Germany issued a series of four stamps in 2006 each stamp depicting one of the seasons
AUTUMN
On Sunday we went out to see if we could find any autumn colour. It is years since we visited the small church of Analypsis on the Onia mountain.
At the spring near the church there was a small plane tree which was hardly changing colour yet. A couple of recently fallen leaves looked pretty.
We were pleasantly surprised to see four horsemen resting near the spring then setting off up a trail.
The breathtaking views from the church were of the Gulf of Corinth and Corinth with its, temporarily resident, cruise ship in the port.
The pine trees, luckily having escaped the fires which occurred nearby this summer, were very green.
Lower down the hill there was more evidence of autumn, drying leaves on grape vines, almond trees turning colour, some lichen on a dead tree and an acorn on a bush of Kermes oak
Nothing like the autumn scene depicted on the stamp.
To read about THE GARDEN IN AUTUMN by Jenny Bussey go to
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 6 Autumn 1996