My handmade collage background with a layer of a photograph of a rose that I captured from my garden.
This was a very difficult and challenging year for all of humanity. To accept what is beyond our control and ride the wave or get crushed by it is up to each person. Disasters come and go, and after the end is a new beginning. In the meantime we must go into ourselves and find a bit of peace.
An orange tree and an orange cat!
“Orange is the color of the sun. It is vital and a good color generally, indicating thoughtfulness and consideration of others.“ Edgar Cayce
My late mother’s colourful brooch.
Precious as the light
The soul wages a constant
War with the darkness
Bright colours they will never see
Don’t be ungrateful
Don’t be angry
Never take for granted
Or it will be taken away.
After the storms come the sunshine and the rainbows. In this case a cool double rainbow.
Brighter days will soon come..
Μετά τις καταιγίδες έρχεται ο ήλιος και τα ουράνια τόξα. Σε αυτήν την περίπτωση ένα διπλό ουράνιο τόξο.
Θα έρθουν σύντομα πιο φωτεινές μέρες ..
“Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends.”
― Author-Poet Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Happy Halloween!! A little treat for the followers. I drew the reaper getting what he deserves. And a poem in the spirit of Halloween. 🙂
THE GRIM REAPER
The reaper
Looks grim
His patience is wearing thin
He knows he can’t
Come for my soul
Though the hands and feet are cold
But not the heart
It won’t grow cold by the storms
Or by enemies and vampiric energies
The black magic went away
Watch it’s slow decay
Black shadows deflected
By the light
Up into the air
To meet the wrath of the angels
My time isn’t his
Let the reaper despair.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Night time photographs of the ‘Evzones’-Greek presidential guards. I was just walking by when the ceremony began for the changing of the guard. I have photographed it before during the day, but I decided to take some night photographs too.
This took place after a anti-mask protest at Syndagma square across the street. A lot of action that night :0
‘The sky’s the limit!’
That’s what they said
Before the great world war
Unbridled optimism
Impossible as it seems in the time of fragility
If you know the past, then you know the future
And the past was just a cycle of highs and lows
Have patience and look up
One day our spirits will soar
We will fly high like the birds
And without any limits.
Kalo Mina! (Happy New Month!)
As happy as anyone can be in these difficult times.
Resilience is the key. I am fearful of October..Let us pray!
These are a few street photos from a month ago that I took around the area of the Acropolis, Plaka, as well as the shopping district of Monastiraki. Of course it wasn’t as crowded as other years, but there were quite a few tourists.
I will be avoiding the downtown area as cases of Covid-19 have gone up there and I want to avoid the metro too.
A few photographs that I took of the stunning view of the Acropolis, and the rest of the center of Athens, from a roof top cafe. These were taken weeks before the strict measures for covid-19 were implemented again. The downtown core is a hot spot for covid-19 cases are going up. It was inevitable, not the least bit surprising as it can get congested in the touristy areas with the cafes and social distancing is not possible. No one wants to wear a mask outdoors, but now with the new measures people will have to if the want to go downtown. So, I guess we will be headed for another lock down soon as the fatalities are increasing, and I probably won’t be heading downtown for a long time. 😦
This very intense, hot and fiery summer is coming to an end. God only knows what is in store for the world in the fall.
Stay safe everyone 🙂
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