Women at work on Karpathos

 


Woman at work with a traditional scythe
in the fields below Olympos.

Woman carrying grain to the windmill
to be ground into flour.

With the goats safe for the night it's a long walk back to Olympos for Anna Zografidi (left) and her sister, Kaliopi.

Kaliopi Zografidi taking a kid
back for slaughter in Olympos

Anna Zografidi (left) and her mother
Sofia Zografidi from Olympos

After a day of minding the goats, it's time
to milk them all

The goat's milk is made into cheese in a nearby hut, high above the village of Olympos

Weighing the grain before milling
begins. Ernia Xazandoni (left)
runs the windmill

Preparing the windmill for milling
in a strong wind at Olympos

Putting the bread in the communal oven

Time for a chat while the bread is baking

Keeping the temperature high
Off to work by donkey