being part of it!
Thank you for this post! So many nice comments on here as well! As you said, the world is basically at our fingertips, and we can connect with so much creativity. It is truly amazing!
Yes. Miraculous, unexpected & wonderful!
What a lovely post to begin my week. Love the photos as well. Thank you!
So happy you enjoyed my friend & cheers!
Fab photos, you have a good eye and skills to take photos like that. Take Care.
M
Thanks much & you too!
Thanks for the comment….I have a long way to go before hitting your level of skill behind the camera. That’s the great thing about photography, you can always learn something new and do until your body limits you.
Take care.
M
Opa! Grandfather? 😉 What a lovely tribute to the places you visited, Cindy! Wonderful photos as always. Welcome back home! 🙂
Thank you my friend and only the best to you! <3
Yes creativity with blogging takes a lot of courage as you are sticking your neck out there and you don’t know if you are good enough. It takes a bit to get going but in no time you feel at home. 🙂
That is so true, and every time you try something new you take a bit of a risk. I admire the courage.
Yes the courage is to be admired 🙂
Wow! Thank you Cindy! And for everything you bring to us!
Visa versa 2UX2! <3
Smiles
Definitely a bucket list destination.
No question about it! Add it and you will be glad you did.
We are heading to Ireland next week. It’s not Greece, but it is on the old bucket list!
Ireland is gorgeous. I need to spend more time there. Have a wonderful time! <3
I’m pretty stoked.
I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy your posts, as I get to take a quick reprieve from reality and experience the joys of traveling the world, no matter where I am or what I’m doing at that moment. Thanks for sharing your exciting world with us all. 💗
Virtual travel is very good for your mind, body and spirit. Glad to hear you are taking advantage of it! <3
Cindy, what a wonderful commentary on this fantastic writing community that we share ! Your words strike at the heart of all that is admirable and good about it.
The pictures that you’ve chosen are brilliant, Cuz !!! ……………………………Hugs !
I would never have met you if if weren’t for this great big virtual world! Hugs to you cuz~
Love this opals like flowers on the dancers heads.
Gorgious.
Those dancers were gorgeous!
What wonderful things to say about creativity and the world of bloggers! You inspire us all, Cindy! Your photos are always professional and take us away to far away places and to your on holler. Wasn’t Prince Philip born on Corfu? I watched the Masterpiece series “The Durrells of Corfu” and loved the setting. Your photos make it seem even more beautiful than the series. Cheers and thanks for all the times you have visited my humble posts!
How synchronistic! I read the Corfu Trilogy while I was in Greece and Corfu. This is the book the series was based on. I should watch the series too.
Glorious photos and words so sweet to hear… I love being a part of such a great community. We are the greatest and we are changing the world. Yes x much love and gratitude x barbara x
We are, and we rock! ,3
😘
Thank you Cindy and Opa! to you too!💜 It is so lovely to meet you here and your images of Corfu bring back many happy holiday memories ☺ The creativity expressed in your blog is pure magic xxx
Awwww, and I love every visit to your blog my friend~ <3
☺💖 xxx
Amazing!
Muchos gracias mi amigo!
Thank you for a lovely and considerate post!
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This is a wonderful post about appreciating bloggers!
Bloggers, like you Charles, are so deserving of appreciation! Thank you my friend, and I did see my comments finally posted on your blog, three times! There is some weird time delay going on…..
I appreciate your wonderful photos and encouraging words. Thank you for sharing. Best, Tanja
I appreciate your appreciation Tanja & cheers to you!
Such great photos – you’re very talented. 🙂
You are very nice! <3
Wow, it is nice to be appreciated! Thank you! Your photos are fantastic!!! 🙂
You deserve the appreciation. Bloggers contribute a lot to the world! <3
Thanks so much Cindy! I agree we all have something to contribute for sure! I will be visiting yours again! 🙂
Dear Cindy, These are what you have given us and much more…
I can’t thank your enough for sharing your exquisite photos and inspiring words, enabling to enjoy your beautiful world and your wonderful travel experience. I feel lucky to be your follower and humbled for your blog friendship.
Thank you for always finding time to visit my small blog posts. ~ Love, Amy
There is nothing small about your posts, or your talent, or you heart, Amy. You are a person I am very fortunate to know. Hugs to you my friend~ <3
💖 Thank you, my friend. 💕 Hugs 🙂
Beautiful thoughts and shots. 🙂
Thank you & cheers to you!
