When I started this blog many years ago what I had in mind was to post my musings, thoughts, favourite extracts of books I read, poems and music which I love and has been accompanying me like a good friend for years on end. For the last seven or so years I decided to use photos of mine when I post otherwise I give credit to the person who took the picture I am using.

A fellow blogger informed me the other day that one of my photos is circulating on Facebook ( the one I posted on May 1st ). I do not have a FB account, nor Instagram/Twitter/MeWe, they're not my cup of tea...Well, different strokes for different folks as the saying goes :)
Ι don't understand - and never will -  the concept of taking someone's photos and presenting them as your own, I find it unethical, still, this is a reality, this is the world we live in...

Photography is my hobby. I've been taking photos for more than twenty-five years. First, it was my father's Lubitel 2 in the early '80s trying to figure out how it worked ( my gosh!... ) and ending up with too many rolls of film, half of which were blurry. Then a Pentax came into my life, a gift from my dear cousin in Sydney when he first visited Greece in 1988. A lot of things changed since then. Digital cameras have become a reality and I had been using a digital Sony from 2004 onwards but at some point in 2012 it broke down. I started saving and in February 2014 I bought a Canon Eos Rebel T3i which I am still using. 

 Don't get me wrong, I don't claim to be a photographer. But I love taking photos and keep learning new things. I don't use Photoshop or LR as I am not that tech-savvy. Sometimes if the camera is not handy I use my mobile phone. As simple as that :)

Speaking of which, I was on my way home from work yesterday and the cloud formations I saw in the sky brought a smile on my face, made me change my route, pull over and gaze at them for a while. It was a lovely sight especially after the rain we had the previous days. So here are some takes from Vathi, an area in the town I live where I pulled over and marvelled at the clouds.