venerdì 25 luglio 2014

Self-portraits of my adventure



Self-portraits of adventurous in Sicily, Italy. I am located in Contrada Fontana Nuova. http://ift.tt/1rDZO7D

Self-portraits of my adventure



Self-portraits of adventurous in Sicily, Italy. I am located in Randello http://ift.tt/1t4tkFH

Solitudine pensierosa



A self-portrait I took one morning in Marina di Ragusa, Italy http://ift.tt/WQldPO

mercoledì 9 luglio 2014

Cimice



Cimice red and black http://ift.tt/1k4Xoso

Cappero bokeh



The caper bush (Capparis spinosa) has been introduced as a specialized culture in some European countries in the last four decades. The economic importance of the caper plant led to a significant increase in both the area under cultivation and production levels during the late 1980s. The main production areas are in harsh environments found in Morocco, the southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Turkey, and the Italian islands of Pantelleria and Salina. This species has developed special mechanisms to survive in the Mediterranean conditions, and introduction in semiarid lands may help to prevent the disruption of the equilibrium of those fragile ecosystems. Scientists can use the known distributions of each species to identify the origin of commercially prepared capers. The shrubby plant is many-branched, with alternate leaves, thick and shiny, round to ovate in shape. The flowers are complete, sweetly fragrant, showy, with four sepals, and four white to pinkish-white petals, many long violet-colored stamens, and a single stigma usually rising well above the stamens. http://ift.tt/1rRvmZb