Visible Monday - summer skirt.

Hurrah,  summer has arrived at last and I can saunter about in a t-shirt and cotton skirt. A friend who is a whizz with a needle and thread made this skirt for me. I got to choose the cotton from her stock of Kaffe Fasset fabrics.

It is a riot of all my favourite colours, pink, purple, black and turquoise, so it goes with tops and shoes that I've had for ages. The waist is elastic and there are two generous pockets. What's not to like!

The purple suede shoes were also made for me, about thirty years ago. I wear them a lot but even so they are still going strong. Sadly the shoemaker has long since shut up shop.

Joining Patti's Visible Monday at not dead yet style.

Lindos

Busloads of tourists pour into Lindos every day and walk through the narrow streets to visit the acropolis perched dramatically on the cliff overlooking the town and the sea. We caught the local bus in the morning, hoping to beat the crowds, but the coach park was already heaving. Access to the town is restricted to traffic so everyone parks on the hill and walks down into the maze of little streets.

The main streets are crowded and full of the usual tourist tat, but, happily, this is where most people stay, leaving the side streets a quiet place to wander. It's a pretty town. 

Hohlaki, decorative pebble mosaics, are an architectural feature of the town. The most impressive example is the floor of the Byzantine church of Panagia. The interior of the church is wonderful, the walls covered with frescoes. No photography was allowed, and although many people ignored this I kept my camera in my pocket and only took a photo once out in the little courtyard. 

Hohlaki details were everywhere.

I noticed that in some places there was a bit of cheating and instead of black pebbles someone had set to work with a pot of black paint and a brush!

The route up to the acropolis is steep.

Yes, we're going up there!

Many tourists take the easy option and travel by donkey.

We could hear gentle strains of music and turned a corner to discover the musician had found a patch of shade in which to sit and play.

36 degrees. Time for us to climb back up to the bus stop and head for our hotel and the beach!

Visible Monday. Holiday clothes.

I've got a box under the bed that holds my holiday clothes; flight socks, beach shoes, bikinis, beach wraps and tops, all items that have no use in my daily life at home. It means that my holiday clothing is pretty repetitive and lasts for years. (Not the bikinis, they never seem to last for long, the fabric  gives up the ghost after a couple of seasons.)  Last week we left a cold, wet England for a burst of sunshine in Rhodes. I love the colour purple, so on it all goes for my holidays! A Gap dress, skinny M&S cardi and cotton fair trade sunhat.

Purple wrap and bikini when heading down to the beach.

At home I only ever wear shorts for working in the garden, beaten-up old navy or denim ones, so these white M&S ones come from the under bed box, along with the white fair trade cotton hat.

I usually wear this linen top with white pants, but, phew, it was hot, so I wore it on its own.

We were staying near to Lindos and caught the bus into town to have a wander around. All covered up so that I could go into the lovely church. I've just calculated that these light cotton trousers must be over thirty years old!

 

The only items that I packed that I wear regularly at home were a couple of dresses from Hobbs, very simple , go anywhere dresses in poly-cotton that come out of the case looking uncrushed.

Joining up with Patti at not dead yet style 

who knows all about dressing for hot weather!