A few more photographs taken during the freak blizzard that hit Greece last week. The pictures were taken in low-light conditions because I was worried that if I waited for the strong Greek sun to come out then all of the snow would melt. Then I would have missed the opportunity to photograph the snow-covered plants. There was not much that can be done to brighten them in photoshop. So they’re not my best flower photographs to date.
The sudden snowstorm caught my garden by surprise. Luckily the snow melted the next day when the sun came out because aloe veras, cacti, and citrus trees cannot deal with frost.
With the broom to brush off the snow on the plants in one hand and the camera in the other, I am a great multi-tasker!
A few photographs of the worst snowfall I have ever seen in Athens! The historical and very rare snowstorm named ‘Elpis’ (Hope!) ravaged parts of Greece that were not accustomed to this kind of weather. There was certainly no hope for the drivers whose cars got stuck on the road.
The drivers had no choice but to leave their vehicles on the side of the road and to walk to their homes. Also, there was no hope for the drivers on the highway that were stuck for over 5 hours. Some remainded until the morning! The army had to come in to assist in the situation. Yikes! How embarrassing!
It just goes to show how powerless humans against mother nature’s wrath.
From the extreme heat in the summer to the extreme cold this winter the climate is very much bonkers! Having been accustomed to the cold as I grew up in Canada, I do prefer the cold to the heat here in Greece, but only when I am inside 😉
Μερικές φωτογραφίες από τη ΧΕΙΡΟΤΕΡΗ χιονόπτωση που έχω δει ποτέ στην Αθήνα! Η ιστορική και πολύ σπάνια χιονοθύελλα με το όνομα «Ελπίς» κατέστρεψε μέρη της Ελλάδας που δεν ήταν συνηθισμένα σε αυτό το είδος καιρού. Σίγουρα δεν υπήρχε ελπίδα για τους οδηγούς των οποίων τα αυτοκίνητα κόλλησαν στο δρόμο.
Οι οδηγοί δεν είχαν άλλη επιλογή από το να αφήσουν τα οχήματά τους στην άκρη του δρόμου και να περπατήσουν μέχρι τα σπίτια τους. Επίσης, δεν υπήρχε ‘ελπίδα’ για τους οδηγούς στην Αττικη Οδο που έμειναν καθηλωμένοι για πάνω από 5 ώρες. Κάποιοι έμειναν μέχρι το πρωί! Έπρεπε να μπει ο στρατός για να βοηθήσει στην κατάσταση!
Απλώς δείχνει πόσο ανίσχυροι είναι οι άνθρωποι ενάντια στην οργή της μητέρας φύσης.
Από την υπερβολική ζέστη του περασμένου καλοκαιριού μέχρι το ακραίο κρύο του φετινού χειμώνα, το κλίμα έχει τρελαθεί! Προτιμώ το κρύο από τη ζέστη εδώ στην Ελλάδα, αλλά μόνο όταν είμαι μέσα 😉
A view of Athens from a shop downtown.
Η θέα της Αθήνας από ένα μαγαζί στο κέντρο της πόλης.
An interesting contrast between classical building and some modern ones.
Μια ενδιαφέρουσα αντίθεση μεταξύ του κλασικού κτιρίου και ορισμένων σύγχρονων.
I like to point to camera up sometimes.
“Every cloud has a silver lining.”-John Milson
“I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.”
― W.B. Yeats
Happy New Year to everyone! Wishing everyone health, happiness and prosperity in 2022!
“Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.” ― Homer, The Iliad
“Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.” ― Herodotus, The Histories
Amen, Amen.
Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”-Norman Vincent Peale
Snow has fallen on the mountains and I don’t dare go outside. I’ll get blown away by powerful gusts of wind. Winter has indeed arrived here in Greece. And baby it’s cold outside brrrrr.
I prefer this coloured photo than black and white because I love the vibrancy of the red.
This is my last illustration on the subject of ‘internalized misogyny’.
For many years whilst being the co-pilot in other peoples’ cars I have heard many male and female drivers say ‘uggh female driver!’. So I assumed that women must indeed be terrible drivers. Years later after I decided to draw this I did a little research and surprise, surpise according to statistics women are not so bad after all!
First a very sad fact.: Car accidents are the thrid cause of deaths in the world after heart attacks/disease and cancer. Most of the people that pass away are under the age of 34.
According to the W.H.O ‘From a young age, males are more likely to be involved in road traffic crashes than females. About three quarters (73%) of all road traffic deaths occur among young males under the age of 25 years who are almost 3 times as likely to be killed in a road traffic crash as young females.’
According to American statistics: “80% of all car crashes involve male drivers.”
Also, ‘Men are more likely to drive greater distances than women and are more likely to engage in dangerous behavior while behind the wheel, such as drunk driving, distracted driving, and failing to use seat belts.’
Another statistic from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. says that: “Men made up 71%of car accident fatalities over one year, while women only accounted for 29%.-Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The Greek statistics from the University of Piraeus came to the same conclusion. In Greece from 2000-2009 from the 10.439 deaths only 596 of them were women. ‘This is a huge difference in the role of the driver according to their gender.’
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries
