We are visiting the ruins of Salamis, an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus. It’s a perfect spring day. There are yellow wildflowers everywhere and, in particular, yellow daisies.
We see a young woman making a crown of daisies. A little further away, her husband is playing with their two sons.
I ask if I can take a photo and she immediately poses.
After spending quite some time among the different ruins, we start walking back towards the entrance. We see the young woman again. This time she’s wearing the crown of daisies. She waves at us. I hesitate to take a photo but don’t want to intrude.
As we are walking away, her husband calls out in English. We stop and the young woman comes forward and gives me the crown of daisies.
It’s too late to take a photo of her and it would seem rude if I refused the crown so I smile and thank her.
A little further on, I ask Jean Michel to take a photo of me with the crown, but I really would have preferred to take one of the young woman. I have neither the look nor the age to be wearing such a traditional object.
But what a kind gesture on her part. I feel part of the Cyprus spring.
You look lovely wearing the crown. A simple, friendly gesture that you will remember for a long time to come.
Thank you, Catherine. It was certainly a lovely gesture.
After your cold winter, your spirits must be soaring with the beauty of this spring day, amidst these amazing ruins.
Such a beautiful gesture from this young woman. I love how you have used the crown to frame the scene before you.
It is just so wonderful to wake up to blue skies every day!
The wild flowers are everywhere.
However, the internet isn’t always wonderful in Cyprus …. plus I’m having a spam problem on both blogs.
I thought something was wrong on LoireDailyPhoto. Hope it isn’t too difficult to sort.
How beautiful! You had a wonderful idea to visit Cyprus in spring. I’m sure the sites weren’t too crowded and the heat wasn’t too bad. You look really pretty with that crown of daisies on your head. I hope to make it there someday too.
You’re perfectly right. The sites aren’t crowded at all and the weather is perfect. We’ve been discussing our cycling holiday in June and Romania looks like our best bet (but we’re getting electrically-assisted bikes first for the hills).
I like the place. Cyprus is so beautiful with many beautiful wildflowers! Great photos!