Showing posts with label fishing boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fishing boats. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Adieu Malta

Windows and balconies
Traditionally painted fishing boats in the bay at Marsaxlokk

Door and wall furniture
Above this door is the distinctive ecclesiastical hat of a Roman Catholic cleric. The hat is called a galero and was originally worn when on pilgrimage. The galero is ornamented with tassels called houppes which shows the cleric's current rank in the hierarchy - the Arms shown here with ten dark green tassels on each side of the hat indicates an archbishop
What's in a Maltese garden?

The first pink blossom tree is Cercis siliquastrum - judas tree - mine will not be in flower until June
The gold trumpet is Solandra grandiflora - golden chalice vine
"Who'd be a statue? - just look at what I have to contend with"


Queen Victoria
and Churchill  
Clever trompe l'oeil in Mellieħa created on five steps adjoining a wall - I didn't photograph it at the correct angle so the cat has a strange snout!