In Tatters. Paolo Celesia's 'casa' and a Common Blue Butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, Villa del Grumello Park, Como, Italy
At the outset of my walk to Cernobbio I explored the outskirts, so to say, of grand Grumello Park. On its very edge high on the hill I came across this little olive grove beside the ruins of what was once a grand 'casa' and its chapel. A doorway is marked that it's Paolo Celesia's house. Celesia (1872-1916) was a botanist and a proto-environmentalist. He didn't publish much but is known for founding a botanical journal. As I was pottering around a bit in that olive grove, a Butterfly, as tattered as the house, fluttered near. It too will soon fall to ruin.
In Tatters. Paolo Celesia's 'casa' and a Common Blue Butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, Villa del Grumello Park, Como, Italy
At the outset of my walk to Cernobbio I explored the outskirts, so to say, of grand Grumello Park. On its very edge high on the hill I came across this little olive grove beside the ruins of what was once a grand 'casa' and its chapel. A doorway is marked that it's Paolo Celesia's house. Celesia (1872-1916) was a botanist and a proto-environmentalist. He didn't publish much but is known for founding a botanical journal. As I was pottering around a bit in that olive grove, a Butterfly, as tattered as the house, fluttered near. It too will soon fall to ruin.