“Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose. ” ― Robin McKinley, Sunshine
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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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Nasturzi.”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..This is my terrace … I do not eat them, I like to watch them!Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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There are flowers that have the color of the night … as this pansy but also cosmos, dahlias, hellebores, lilys, tulips… Black flowers are mysterious and elegant. In reality there are no truly black flowers – most are very dark shades of purple or red. They symbolise power, mystery, elegance, farewell and goodbye. . Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
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Not all mushrooms are interesting for their taste ..These are small … but very beautiful !My friends mycologists know these mushrooms? Mycena? Boh .. I do not know ……Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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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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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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In the language of flowers, it has had various symbolic meanings. Its color may indicate the love of truth or, conversely, the truth of love. In keeping with the latter, it is said that the tomb of the Roman tyrant Nero was decorated in the spring with violets by unknown persons who had secretly admired or loved him. Violets were often used as symbols of fasting or mourning. Source : http://www.americanvioletsociety.org/HistoryTraditions/Traditions.htmPhoto © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
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