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The views from Erice (about 750m altitude; Erice is close to the port of Trapani) along the northern Sicilian coast towards Monte Cofano (about 660 m; in the middle of the image). It seems that everybody who ever came here was attracted to the beauty of this island. In historical times, the Phoenicians or Carthaginians (who fortified Erice and venerated Astarte), then the Greeks (Aphrodite), then the Romans (Venus), then the Byzantines (Mary), then the Muslims, then the Normans (Mary again), The Spanish, the French etc. until Garibaldi made this "Italian" in 1860. The photo was taken at the Castello di Venere (Venus Castle) built by the Normans. A divine lady has always protected this land.
Hommage au vieux pommier !
Résiste, prouve que tu existes ....
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Bonne journée à tous !
This tree is hanging on to its green pigment for as long as possible, but the signs of change are starting to show as it slowly pulls back its resources for the winter months ahead. Taken in Hillock Woods, Princes Risborough.
"...Scrutiamo le case abbandonate chiedendoci che vite le abitava…" (lyrics from a song remembered by Silvio Francesco Zincolini)
Mother nature gradually consumes a parked horse box.
Near Myrtle Farm on Forest Drove near Bickenhall, Somerset.
Il y a beaucoup d'endroits dans la vallée où il y a déjà des fleurs et où l'herbe est verte. Mais il suffit de monter un peu en altitude, on trouve encore pas mal de neige. Col de Balme, vallée de Chamonix Mont Blanc France
In many places there are already flowers and the grass is green. But if you just go up a bit higher, there is still a lot of snow, Col de Balme Chamonix Mont Blanc valley France