Wild Flowers of the Peloponesse

I recently spent some time wandering around the mountains of Messinia, Greece.

It was spring, not too hot to walk (don't try it in July or August!) and the sun had not, yet, turned the place into desert.

So I took advantage of the fact that most of the wild flowers were still flourishing.

I hope that you like the photos that I came back with.

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The flower of the prickly pear Poppies by a discarded net
My personal favourite Nature reclaims an abandoned village house
The biggest bumble bee you will ever see! A butterfly gets the last few drops of nectar from a dying flower