Anemone coronaria is widely grown for its decorative flowers. There are approximately 150 species of Anemone. These flowers are also commonly called “windflowers”, and this second name is derived from the Greek word which means “the wind’s daughter”.The Anemone can be red, blue, purple or white.This is my red. . . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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A Nasturtium … by the color red.I like to cultivate these flowers in my terrace. They are very generous flowers and abundant blooms. Even their round leaf is very beautiful. “Tropaeolum majus” (garden nasturtium) is a flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, originating in the Andes from Bolivia north to Colombia. It is widely cultivated, both as an ornamental plant and as a medicinal plant. All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient . . . Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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Vera Bugatti is an Italian Artist and Street painter famous as a Chalk artist (with the traditional Italian Madonnaro technique) and 3D Street painter .She performed in several Street Art events all over the world.“As a street painter I’m first a visual artist. I draw my characters with chalk on pavement, streets or sidewalks in urban public areas. The ephemeral nature of this Italian ancient art form has taught me how to communicate immediately feelings to the viewer cause my work will disappear as soon as the wind blows, as fast as the rain comes”In Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy) in 2015, he has made this work in the Piazza del Carmine, of great beauty.Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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“The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.”, said by Scott Lorenzo, A great photographer of Dubai, famous for his wildlife and landscape photography. . . This is my purple daisy … as I see it. . . . . . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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Traditionally, historians tended to think ancient Egypt was the site of cat domestication, owing to the clear depictions of house cats in Egyptian paintings about 3,600 years old. However, in 2004, a Neolithic grave excavated in Shillourokambos, Cyprus, contained the skeletons, laid close to one another, of both a human and a cat. The grave is estimated to be 9,500 years old, pushing back the earliest known feline–human association significantly.source texthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#History_and_mythology
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The butterfly effect. “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?”The butterfly effect is the concept that small causes can have large effects……Fascinating theory … but beautiful butterfly!(Source Wikipedia)Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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Street Art .Orgosolo, Sardinia (Italy). Museum VillageOrgosolo, in the heart of Sardinia, it is a fascinating open-air museum of over 150 murals, almost all, engaging direct impact and very beautiful for their expressiveness and vivid colors. The mural paintings in Orgosolo emerged by the end of the 1960’s. The political issues are the dominant theme in these mural images in Orgosolo as this graffiti dedicated to the famous Sardinian intellectual Antonio Gramsci . . . .. .Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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A Nasturtium … by the color red.I like to cultivate these flowers in my terrace. They are very generous flowers and abundant blooms. Even their round leaf is very beautiful. “Tropaeolum majus” (garden nasturtium) is a flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, originating in the Andes from Bolivia north to Colombia. It is widely cultivated, both as an ornamental plant and as a medicinal plant. All its parts are edible. The flower has most often been consumed, making for an especially ornamental salad ingredient . . . Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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Santorini : The Churches. . . Santorini’s churches are defined by anonymous vernacular architecture . The island has over 600 churches and chapels. These are simple, square edifices, mostly done in a sparse white. Without any particular ornamentation. Churches forman integral part of the island architecture with different typologies and influences evident. The churches and the chapels of Oia are white and blue domed in general . The area of Oia, hosts around 70 churches and many of the churches were dedicated to sailors.Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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Amanita caesarea, commonly known in English as Caesar’s mushroom, is a highly regarded edible mushroom in the genus Amanita, native to southern Europe and North Africa.The common name comes from its being a favourite of the Roman emperors, who took the name Caesar as a title.Amanita caesarea is a highly appreciated mushroom in Europe. It is traditionally gathered and consumed in Italy, where it is known as ovolo or ovolo buono or “fungo reale”.This was photographed in Sardinia (Italy) Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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