Category Archives: Leros

Easter festivities!

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This year’s Easter was extra fun! We had a lot of guests and a lot of cooking! The food was delicious and the wine even better…   Enjoy the photos: Discussions before dinner   The self-complacent teenager     Preparing the goat and Don Corleone is concentrating on its seasoning     and everybosy is taking photos of the spectacle!     The roasting of the goat has begun and everybody is having a beer     and a discussion whether A. is doing a good job or not…     Dessert was good!    

A walk around the island!

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It has been a long and hard week and this walk around the island was exactly what I needed on a beautiful windy yet partially sunny Sunday! Here are some of the photos I took today and some old ones in the end of the post:     THAT smile!   These two goats where locked up in an abandoned building.   We went for a superbly delicious lunch in Pandeli. I love all the shells stuck on the buoy, it looks like it was done on purpose…   ANd the mandatory visit of  the castle with its lovely view of Agia Marina and Alinda!   And an older photo I took in Athens of some out of focus lights. I call it ”where is you focus?”    

Remnants of summer and automn!

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I just emptied my phone from around 300 photos… Haven’t done that since August… So I decided to make a post with a selection of photos. Lilly sleeping and looking very comfortable in an uncomfortable position… A huuuuuggeee, fist sized, moth I spotted on the way to work on a hot August morning.   A last September swim in Pandeli. One of the things I miss about summer during the winter is not the weather (I hate summer weather) but rather being in the sea!   I designed this cake and the pastry cook realized it! One of the best meals I’ve had at the lovely Mylos restaurant!   When she is not wondering out in the ‘wilderness’ she is almost always sleeping…   And autumn arrived with some great storms… And yes autumn is my favorite time of the year! Perfect temperature and rain!!   And some great cloudy skies   In Athens for the Christmas holidays. It was really interesting how the city has changed in a matter of years!   CHOCOLATEEEE!!!   We tried molecular cocktails on my birthday.. I was not impressed, even though I absolutely loooovee cocktails   Aaaand back to the office….   I hope…
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Belated summer and autumn post..

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This summer has been the craziest and busiest one! Work has been exhausting but very satisfying! Summer was sweat and very hot! Met a lot of new and interesting people, saw old friends after a long long time, went to the beach a lot and drank A M A Z I N G cocktails (see photos below!).

A beautiful mojito

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Satsuma delight

 

Satsuma delight!

 

A strawbery cheescake in the makings

 

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Mojito & lemonpie heaven!!

 

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There is this anual exhibition of REALLY old vehicle every August! Some beauties are in display…

 

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And the ocasional pigeon flying around!

 

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What the past couple of months looked like

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In February was the Greek carnival! Here we have a good specimen of what homemade zombies look like!   and we also had Ash Monday, with a great meal of seafood..   I sometimes think she is plotting against us…     Spring is here     full of crazy colors   and the usual cat in the dumpster   crazy wild flowers I wish I had in mygarden  

Time slips away..

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Yet another belated post.. Time slips away when you are busy. Many things have happened in past few months. New house and new ventures have kept me busy. These are a few photos I have gathered from these last months 🙂 A visit to the Castle on a sunny spring day   We found pretty flowers   and we played with the wind   Leros mills   The cat found her place on the fridge   My plant had amazing flowers!!   A day at the beach! First time in years I went really early in the morning at the beach. It was very beautiful and very private! I see this bougainvillea every morning on my way to work! Waiting for clients… They were late and I got bored! Again on my way to work spotted this beautiful flowers. I think the plant is called osier…   At the construction site it is full of butterflies. I think they seek the coolnes of the water used…

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Bla bla

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I finally managed to empty the camera… I know they look random but for the past months I haven’t been consistent with shooting…
So here they are, random shots, randomly processed…

This was shot on a cold February night

We went to Athens and met little Anna, this amazing little human

And then back to Leros for Easter

 

Nobody likes a flash…

 

 

 

Sprocket love!

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Finally scanned a film. And another one is on the way!! I can’t wait, it has been such a long time since I had analog photos developed! This one was shot with bulb at night (that is why it looks out of focus). I really like the colors and especially the sky. This one is a balcony I pass by every day on my way to work. Though destroyed the color is amazing!! Oresti’s birthday. I really cannot understand how other people with lomo cameras get the night shots with flash so perfect.. Probably has to do with how they develop them.. Mine always look like an accident…. Now this was a very pleasing result. Love how natural they both look. And yes they are laughing at me….    

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A Christmas post!

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  Here are some Christmas snapshots. They do not pretend to be good photos they are just snapshots from the past week and Christmas day! Enjoy : ) This year we decided to hand make our decorations. Well some mistakes were made, as you can see in the photo below I hanged the ornament the wrong way…   Best breakfast ever!! Not only the taste was divine but the colors were very Christmassy…   It was my little brother’s birthday and I made him a loooottt of cupcakes: of course there weren’t only cupcakes… And the Christmas Eve dinner He really enjoys seating there, so they specially placed a basket with a blanket next to the potatoes and onions Christmas morning was beautiful!!! Cold as hell but very sunny and the sea was calm..        

Summer films finally scanned..

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I know it’s been quite a long time since my last post but with work and all it’s been a crazy period.. Imagine I just got the time to scan my summer films (almost 3 months after the end of summer.. Lil brotha scating   Little Nastia borred at a grown up dinner party : ) Saint Isidor, a church on a rock in the sea. One of the best places for a walk. My dearest friend Marilena and her Matteo in a double exposured shot!   At the airport waiting for the bus   At the beach enjoying the sun or the shade At the playground Neatly posed plants   Wild flowers and a goat escaping Lilly eating yumi treats and with a different camera   And I saved the best (for me at least) for the end. One of the most beautiful, cute, sweet weddings I have ever been to!! : )  

New fisheye film developed!!!

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And yes I developed one film! Do you believe it? I don’t….But I didn’t scan it….hehehe. Not one of my best but the new things I tried (double exposure and long exposure) kind of worked! So there you go:

A rainbow

That yellow thing on the harbor I like to photograph so much!

My fathers fourth child : P

Batman and cat double exposure (can you spot the cat?)

I love the reaction of this camera with direct sun!!

Homer on the kitchen going for the stove

Fat baby

Flowers in the sky

May and June snaps

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So I finally managed to post some pictures!

Going to Lispi!

Coming back from Athens

watching the sunset on the boat

Symmetrical boats

Finally weather hot enough to go to the beach!!

and hot enough to relax on the balcony

and experiment with the camera…

Bonus snapshot, I thought they looked adorable  : )