I spent a couple of hours in Grimalda today and took my Wednsdey Walk there.
Grimalda is a very small village, with only a handful of houses, two churches, and a cemetery, on the top of one of the many hills in the central part of Istra.
I parked near the cemetery on the outskirts of Grimalda. In this photograph, you can see the small church of St. George surrounded by graves and tombstones. The church dates from the 13th century.
I took this photograph while walking along the path in between the graveyard's wall and the first houses of the village. There was plenty of lavender in front of the houses, and beautiful butterflies were flying around the highly fragrant flowers. The butterfly in the foreground of this picture is the Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius).
I passed through the center of the village and stopped by the wall with a great view of the surrounding landscape. Flower pots on the wall were a nice addition to the larger picture.
Here you can take a look at one of the neighboring villages. Can't tell you which one exactly.
Here I zoomed in on another stretch of the landscape around Grimalda.
This is a portrait of yet another flower pot found on the same wall.
All the houses in Grimalda are old and pretty photogenic, but this time, the one in this photograph, caught my attention the most.
Details like these three windows with rustic wooden blinds painted in blue were a joy to photograph.
I found a couple of cool and unexpected details near the strange small balcony that looks like some kind of jumping platform.
The basket for the basketball looks pretty new. Don't remember seeing the thing on my last year's visit to Grimalda.
I took one more photograph from a distance and then walked to the house.
From its backyard, I could see a fragment of the lake Brtonigla down in the valley.
Oleander shrubs were growing in front of one of the neighboring houses. I didn't photograph the house, only the shiny beetles that were feeding on the plants in bloom.
These are the Green rose chafers (Cetonia aurata)
I continued my walk downhill, towards the opposite edge of the village ...
... passed by this small roadside shrine ...
... and photographed another butterfly in front of the last house on that side of Grimalda.
This is the Papilio machaon ...
... commonly known as the Common yellow Swallowtail.
On the way back to the car, I stop to photograph another fragment of the landscape.
Here you can see the olive orchards surrounded by pine trees.
The last two photographs of this post were taken very close to my parked car, just across the narrow country lane that ends in the center of Grimalda.
You can see the small fruits of the Carpinus orientalis in these closing shots.
AND THAT'S IT. AS ALWAYS IN THESE POSTS ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK - THE END.