Santorini is famous for the much photographed blue domed and colorful churches that can be seen in the entire island. Churches are integral part of the island architecture with different typologies and influences evident.In every corner of the island your gaze is attracted by a blue dome silhouetted against the sky. . . .. . .Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Santorini. Greece.
Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. A very precious flower tulip …This is my red for today!source
Source: My reds
Amanita muscaria. …A very nice mushroom! The fungus that is encountered in the stories of the gnomes …….. 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
Source: Amanita muscaria.
Yellow. In the meaning of colors, yellow inspires original thought and inquisitiveness. Yellow is creative from a mental aspect, the color of new ideas, helping us to find new ways of doing things. It is the practical thinker, not the dreamer.This is my yellow! . . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Yellow!
“I said to the almond tree: “Speak to me of God.” and the almond tree blossomed.” ( Nikos Kazantzakis). . . .Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Flowers
The color blue is the color of trust and responsibility. Blue is one of my favorite colors and the anemone is one of the flowers that find place in my terrace … White, red, blue and purple …. very generous in blooms. Very nice to take pictures with these flowers that have a thousand details to be discovered . . . .. … Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Blue flowers
“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
Source: Architecture
Aquilegia ( columbine) is a genus of about 60-70 species of perennial plants . The name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle (aquila), because the shape of the flower petals which resemble an eagle’s claw. It blooms in a variety of colors during spriing.. . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Aquilegia
Sardinia. Traditions and colors.Every year since 1656 on the first of May the Sardinian people, wearing their traditional costumes, take the statue of their Saint Efisio in procession to thank him for ridding Cagliari (Italy) of the plague. An annual religious festival but also a festival of colors of great beauty. . . . . . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Sardinia. Traditions and colors.
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” (Ansel Adams). . . . . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Silence
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