The sunny morning after the rare snowstorm in Athens was a great opportunity to capture a few shots.
Η ηλιόλφανεια το πρωί μετά τη σπάνια χιονοθύελλα στην Αθήνα ήταν μια μεγάλη ευκαιρία για να τραβήξω μερικες φωτωγραφιες.
Photography
Snow Capped Mountains/Χιονισμενα Βουνα
The new year brought a new winter storm named ‘Telemachos’ (named after a character in Greek mythology) to Greece. It snowed in the Attiki region of Greece for the first time in years. The rest of Greece is worse than Canada-yikes! I wanted to make it up those mountains take some pictures, but the traffic is insane.
More ‘icy’ photos to come.
Ο Τηλεμαχος ηρθε και παγωσαμε!
Πιο ‘παγωμενες’ φωτογραφιες συντομα.
Happy 2019!/ Ευτυχισμένο το 2019
Happy New Year! May the new year bless everyone with love, good health, and prosperity.
It was a very rainy and windy New years eve here in Athens, but the weather didn’t stop the beautiful fireworks display from happening all over the city.
I am very glad to let 2018 go as it was a very challenging year for, not only myself, but for the whole world. I am so thankful for this blog as it has helped me remain motivated and focused on my creative pursuits. Thank goodness for creativity!
The world can seem so dark,and life can be such a disappointment sometimes; people can be so cruel, but the beauty of art and nature balances it all out.
Stay strong no matter what the new year may bring. 🙂
Roses in the Winter/Τριαντάφυλλα το Χειμώνα
Be strong and resilient like a rose in the winter..
Να είστε ισχυροί και ανθεκτικοί σαν τριαντάφυλλο το χειμώνα ..
Crimson Sky/Κοκκινος Ουρανος
The red sky of this past November..
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning: Red sky at night, sailors delight.
The sky was red at night, so I guess the sailors were delighted 🙂
Pink Chrysanthemums/Ροζ Χρυσανθεμο
Can you spot the hanging spider?
Groovy!
Some beautiful Pink flowers still in bloom in December. And a little psychedelic photo of a the flower in the second photo.
Beautiful Sunset/Ομορφο Ηλιοβασίλεμα
The sun sets once again
Gratefulness and appreciation pour out from the soul
Fear and disappointment are concealed
As fires burn in the west
And snow falls in the east
A Life comes to an end
And a new one begins.
Ο ήλιος δύει και πάλι
Η ευγνωμοσύνη και η εκτίμηση εκχέονται από την ψυχή
Ο φόβος και η απογοήτευση αποκρύπτονται
Καθώς οι φωτιές καίγονται στα δυτικά
Και το χιόνι πέφτει στα ανατολικά
Μια Ζωή έρχεται στο τέλος της
Και αρχίζει ένα νέο.
‘Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.’ Lucy Maud Montgomery
Bee Happy/Μια μέλισσουλα
It’s these little things, like a bee resting on a leaf, that we should all appreciate. It made me smile that day. 🙂
Είναι αυτά τα μικρά πράγματα, όπως μια μέλισσα που στηρίζεται σε ένα φύλλο που όλοι πρέπει να εκτιμήσουμε. Με έκανε να χαμογελάσω εκείνη την ημέρα. 🙂
CARNATIONS & PANSIES/ Γαρύφαλλα & Πανσέδες
“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.” Aeschylus
“Grief is never something you get over. You don’t wake up one morning and say, ‘I’ve conquered that; now I’m moving on.’ It’s something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity.” Terri Irwin
Basil Flowers/λουλούδια βασιλικού
The ‘basil’ plant from the Greek βασιλικόν φυτόν (basilikón phutón) and from Latin, basilius, means “royal/kingly plant”.
It is a plant that is used in many cuisines all over the world. It plays a big role in many religions and ceremonies for the dead in different culutres. In the Greek Orthodox religion, and other Orthodox churches in the Balkins, basil is used to sprinkle holy water to cleanse a home. In India it is place in the mouth to help the deceased person reach God. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks believed it would open the gates of heaven for a person passing on.
When the plant flowers you can collect the seeds and plant them in the spring.
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