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Jacaranda

Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central America, South America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Bahamas.Several species are widely grown as ornamental plants throughout the subtropical regions of the world, valued for their intense flower displays.In my city, Cagliari (Italy), there are many examples of this remarkable plant . This is a plant that I photographed in full bloom in late May. Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Amanita muscaria

Amanita muscaria.A very nice mushroom …. Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. Better not eat it ..!This is photographed in Sardinia (Italy) under a forest of eucalyptus.Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Architecture

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post/192437″>“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.”( Le Corbusier ) Architecture of Lyon.                                           .                             Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Mushrooms

Amanita vaginata, commonly known as the grisette, is an edible mushroom in the Amanitaceae family of fungi.Although not poisonous, most authors advise against consumption due to the possibility of mistaking other poisonous species of Amanita for it. I agree: with mushrooms need to be very cautious ..!This small amanita vaginata, newborn, I photographed in Sardinia (Italy). Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Blue

This is my blue. Blue was a favourite colour of the impressionist painters, who used it not just to depict nature but to create moods, feelings and atmospheres.In Vincent van Gogh’s Irises, the blue irises are placed against their complementary colour, yellow-orange.Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, “‘Cobalt [blue] is a divine colour and there is nothing so beautiful for putting atmosphere around things .(Source Wikipedia)Iris photographed in Florence during the exhibition of Iris.   .          ..Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Sardinia (Italy)

The regional rural landscape is, first and foremost, the sparse landscape of low-density settlements with its contradiction between compact dwelling areas and places of work that are historically devoid of houses, buildings and characterized by ‘weak’ signs such as paths, fences, terraces, hedges and, in general, the patterns of the cultivated landscape.source :http://www.sardegna.beniculturali.it/psg/en/rural/index.html

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