“тнσѕє ωнσ ∂ση’т вєℓιєνє ιη мαgι¢ ωιℓℓ ηєνєя ƒιη∂ ιт”
– яσαℓ∂ ∂αнℓ
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Tag: Photo of the day
olive tree
“If there were no olive groves… I would dream one up “
– Odysseas Elytis * Greek poet – Nobel Prize in Literature
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Growth
ambience
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see”
– H D Thoreau
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In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Ambience
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Tis the season to be jolly #12
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A Greek Christmas Tradition
While people across the world are decorating their Christmas trees, many Greeks opt for the Greek tradition of decorating a small boat. Greece was always a maritime country and, in the past, the majority of men worked as fishermen or sea men. For many centuries, Greeks have been decorating small wooden boats in order to express their gratitude for the safe return of their loved ones who were travelling at sea for the rest of the year.
[vrisi36.com]
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A fleeting moment
“It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in full Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky, Dostoyevsky also spelled Dostoevsky (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia—died February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg), Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction. Read MORE
Paint the sky and make it yours #24
“The trees reach up above me toward the sky, stretching out their great limbs in an intricate pattern that reminds me of the pattern of light… the pattern shifting back and forth as I climb.”
– Ned Hayes, The Eagle Tree
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Weekly photo challenge – Reflecting
“ Be a reflection of what you would like to receive. What you give out will always return”
— kristen butler
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In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Reflecting
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Paint the sky and make it yours #23
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming”
– Pablo Neruda
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Weekly photo challenge – Repurpose
“ A chair is still a chair even though there’s no one sitting there”
-Unknown
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In response to this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Repurpose
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Weekly photo challenge – Graceful
“ Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul ”
-William Hazlitt
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