The airport in Split is where we landed. It's small and easy to navigate, UNLIKE Heathrow which was a nightmare! The highways are wide open and the speed limit is about 90 mph, which is a little hard to get used to! On the way between Split and Posidarjje, our host, Miro, stopped so we could get our first glimpse of the dramatic coastline.
Once we arrived in Posidarjje, there was no shortage of things to see in this small village on the Dalmatian Coast. Posidarjje is a village of about 1800 people and it's on an inlet of the Adriatic. We stayed in a pension owned by our Croatian-American friends, Miro and Ana. Ours was the lower balcony. In the right hand corner of the photo is a wood-fired grill which makes anything cooked on it taste marvelous.
Ana's gardens are beautiful and her front entrance is magnificent! Aside from hydrangeas, there are olives, figs, and a grape arbor that serves as the carport for their vehicles. Rosemary and bay leaf thrive everywhere. There are quince/ apples and pomegranate as well.
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Ana's front yard garden |
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Sunflowers thrive |
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Olive trees grace the yard as well
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The drama of the Adriatic was in the views from the back of the house, our balcony and down at Ana & Miro's beach:
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Sunrise |
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Mid-day |
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Mid-day in the other direction, after the thunderstorms. |
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The view from the dock overlooking the beach |
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Miro's boat |
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A view in the westerly direction from the dock |
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The dock |
So I set up my painting gear on our balcony since the weather was sunny and dry except for one afternoon of thunderstorms...much needed by the olive and fig trees. What's not to love about this place for an artist?!
Again, thanks to Bivenne Staiger, my watercolor teacher, for getting me up to speed in this new medium. It was going to be too complicated to travel with my usual array of oil paints. Here's the link to Bivenne's website:
Bivenne Harvey Staiger
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Watercolor study for the large oil painting I'm doing for Miro & Ana's Connecticut home |
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Hanging out at the beach and dock on a lazy afternoon |
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The local lizard - lots of them and all harmless...this one on the stairs to the beach. |
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Ana's quince/apples |
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Pomegranates |