No one could have said it better, Cindy. The creativity in the blogging community is so inspiring as are your stunning photos. I too watched the Masterpiece series “The Durrells of Corfu” and loved the setting. Your photos of the lizard is absolutely amazing! What a lovely photographic tribute to your Opa.
I read The Corfu Trilogy while traveling. It is the book the series is based on, and I loved it. Amazing! You are the second person who mentioned this! Hugs to you my friend~
You make our lives richer too with your beautiful, beautiful pictures!
Awww, so wonderful to hear from you Carrie & thank you my friend~ <3
Ravishing pictures and words, Cindy. I am forever amazed by the glorious views and creatures and visual treats you so regularly give all your followers and friends. Your eye becomes our eye through which to see our beautiful world, and it’s an antidote to other aspects of other worlds which sometimes intrude on the truth and beauty around us. Thank you…
“an antidote to other aspects of other worlds which sometimes intrude on the truth and beauty around us.” You said something important here didn’t you! We need antidotes to the destructiveness of our world. Thank you Valerie. You touched my heart.
Thank you for sharing the beauty of your blogging journey.
Thank you Antionette for sharing our journey together! <3
And the same to you Cindy! Thank you for sharing your gorgeous photographs.
I am swooning over the third and seventh photos. The colours! Are both Corfu?
Alison
My husband thinks the seventh photo is Santorini, not Corfu, and he may well be right. I used two cameras on this trip and tried to label photos clearly, but inevitably mixed some up. Hugs to you Alison. We have shared our mutual world journeys together and I have loved every minute of it.
So well said, but then… you are a natural =^_^=
Thank you and so are you my dear friend!
These are amazing photos, Cindy. 🙂
Awww, you are an amazing friend Ranu!
What does *Opa* mean?
It is a celebratory expression in Greek, done at toasts and parties and happy occasions, much like cheers~
Thanks.
Lovely photos…lovely words. 🙂
Thank you & cheers to you!
My pleasure! 🙂
Thank you Cindy! 🙂
You deserve it and more! <3
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Great pictures from Greece and the wonderful words!
You are one of the wonderful bloggers I am talking about, who I have known for several years now. You are a joy my friend~ ,3
Thank you Cindy!!!
Peace, Cindy. Thank you for always sharing such gorgeous glimpses of the world.
Thank you for taking the time to appreciate them and tell me! <3
You are most welcome!
HI Cindy, I was so happy to see Corfu because I read a story about Gerald Durrell who spent some of his youth there after his father passed away.
Leslie
I read that book in Corfu. I am surprised so many people are mentioning it here! Synchronicity! <3
It was a lovely story. I read it to my granddaughter.
Leslie
Wonderful series of images, Cindy. I especially liked the ones of Corfu (reminding me of my week there in the 1970s). Such beautiful colours and quaint cobblestoned streets. The scene from the top (?) of Santorini with the sea in the background is stunning.
Thank you Vicki. Greece is just gorgeous and I am very glad you have experienced this first hand.
Wonderful photos, Cindy. The stairway is amazing and the photo of Santorini is breathtaking.
I am very happy you enjoyed them and appreciate you taking time to tell me! Cheers to you~
I have yet to see Greece, but its beauty seems to be incomparable thanks to your amazing photos. Thank you for sharing.
Lovely of you to say and most appreciated!
Amazing pictures Cindy…:-)
Honored my friend as I think you are a master photographer.
Lovely words about the world of blogging, and photos. Happy Blogging, always.
Visa versa 2UX2!
Such beautiful pics! I particularly liked the first one of Athens. And a lovely tribute to the bloggers community..Loved the post!
I am so glad and appreciate you letting me know! Cheers~
All of them Absolutely Stunning Cindy! The first that caught my attention right away was the buildings with the Wisteria! However, I could easily comment on ALL of them, but you would be reading all night long! 🙂 Wonderful !!
Ahhh, honored! Thank you so much & cheers to you~
Wonderful photos. Meaningful words with which I agree wholeheartedly And one scary as hell lizard!
Oh, I am sorry he scared you! He was cute, small and curious!
