Earthy Spirit

Tag: plants

  • Ancient Trees-the oldest organisms on Earth

    Trees are among the oldest living organisms on Earth; some standing for more than five thousand years. Rising during the late Neolithic period, alongside humanity’s earliest civilisations, with the invention of writing, and the first metal tools and bronze weapons. Their first leaves unfurled from pods, cones, seeds, winged seeds, hard-shelled nuts, fruits, and spiny…

  • Spili village by the old river mill

    Spring has finally arrived on the island of Crete. Despite the lingering chill of the air, the cloudy skies, and the occasional downpour, the season brings a sense of renewal. Flowers unfurl their delicate petals, birds sing sweet melodies through the branches, crows croak from distant fields, sunlight gently filters through the trees, and bees…