We got an early taste of Spring here in Athens. It was the warmest winter on record. Not good for the planet, but it was a great opportunity for photos!
Garden photography
Angelic/Αγγελικός
My predator baby Angelo!
Happy New Month! Καλό μήνα!
Moving on to February and I hope this month won’t be as catastrophic and dramatic like January. My Goodness that was a lot. There was not one slow news day during that month. But, whatever may come we have to face it with strength not fear.
Συνεχίζοντας τον Φεβρουάριο και ελπίζω ότι αυτό το μήνα δεν θα είναι τόσο καταστροφικό και δραματικό όσο ο Ιανουάριος. Δεν υπήρξε αργή ημέρα ειδήσεων κατά τη διάρκεια αυτού του μήνα. Όμως, ό, τι και να έρθει πρέπει να το αντιμετωπίσουμε με δύναμη και όχι φόβο.
Resilience/Ανθεκτικότητα
Strength to strength
Shore to shore
There is not a life in ruins
Or time wasted
We each carry our burdens
and our traumas
Whether our fate is assigned or
Whether we are the masters of it
We must emulate the roses
That wither, but are resilient
And come alive again.
*I love the strength and resiliency of the roses in my garden. From intense heat waves and cold snaps they pull through. Some humans should need to get some lessons from nature.
Sunflower in December/Ηλίανθος το Δεκέμβριο
Our Imbalanced Earth
Sunflower in December
Humanity’s’ shame.
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I wrote a Haiku Japanese ancient poem to describe my shock when I saw a sunflower bloom in the garden this December. I planted the seed in May and they usually bloom in June here in Greece. I read that July was the hottest month on record for the planet resulting in the melting of the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice and many other calamities. Then October came and there was a heatwave in Europe, the temperatures almost reached 30 °C. The seed that failed to germinate in the spring got it’s second chance in the unusually warm fall season.
Very worrying indeed. 😦
She Comes Alive/Ζωντανεύει
Happy new month!
Καλό μήνα!
‘Today is the first of August. It is hot, steamy and wet. It is raining. I am tempted to write a poem. But I remember what it said on one rejection slip: ‘After a heavy rainfall, poems titled ‘Rain’ pour in from across the nation.’ Sylvia Plath
Purple Pansy/Μωβ Πανσές
Μy 500th post! Wow that’s a lot :)))
Gladiolus Flower/γλαδιόλα
The beautiful gladiolus flower takes 60 days to bloom, but it is well worth the wait. 🙂
Το όμορφο λουλούδι γλαδιόλες διαρκεί 60 ημέρες για να ανθίσει, αλλά είναι καλά αξίζει η αναμονή. 🙂
Elusive/Απιαστος
My beautiful lilium bloomed again this year.
Secrets never revealed in the light of day
Hidden, too frightened to come out to play
too slow to burn
too fast to catch
Too shadowy to be your object
to aim and strike at
I remain with a watchful eye
like a creature in the night
Watching the bright stars fall and fade away
Smile in the grey shade
Resilience is the key to the dream.
Mellow Yellow/Κίτρινα Ανθη
¨In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” -Aristotle
“Σε όλα τα πράγματα στη φύση υπάρχει κάτι το θαυμαστό.” –Αριστοτέλης
March Tradition/O Μάρτης
Καλό μήνα! Happy new month!
The red and white string in the photo is worn by Greeks and by people from Balkan countries during the month of March. It’s supposed to protect a person from getting sun burnt this month. The March sun can be deceptive; you don’t think it will burn you because it’s not summer yet, but it will. So a bit of sun screen coupled with this string would be a better idea.
At the end of the month the string is put on a rose bush so that the birds can take it and use it to make their nests.
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