My landlady's village

Not so long ago Zacharenia, my landlady lived in a little village in Eastern Crete.

Here time stood still, for nothing was new and nothing moved fast

.... yet the daily grind continued .... from harvesting peaches

.... to picking artichokes in the early morning light.......

 
..... to collecting firewood by donkey

( for they were far more reliable than the truck!)

....  to tending the sheep

.... and to baking bread.

Too many of these precious little villages are dying out ....
as are the people who made them so wonderful.