OPA❣️❣️❣️ Such a Greek deluge for us. Thank you Cindy 💛
Deluge should read delight! 😎
Thanks Val and glad you clarified!!!😉
Anonymous was me Val!
Amazing, beautiful pics. Thank you for sharing, Cindy.
Thank you more for appreciating!
Anonymous is me, sorry for the confusions!
🙂 You are so very welcome.
Wonderful post. Very well said. Thank you!
Appreciate it and thank you!
You are welcome!
Welcome back. Pics like the third one is what I love about the Mediterranean towns.
I know precisely what you mean!
Aww….Opa to you, my friend! You have mastered art of observation. I believe photography choose you for all your spectacular photographs and interesting commentaries.
ᵗʱᵃᵑᵏઽ*♡ (꒪ั̅ᴗ꒪ั̅ )ℯ*¨*• ︵ ǝʌol♡
You are a lovely friend!
Likewise <3
<3
What a lovely post. I so agree that Gavin jet so many amazing bloggers from around the world has enriched my life immensely.
It is unexpected and wonderful!
Vibrant. ☺
Gracias!
Your prose and pictures are lyrical. Opa!
Thanks much & Opa!
Griechenland wie es leibt und lebt. Grossartige Bilder, vielen Dank Cindy.
Vielen Dank mein Freund und sei gut! <3
Breathtaking!
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from Cindy Knoke
You are a kind & thoughtful person Robert.
Fantastic pictures!
So happy you enjoyed & cheers!
What you have said is 100% true 🙂 And lovely photos. Thank you.
Thank you’s flying right back at you!
You’ve posted many beautiful photos – here we have a wonderful range.
I am very pleased you enjoyed them! Thank you.
Thanks for those outstanding photos! They are also to you, as a blogger, besides all other bloggers, for posting creativity, dreams and travel in images. Keep on with the great and inspiring work!
We are an awesome community to be a part of!
Thanks for this fantastic post! Looks like a great vacation. Re blogging on http://www.greenlifebluewayer.wordpress.com.😘
Very much appreciated your kind thoughtfulness!
Reblogged this on Green Life Blue Water and commented:
Can bloggers be an alternative news source for creativity, love ❤️ and positivity? According to Cindy, yes we can!
Lovely post with photos from my favorite place on the globe. 🌎
You bet we can and do!!! Thank you so much & cheers to you~ <3
Back at you, Cindy. 😍
Likewise, dear Cindy <3
<3
Very well said, and well photographed as usual. I visited Santorini all too briefly ages ago. It’s a place I’d like to sit, read (blogs), and contemplate existence sometime.
That is an excellent plan! <3
Just when I was feeling down I saw this post and immediately my sense of joy came flooding back – all gloom gone! Thank you so much Cindy! Gorgeous Photos and the sentiment about bloggers is awesome! Karen 🙂
Awww, you comment just cheered me up! Hugs to you~ <3
Ditto, Cindy!! Hugs to you too for your uplifting and beautiful art photography! Karen 🙂
An amazing thoughtful and brilliant post Cindy – love it to bits, even more than the DDs (I think!) Opa!
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I simply had to share this brilliant post by an amazing blogger and more importantly a wonderful person – Cindy. I am a huge fan of her photographs, captions, views, thoughts, kindness, generosity…
Cindy I couldnt resist – I stole your post and reblogged it on mine 😀 My first ever blog steal 😉
You are lovely! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and for your wonderful friendship. Bloggers Rock!
Oh yeah 😀
Thank you so much for this post, Cindy! I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog and the pictures are awesome!
Makes me happy I posted. Cheers to you!
Delightful post all around, Cindy! It’s so amazing to be connected to so many wonderful, talented bloggers — and to see bits of the world through their eyes. I need to visit Greece now, ha!
You do need to visit Greece! It is so unique. And I agree, bloggers are the BEST!
I love getting to know other blogger’s stories and see their wonderful images. Your photographs always brighten my day, Cindy!
Makes me happy I post them! Hugs~
It’s a beautiful thing to share the happiness! xxxxx
<3
“This individual blogging courage and creativity results in a blogsphere replete with fascinating, absorbing and intriguing blog posts, that offer an improved alternative reading and viewing experience, that is a refreshing alternative to mass media.”- this reminds me why we are blogging at the first place.Thanks a lot!
