Lavender from my garden
I’m glad I took this macro shot of a lavender flower, from a pot in my garden, because I didn’t notice how beautiful this flower is. I have found that the lavender flower is very useful too. The flower can be brewed to make a tea for coughs, and its essential oils can be used for aroma therapy, also its strong scent keeps clothes smelling fresh and free of bites from pesky moths.
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden where the flowers are dead”. Oscar Wilde
The Borage plant with its blue flowers
Rosemary tree
Cherry Blossoms
Lavender Plant
Red daises
Before the rain fall of the previous weekend, I ventured into my garden to take some photographs. A garden like this is not a common sight in the concrete jungle that is Athens. That’s why I am very grateful for having one so that I can capture the beauty of nature with my lens as often as I like.
White Rose In My Garden
The white rose is a favourite of many brides for their bridal bouquets. It symbolizes purity, innocence and honour.
Το λευκό τριαντάφυλλο είναι ένα από τα αγαπημένα λουλούδια που χρησιμοποιούν οι νύφες στις ανθοδέσμες τους. Συμβολίζει την αγνότητα την αθωότητα και την τιμή.
Orange Chrysanthemum
A melancholy black and white version of this cheerful and optimistic flower. My chrysanthemum has a beautiful gold and orange colour, but the texture and tone of the flower was more vivid in its darker version.
Μια μελαγχολική ασπρόμαυρη εκδοχή για αυτό το χαρούμενο και αισιόδοξο λουλούδι. Το χρυσάνθεμο μου έχει ένα όμορφο χρυσό και πορτοκαλί χρώμα, αλλά η υφή και τον τόνο του λουλουδιού ήταν πιο έντονη στην πιο σκοτεινή εκδοχή του.
A cabbage patch in my garden
The ground may be shaking in Greece, but at least the winter has been mild. My friends and relatives in Canada will certainly be envious of these January Athens garden photos!
Μπορει να τρεμει το έδαφος στην Ελλάδα, αλλά τουλάχιστον ο χειμώνας ειναι ήπιος. Οι φίλοι και συγγενείς μου στον Καναδά σίγουρα θα ζηλεψουνε αυτες τις φωτογραφίες που τραβηκτηκαν στο κήπο μου στην Αθηνα τον περασμενο Ιανουαριο!
Lemon tree in my garden
‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’..or lemon pie mmmmhhh
«Όταν η ζωή σου δίνει λεμόνια, φτιάξε λεμονάδα« .. ή λεμονόπιτα mmmmhhh
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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