Karyatides Jokes

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These women are not as silent as we think they are. They’ve seen and
heard it all!

*All jokes have been translated from ancient Greek to English.

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“Planet Drama Queen” minimal collage by Angela Zafiris

“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” Sean O’Casey

Breaking The Ice/Σπαζοντας τον παγο

‘Breaking the ice’minimal collage on paper by Angela Zafiris

“To be the first to break the ice of the enterprize.”- Plutarch, ‘Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes’

“If it be so, sir, that you are the man
Must stead us all and me amongst the rest,
And if you break the ice and do this feat,
Achieve the elder, set the younger free
For our access, whose hap shall be to have her
Will not so graceless be to be ingrate.” Shakespeare, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’

Birch Trees/Σημυδες

“Birch Trees’ by Angela Zafiris

My first attempt at painting trees on a large canvas. I was inspired by a couple of videos that I saw on YouTube and thought I’d give it a try. Trees are fun to paint and I don’t think that you can mess up too badly.

Rose Leaves/Ροδοπεταλα

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“Winter is the season of recovery and preparation.” Paul Theroux

“Ο χειμώνας είναι η εποχή της ανάκαμψης και την προετοιμασία.”

Frozen Rose/ΠΑΓΩΜΕΝΟ ΤΡΙΑΝΤΑΦΥΛΛΟ

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Heavy winter

falls on our shoulders

like the burdens of Atlas..

Winter Is Here/Ο χειμώνας είναι εδώ

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Snow-capped mountains are not something most Athenians like to see. The next wave of snow is coming tonight and people are bracing themselves for the subzero temperatures.

Τα βουνά καλυμμένα με χιόνι δεν είναι κάτι που οι περισσότεροι Αθηναίοι ήθελαν να δουν. Το επόμενο κύμα χιονιού έρχεται απόψε και οι άνθρωποι προετοιμάζονται για τις υπό το μηδέν θερμοκρασίες .

Happy New Year!/ΚΑΛΗ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ!

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Well goodbye to 2016! I don’t remember a year that was so universally hated. Here’s hoping that 2017 brings new beginnings, creativity, happiness and joy to all.

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill

Merry Christmas!/Καλα Χριστουγεννα!

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Merry Christmas to my fellow bloggers! Καλά Χριστούγεννα στους μπλογκερς συναδέλφους μου!

“Good news from heaven the angels bring,
Glad tidings to the earth they sing:
To us this day a child is given,
To crown us with the joy of heaven.” ~ Martin Luther

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer more beautiful”. Norman Vincent Peale