We actually perform a very important function. I understand that newspapers and magazines have falling readership problems because so many people are reading blogs. Editors and mass media writers read our blogs to get ideas for stories.
This place, this electronic world, it’s like being on a big ship travelling all over with “persons of interest” in the detective story of life, unearthing all sorts of mysteries, solving the problems of stability vs adventure, education vs learning, providing for the future vs living in the moment, the passing of time vs experience preserved and then shared. It is tempting to trade the real world for this one. I’m resisting, as Wallace Stevens said about poetry and the intellect, “almost successfully.”
These photographs are treasures, Cindy. Thank you for your very good work, including the compact explanations and insightful commentary.
What a heartfelt, beautifully written piece. Thank you so much for sending it to me. You touched my <3
It’s a gorgeous truth in words that accompanies your wonderful photos you are sharing!
Thank you for being a blogging pal of mine!
You are an awesome blogging pal! <3
There should be an emoji for awesome blogging pal! As there is not, In lieu, this is for you. :star: <3 :star:
Hugs to you Resa~
A splendid post! Opa!
Opa to you! <3
I heartily concur. And the same back to you. As for the beautiful shots, thanks a lot, now there’s yet another place I have to go. (Ok, I’ve been to Corfu, but that was ages ago.)
It hasn’t changed much but that is good! I hope you go~
Cheers to you too, Cindy, for sharing your wonderful blog with us, and for the support you give to other bloggers!
Bloggers are my besties! <3
Stunning photos with an important and uplifting message for and to bloggers! Hope we get to meet in person some day 🙂
We’re talking about a California bloggers get together! It would be wonderful~
I’m THERE!!!
<3 <3
Absolutely amazing photos, Cindy! I always look forward to your beautiful posts, my friend! 😀
You are a lovely friend Linda~ <3
Opa! Cindy, what a beautiful post! Fabulous photographs, it looks heavenly.
I love bloggers! Thank you <3
It is so beautifully colourful over there. I think I will have to get out my paint brush and give London a new coat. 😀
I am so sorry I missed this comment Graham. London needs no improvement, as you well know. It is a magical place, that I have visited so many times over my life. It doesn’t need color. It’s London! <3
Nice of you to say so but you still can’t have clearance for landing by broom. Nice try but Mary Poppins has the franchise. 😀 😀 😀
No prob. Hermoine lent me hers:
https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/10022/1-1/harry-potter-broomstick.jpg
Something to potter about in ? 😀
I’ll watch out for the sparks and grooves in the runway. 😀
laughing…….
Thank you Cindy. What a totally inspiring blog post. I’m glad you had such a wonderful vacation and shared it with us in these priceless pictures.
Awww, you are very kind, and I get so much more from bloggers than I am able to give~ <3
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A beautiful expression of the value of blogging.
Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness Margaret and for being an important part of the community! <3
I like that ☺
THank you!
Follow me if you like my blog ☺
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Thanks, Cindy. Beautiful pictures.
You are a lovely friend~
What a beautiful post to wake up to !!! Will look at this many times !!!
I’ll treasure it always !!!
Hugs from Ronee
Your kind comment made my <3 smile. Have a blessed week Ronnee!
Lovely! And that wisteria is a beaut.
It grows all over Europe and I love it too!
Great shots Cindy!
Thanks and hope the sun is shining on you my friend!
Lovely post, Cindy! I am a big fan of the white buildings so typical for the Greek islands – and Corfu is really beautiful through your lens <3
It makes for strikingly unique vistas I agree!
And I admire and respect you and your dedication to bringing a touch of beauty to our lives.
You are such a lovely friend. <3
Cindy!!!!!! Are you ever at home? Or you are constantly moving is my guess. By the way you did say something about blogging being courageous, I agree….. What am I gonna say that I don’t agree and make you mad, no mam.
Also another by the way, since through your blog I have visited pretty much every country in the world what is next? You’re gonna have to take me with you, and yes I will take the pictures no worries.
You are awesome Charly and you are wonderful to travel with too! We never argue! 😉 😉 I have actually been home at The Holler for two months now. These photos are from my last trip. If all goes according to plan, we leave next to travel far up into the northern arctic on a small ice breaker looking for polar bears and other critters. We will be traveling around Iceland, Greenland and Norway.
