Red geraniums

"RED GERANIUMS"

 

Life did not bring me silken gowns,
Nor jewels for my hair,
Nor signs of gabled foreign towns
In distant countries fair,
But I can glimpse, beyond my pane, a green and friendly hill,
And red geraniums aflame upon my window sill. The brambled cares of everyday,
The tiny humdrum things,
May bind my feet when they would stray,
But still my heart has wings
While red geraniums are bloomed against my window glass,
And low above my green-sweet hill the gypsy wind-clouds pass.
And if my dreamings ne'er come true,
The brightest and the best,
But leave me lone my journey through,
I'll set my heart at rest,
And thank God for home-sweet things, a green and friendly hill,
And red geraniums aflame upon my window sill.

by Martha Haskell Clark

Red teapot with flowers

9x9 inches, watercolor

Goodbye summer

photo:Ziniania

For Everything There Is a Season

For every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
of peace.

From Ecclesiastes

To everything turn, turn, turn...

photo:Ziniania

 

A sketch

Spicy raisin cake (fanouropita)

Today is a cloudy and cool day, perfect for some baking. I made this cake with spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, orange zest and raisins. I followed the recipe from the blog bellow :
http://www.kitchenstories.eu/2011/08/spicy-raisin-cake-fanouropita.html

Cheese pie or tiropita in greek.

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1737,152169-253199,00.html

September the best month !