Hello! I'm Fotini.
After such a long time reading your stories and hearing your news through @fotostef, I decided that it was about time to really get involved with this beautiful promising project and share with you my
story and what I do in this life. So, special thanks to my partner @fotostef for introducing me to this world.
We have chosen one of the smallest spots on Earth as a base, a tiny village of 100 people at the
island of Crete. More specifically I am “broadcasting” from the eastern part of the island, a quiet
isolated place, which especially now under the current circumstances seems as close as I can think
of to a dream.
I didn't always have this lonely isolated monk life style :)
I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities of Greece, Nafplio...
and spent my adult life in Athens.
I must admit I have a “sinful” past, studying Economics and working in Advertising, so moving close
to nature was a great leap of faith in my life. Actually, it was an intuitive great desire to come in contact with the soil and a more natural way of living.
And yes, I became an organic farmer! Out of nowhere! We found abandoned land, free of chemicals for decades, we rolled up our sleeves and started experimenting. We worked very hard. And we failed. And then we tried again. And it started working. Almost 8 years later we produce a high quality organic extra virgin olive oil that we are so proud of and some powerful organic herbs. I am so into healthy eating and natural medicine, I think they are going to be basic subjects for me here, as they are fundamental in my daily life.
I am also a weaver. Yes, a traditional one, that makes things the slow way. Only that I don't weave
traditional patterns. I love the idea of the handmade in general. And I really love transmuting this knowledge in wefts that come right out of my heart. I would like to share with you what I do and if you are interested we could even go deep into the procedure of the magic transformation of some threads into cloth.
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I think I was born to live with dogs. I found it out at 25, again the credits go to @fotostef that
brought to my life apart from himself his amazing dog, Morfeas, that became my dog, too. Now I can't imagine how life is without a dog, both magical and frustrating consequences of this living together.
The years passed and Morfeas passed to another land. So, Markos took advantage of the empty spot and sneaked in our lives and I am so grateful that he did! So, maybe dog stories, too? Definitely!
Once upon a time I was a keen reader, especially literature, but in reality I was a bookworm reading
whatever came in my way! These last years, with the birds singing and the colors of Nature outside
my door being so vivid it's not easy for me to concentrate on a page.
I just like observing every little detail and change. I wish we could appreciate Earth's beauty more, our lives would fly to another level.
I am a quite impatient person, so imagine when I first realized that if you do sth wrong in
cultivating, you maybe have to wait for the whole year to pass to try again. Inevitably I started
embracing a slower way of living and doing things. When I achieve a quiet state of mind is one of
my happy moments.
I love the sea, long dog walks at the mountain, tea rituals, books, movies and music, old houses and abandoned places, amazing stories of every day people just where you don't expect it, flowers blossoming, nice food. My small rituals and the beauty of small things bring me down to Earth.
And I will be extremely happy to share with you my own story through farming, foraging, hiking, traveling and exploring, nature, healing, feelings and thoughts, and it would be great if all this ends up to something beautiful!
Thank you all so much for your time!
PS 1. Special thanks to @fotostef for the wonderful photos! You might have already seen some of them or similar to them at his account in previous posts.
So, all photos belong to my personal photographer, apart from one :) Can you guess???
PS 2. Thank you @sjarvie5 for the amazing info for beginners! I still don't understand much about crypto, but you sure made my entrance to the blog community so much smoother!
PS 3. And definitely thanks to @soyrosa for the amazing inspiration in hard times ;)
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Such a beautiful portrait. You are magnificent. Welcome.
Thank you so much for your kind words and your support!
Oh my!!! I couldn’t be happier to see you here! This truly makes my day, I’m a huge admirer of your textile work and the life you and Stefanos are living is something worthy of sharing to a broader audience <3
A thousand times welcome!
Thank you so much for such a warm welcome!!! Super happy to see you here,too :) Cheers to our creative lives!!! Love your work, love your way of facing things!!!
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Congratulations on making your first publication and introducing yourself to the community. I wish you much success in the best blockchain: HIVE!
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Welcome! Beautiful photos
Thank you so much!