And actually that does sound quite exciting, would love to be there, in all those places you have been. But good news, I can travel through your blog. Have a great trip, and do not get to near those white polar bears.
I will hopefully post a photo of a big-grinning-polar-bear who I will name Charly~
No polar bear, just a little bulldog
A big Ola! back to you Cindy – your blogging contribution is a wonderfully inspiring addition to this marvellous community. Cheers to you! 🙂 x
Thank you dear one and have a wonderful weekend! <3
Oh, so beautiful, wonderful photos and words. xxx
Merci beaucoup mon ami! <3
De rein mon ami. xxx
<3
Awesome post Cindy– and so true. I’m thankful to be our blog-buddy! And– love love these colorful photos!! Would love to see more… xo
You are an awesome blogging buddy Rhonda and I am cooking your food! It’s wonderful~ <3
You’re so kind Cindy. xo
<3 <3
What a beautiful post in every sense of the word Cindy. I agree with you so much. Blogging has totally changed my life, given me such confidence and made me a much happier person. Long may it continue. 🙂 x
Isn’t it wonderful! People making deep connections across continents, countries, and all sorts of artificial divides. I love my blogging friends, like you Marje! <3
Ah, thank you Cindy, how sweet you. Yes, love it and you too! 🙂 x
<3
Thank you for this wonderful post, Cindy. You inspire me as well, as the kindest blogger I have ‘met’, and as an incredibly talented photographer with photos that are frequently not only beautiful but touching and captivating as well. Cheers to you, my friend!
Awww, you just sincerely touched my <3 Halim. You are a joy to know and it is wonderful to hear from you my friend.
Oh my goodness! What beautiful photos – they are so good and the subjects so beautiful that they don’t look real. The captions are equally good.
You are lovely to say so and I very much appreciate your thoughtfulness. Hugs to you and have a wonderful weekend! <3
You are fabulous. <3 Beautiful and heartfelt post. I love your pictures…especially the wee lizard. 🙂
You love the lizard! This is why we get along so well! You are a light in my life. Hugs to you~ <3
Beautiful, beautiful photos. I should go to Greece some time.
Thank you very much & I hope you do!
🙂 Stunning photos, lovely words, Cindy.
Merci beaucoup mon ami! <3
🙂
And Cheers to you, Cindy, especially for your consistency in posting! Your photos of Greece are spectacular, thank you for sharing them with us! 😍
Thank you more for appreciating them! <3
Beautiful clear and fresh…lovely white and blue ~ smiles hedy
Smiles back to you Hedy & cheers too! <3
Beautiful – the colors are amazing!
Gorgeous Greece with all that Adriatic blue sea!
We really like this post!
That makes me happy! Thanks for letting me know~
Lovely shots, Cindy! And inspiring words. My feelings about our blogging community mirror yours! I am always inspired and grateful by our creative sharing of ideas, images…..
Yes. It is so wonderful to see people sharing and caring, and behaving like people are supposed to, which is considerate and compassionate towards each other. I love being part of this community.
What lovely thoughts Cindy, thanks for your appreciative and encouraging comments.
Thank you just as much for yours!
Such gracious and beautiful photos and message, Cindy. <3
All because my lovely blogging friends, like you, deserve it! <3
What a wonderful post to honor the friendships we make here!! I am so grateful to have a connection with you and I thank you for the beauty you always show us…that comes from your heart. May the light shine on you always, Cindy <3
Ahhhhh, the same to you dear Lorrie! <3
A lovely post to start my week. I agree – blogging has opened the doors to new friends, amazing adventures, and new learning. Thank you for your generous spirit. Many hugs coming your way.
You are a very special blogging friend Rebecca. Hugs to you always!
This is a really lovely posting and I really enjoyed seeing the photos – and how nice that you had the lizard in there, too!
I am so glad you like the lizard! I thought he was very curious and very cute!
Cindy, I agree: I think the willingness of bloggers to put their creativity out in the universe, consistently, in a blog, is a huge act of individual human courage.
And we meet all sorts of people, who may be like-minded in that they value communication and respect for others, but still have very different experiences, perspectives, and talents.
I’ve heard blogging is dying but it’s the most vibrant part of the internet for me.
Yes. I agree with you entirely and no way blogging is dying, it is becoming more and more a primary source of information and online enjoyment for people, which is wonderful.
