The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece.
The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
As you say "in the former, they are delicious; in the latter, they are beautiful". It's up to us to choose before at the very end are neither delicious or beautiful.
Something very similar is growing in my back jungle. But I was told they are like wild artichokes. The neighbor harvested some leaves (before the top part came). He said in Israel only the Moroccan Jews know how to cook it, and they call it charshoof. They do have pretty flowers, eh?
Lovely, interesting and contrasting photos. I saw artichokes (as in first photo) growing when I visited my daugher in Iraklion 15 years ago, but had never seen them in bloom. They make beautiful flowers.
As you say "in the former, they are delicious; in the latter, they are beautiful". It's up to us to choose before at the very end are neither delicious or beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know artichokes were so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSomething very similar is growing in my back jungle. But I was told they are like wild artichokes. The neighbor harvested some leaves (before the top part came). He said in Israel only the Moroccan Jews know how to cook it, and they call it charshoof.
ReplyDeleteThey do have pretty flowers, eh?
Lovely, interesting and contrasting photos. I saw artichokes (as in first photo) growing when I visited my daugher in Iraklion 15 years ago, but had never seen them in bloom. They make beautiful flowers.
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