YAY! Welcome Fotini. So happy to see you hear and learn more about you. I feel we are already friends. You and Stefanos are kindred spirits. I was surprised to see my name at the bottom. I am so glad that the post helped the crypto world, well super interesting and fun, is also very confusing and so new! Welcome again. I that we (@soyrosa too) will all meet one day. :)
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Hey! It feels already nice to be here, thank you for your heartful welcome!
It would be amazing for us all to meet one day, I surely hope that we will!
And yes, that post was a great help for a newbie, haha! Thank you once again!
Welcome to Hive @traisto! 😃 Reading your introduction felt lyrical and surreal, it must feel so nice to live the nice and quiet life 😊 hope to see more of your posts around the communities here, warm greetings from @dbuzz, cheers! 🥂
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Thank you so much for stopping by! Lyrical and surreal was a very interesting description of my intro :))
Hi traisto, so great to see a fellow traveler joining Hive! We've been around for over 3 years, building a community of travelers on Hive. I see that you are posting from peakd which is awesome, but the beauty of the Hive blockchain is that there are several websites available to use Hive!
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Hi Fotini, welcome to the platform .
Thank you so much!!!
oH wow!!!! So awesome to finally meet you! I love the organic farming posts that @fotostef has put out over the years and it's so nice to find the other half behind that. I too am a nature girl and I really am looking forward to reading a lot more from you. Congruatulations for the first post!
You might like The Herbal Hive and Garden Hive communities xxx
Thank you so much!!! So nice to finally be here and meet you!
I was so surprised to see your message cause I was just reading your latest post thinking that you are in one of the most crazy, uplifting, creative, lifechanging situations I can think of :) Wish you all the best!
Thank you for the recommendations, too! I look forward to exploring it all!
welcum to the hive world, hope you enjoy this platform and enhance your knowledge... i love your lifestyle and love for your dogs..... i too loves dogs alots...
thanks for sharing...
keep hiving..
Thank you for your lovely message!
Dogs are great teachers, aren't they ;)
Sending you a huge warm welcome to Hive @traisto!
Crete is one of our favourite places to visit when we want to get away from London. We have friends in Iraklion and have sometimes spent up to 2 months living there and working remotely. During those times I've enjoyed mountain biking over the mountains of Crete and exploring other parts of the island.
Well done on making it work living in a remote place - that's a great achievement and your weaving looks fantastic too!
Thank you so much for your indeed very warm welcome!
This connection between London and Crete sounds great, like bridging two different worlds, a metropolis and a retreat, nice:)
Living in such a small place comes with pros and cons (like everything in life), but it is a nice journey! Thank you for your kind words!
Indeed there are pros and cons to everything! Looking forward to following your posts and hive journey!
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Hello Fotini!
Stunning pictures, so intense colors <3
Love & rainbows from Poland :*
Hi there! Thank you so much!
All credits for the wonderful pictures go to @fotostef !!!
Apart from one, haha :))
Welcome Fotini! Beautiful photo of you behind the lavender! You have beautiful hands. What a lovely story. I look forward to your organic stories @traisto
Thank you so much @buckaroobaby ! Nice to meet you here!
It's so funny, cause I was just reading your story! You are truly an inspiration, thank you for sharing!
Imagine that! Then we will be able to learn from one another and celebrate together
Sounds great :)
Just saw the link to your post and will love following your blog. :))
So grateful for your support, thank you!!!
Sorry to miss your intro when you first posted it. I loved reading about your life and your journey to becoming an organic farmer. Love your weaving as well. I really look forward to following you more and getting to enjoy what you post,I see I already have a few to catch up on. Welcome @traisto xxxxxx
Thank you for your sweet welcome and comment @trucklife-family! So glad that our paths crossed. You have a few to catch up, but me, oh my, I have so many interesting posts to read at your blog! Lovely to meet you!
And thank you so much for your support!!!
These pictures are so inspiring! I love the textures and colors so much. And your journey to Crete is really magical. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for taking the time to read this :)
It was almost a decade in Crete and a few months ago a new journey started in Nafplio.
A real pleasure reading your posts dear @calendulacraft :)