Opa back atcher! 🇬🇷
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beautiful photographs- love the blue of the jacaranda climbing to the balcony
Jacarandas and old European cities are a gorgeous combination. I am glad you enjoyed!
Thank you Cindy. We all feel same way. Very touching.
Thank you Akeem & cheers to you!
You’re welcome.
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The blogging community is rather wonderful, isn’t it? Lovely photos and first on my travel to-do list thanks to you and the lovely photos of others. 😀
Yes, bloggers rock & so do you!
Aw thanks Cindy. A most beautiful offering. 🙂 x
You deserve it! <3
Aw thanks. <3
We love quiet, charming, simple, and walkable towns like these. They feel very relaxing and scenic. We would definitely enjoy a cup of latte in that street cafe. 🙂
Away from the madding crowds…..It is what I love too!
I loved this Greek post with so many interesting features! I have a Greek restaurant across the street from me, the melted cheese slowly warming into a flame using the liquor to enhance the flames and flavor. They say, “Opa!” When the cheese spread is caught on fire! It is really a treat when you dip pita bread cut into triangles.
The whole set of pictures is impressive! My favorites are the diner in the alley and the arch displaying a golden wall with decorated in color church. xo
Cindy, have a beautiful summer, dear one! xo 🌞💮
I want to eat at your restaurant! That sounds amazing Robin. Thank you for your great eye for detail and the careful way you looked at the photos. You are a wonderful friend~ <3
Wonderful photos, thank you for sharing them and for your thoughts about blogging
I love bloggers, like you! <3
What a warm and embracing tribute, Cindy, thank you so much. You articulate well the joys of blogging, while providing stunning photos and art to us. My heartfelt thanks to you and your many beautiful posts, always an inspiration.
Visa versa 2UX2! I feel just the same about you my friend. Have a wonderful weekend and thank you! <3
Thank you, Cindy, for your lovely words. It warms my heart to be part of such a wonderful community of creative humans.
We are blessed! <3
There’s a great incentive to get my creative head together and come up with something to post! Very inspirational 🙂 Still banging head against brick wall trying to find something to post…it’s getting a bit out of hand now lol no one can have bloggers block for this long!! I’m working on something….creative it maybe…but in the recycling bin it maybe going too!! Either way, this lovely post will shove me in the right direction 🙂
Oh I sympathize. Your posts are so very creative, and detailed, and would require much creative inspiration and talent to create. Don’t push yourself. We are here when you are ready. <3
Such an inspired way to describe this tiresome affliction! lol 😀
Oh, you just made me laugh! 🤣
What a beautiful place is Greece.
Yes. It is quite unique.
Love all the colour in Greece, the sunshine certainly brightens everything up. Beautiful photos.
It is hard to be the sun, sea and colors of Greece. Cheers to you Charlotte and thanks for stopping by~
My first two days off in a long time 😀 yay but the weathers not great in Glasgow, although I did go out yesterday and I’ve an afternoon party today hope the rain stays away ☔️ – you really did capture that and made me wish I was there whilst sat in the cloud ☁️ and grey
Hope the sun shines on you soon Charlotte in gorgeous Scotland. Enjoy a fire and the party and the time off! Hugs to you my friend~ 💐
gorgeous pix!
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I feel like a corfu lizard looking at all this beauty, reading your thoughts. I’m barely moving except for my eyes, drinking in the color. I love your flowers asking us to remember to appreciate the beauty around us, the refugee ducks in Germany, the gratitude to the blogging world. I’m so glad you stopped my blog and let me pop over and catch up on your travels. Santorini looks blinding. A rock concert for the eyes. It might be worth going blind to see it one day.
You understand the watchful, quiet lizard! He is an observer who watches and sees, like you and I. This is why we connect so well my friend. We understand each other. Hugs to you and gratitude for your friendship! 🦎
I do understand, and I’m grateful to catch a glimpse of the world through your filter for making the ordinary extraordinary.
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Yeah,opa!!!Your Greek is better than mine …..Gorgeous post,compelling your shots as always,dear Cindy 🙂
I wish! My Greek is non-existent! Such a beautiful country and amazing culture.
A blanket thankyou,dear Cindy!Glad you enjoyed your visit to Greece,my friend.We’re really honoured when we get visitors like you 🙂
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