Far away from sandy beaches...

 ...and shining bars, there is the everyday life

that makes the heart beat,

the dealing with discrepancies of the perfect we take for granted,

from a simple flat tire

to the resurrection of a bike

from reckless driving.

Leftéris runs this from morning to night,

while dreaming of the tracks of Enduro.....

Moments of polarities...

...in life are exciting.

Lesvos and Rome are extremes,

waking up different feelings inside...

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In living colours...

Have stayed for too long a time,

from island, friends and myself.

With Xatzigiannis and 1200 local Greeks

 in home town of mine,

I feel I am already home

Thank you, Mixalis Xatzigiannis ...

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Fuji X-Pro1, ISO 500, 35mm, f/2,2, 1/125, no editing

I will miss you...

...Winter light. Your clarity and unmasked truth. 

Like an exclamation point, no more words needed. 

With a little help from the silence 

and the slow breathing of people,

waiting for whatever to come...

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Nature embossing...

Summer loses profiles in the hard light,

Winter sharpens every detail to be seen,

emphasising ridges and naked trees

in an incredible simplicity...

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My friend The Seeker ....

I have always known Theo as a spiritual man,

seeking questions and answers,

in stones and metal, from myths and tales on Tellus,

to the light and the dark of the Universe...

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Like a Still Life...

...in the silence of this time of the year,

when things are trying to find their balance,

in between shades of dark and light,  hold and stir...

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