Crocus cancellatus ssp. Mazziaricus

DDD_0031 [Crocus cancellatus ssp. Mazziaricus]

Mt. Hymittos: 26 09 2012, photo by Tony Taglides

Osyris alba

DDD_0054 [Osyris alba]

Mt. Hymittos: 26/09/2012, photo by Tony Taglides

An artist gets inspired

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In summer 2007 a raging fire burned out a vast area of forest on Mt. Parnitha leaving behind not only a depressing sight but also large numbers of homeless animals like Red deer (Cervus elaphus) among others.  

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Today, Spyros Dasiotis (Σπύρος Ντασιώτης), a forest ranger on Mt. Parnitha and an artist, came up with the brilliant idea of giving life in his own way to some of the half-burned tree-trunks left behind after the fire. He is visualizing a park with wooden statues to be laid out next to a nearby deserted sanatorium where so many people have lost their lives. His works, although still lying on the ground unfinished, seem to express feelings that could be triggered off by a lost life or by a burned forest.

We would like to congratulate him on the idea

and we are looking forward to seeing his project completed soon.

Here follow a few pictures of his works, albeit still unfinished.  
 

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Mt. Parnitha: 07/09/2012, photos by Tony Taglides