It was nice to have off work today, tomorrow is orientation at my new (second) job..oh yeah did i mention i got a second job?! Doing the same type of work, i am looking forward to different experiences & hopefully good ones.
A day or two after i returned from Greece my mom went to a little festival down by a lake near us & picked up these earrings for me; i love the sun & moon.
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These were hand painted in Peru with a single cat whisker...can you imagine the kind of patience that takes?!? It hurts my brain just thinking about it. But they are so beautiful & extra special because its the sun & moon. My yiayia(grandma) was called Moon by her father as a nickname...& the sun cures depression...they're very symbolic & beautiful. I also love that Cleopatra gave as second names to her twins Alexander Ilios & Cleopatra Selini. There are many other reasons but i also look at them as signs of life.
*also i should point out that feggari is a much more used word for moon but i'm not going to get into that now :)
Here is a song i love & have been listening to a lot lately, its a few years old but keeping with the celestial theme its called
Auto to Asteri (That Star) by Nikos Oikonomopoulos.
I added a translated video since the lyrics are so beautiful :)
Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος - Αυτό το αστέρι
Σαν κλέφτης πέρασα μεσ΄του ουρανού τον κήπο
το χέρι μου άπλωσα να πιάσω ένα αστέρι
μα όταν προσπάθησα από εκεί να ξαναφύγω
το δρόμο μου έκλεισαν δυο ολόλευκοι αγγέλοι
Αυτό το αστέρι ήθελα δώρο να σου φέρω
αυτή τη νύχτα να στολίσεις τα μαλλιά σου
ήθελα κάτι ακριβό να σου προσφέρω
καρδιά μου απόψε που έχεις τα γενέθλιά σου
Ένα συγνώμη θέλω μόνο να σου πω
πόσο λυπάμαι που έρχομαι με άδεια χέρια
μα έχω ένα δώρο απ΄τ΄αστέρι πιο ακριβό
είναι η αγάπη μου που αξίζει όλα τ΄αστέρια
That Star
Like a thief in the night I crossed the garden of the night sky.
I held out my hand to catch a star.
But when I tried to come back down to Earth
my path was blocked by two angels bathed in white light.
I wanted to bring you that star as a gift,
so that tonight you could wear it in your hair.
I wanted to offer you something dear,
since tonight, my darling, it's your birthday.
I just want to apologise to you.
I'm so sorry I've come empty handed.
But I have a gift more valuable than that star,
it's my love which is worth all the stars in the night sky.
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