My Guardian Angel-Ο Φυλακας Αγγελος Μου
My Second Guardian Angel- Ο Δευτερος Φυλακας Αγγελος Μου
Twisted Street Tree-Στριμμενο Δεντρο Του Δρομου By: Angela Zafiris
These were some of my Athens street photos. I want to take more this week, but, according to the weatherman, the weather will not be in my favour this week… 😦
This is my latest collage titled “The Hills Have Eyes”. Although I have not seen the movie, I thought that it was a fitting title for my collage.
My collage is titled ‘A Hard Battle’ and it was inspired by the quote; “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”. The quote was taken from the Greek philosopher Plato.
By Angela Zafiris
By Angela Zafiris
What a disappointment! My ‘supermoon’ had been blocked by rainy clouds. My plan to take a photograph of the moon was almost aborted when a few hours later the clouds dispersed. The whole sky did not clear but I did get some photos of the full moon.
It is a rare moon because the last time the moon was that big it was in March 1993-18 years ago. I don’t remember where I was or if I was aware of its appearance then. I was about thirteen years old, so I was probably busy doing my homework 😉
The next time we will see it will be in 2029. Some people are frightful of full moons. They believe that they cause catastrophes such as earthquakes and tsunamis. It is odd that only a few days ago Japan was hit with a massive earthquake and tsunami. Today, the day of the ‘supermoon’s’ appearance, we are hearing of an upcoming war in Libya. Whether the full moon is to blame for people becoming more impatient, aggressive and war mongering is open to discussion. Astrologers are claiming that this moon will bring more catastrophes in the upcoming days. The only thing we can do then is to be cautious. We can’t say we were not warned.
It’s the second week of March and the cold still lingers in Athens. One night, the winds howled so furiously that I was kept awake throughout the night. The next day in the late afternoon it snowed! By the time the layers of snowflakes rested on the green plants in my backyard it was already night fall. I hoped to take a nice photo with the sun shining on the snow, but it got too dark outside. By the next afternoon the snow had completely melted. I was lucky enough to get at least one shot of the snow flakes on a rosemary shrub.
The flowers that have blossomed on my plum tree are telling me that spring is almost here, but the new season does not brings any joy. How do we now welcome Spring after a long harsh winter? Do we forget the deaths caused by the winter storms in the U.S and Europe? What about the winter flooding in Brazil, Australia and Pakistan that caused deaths and left many people homeless. And how can we forget the catastrophic earthquake in New Zealand and now the Biblical catastrophe in Japan? Would we be delusional be so welcoming of the new season when another catastrophe might be looming around the corner?
It has been prophesied in the Bible and other texts that events like these would happen. People don’t want to believe in the prophecies. They want to believe that they are Gods ruling the earth. But, clearly we do not rule the earth. It can all end with a tidal wave, an earthquake or a fire. Atlantis, according to Plato, was destroyed in one day by floods. It was a technologically advanced island, but the inhabitants had become greedy and arrogant.
Sound familiar?
Many people don’t believe that there was such a place, they see Atlantis as just a myth. But, as with many myths there is an underlying moral lesson. It is a ‘myth’ that warns future civilizations about the consequences of abusing power.
We have not adhered to the warning and now all we can do is prepare. Prepare for the worst. So, grab and hold on to the tallest tree. Oh but there aren’t any-they have been burnt down. Well then, grab on to the traffic, and telephone poles when the floods come.
“One kind word can warm three winter months“. ~Japanese Proverb
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