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First, eat the honey

Second, make bee wax candles: Last Christmas a friend who keeps bees in Sicily as a hobby gave us a big piece of a honeycomb: It was very interesting to observe it. Some cells were full of honey, others had pure propolis in them and others served as storage...

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Tags: nature, food

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8 mars 2010

A fiber offence

I think my spring cotton scarf offended the Winter God. Today Barcelona is blocked under the worst snow storm of the last I-don't-know-how-many years. Really impressive. My street is on top of a hill, next to a park. My neighbours are riding on plastic...

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Tags: cities, nature, trees

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22 février 2010

Mimosa time

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Tags: nature, trees, flowers

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3 février 2010

I'd like to start my new 'blogging season' -this

I'd like to start my new 'blogging season' -this is, blogging again after a long busy period without internet at home- with some pictures from our holidays in Sicily last Christmas. The most delicious tangerines ever, from my boyfriend's family land....

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Tags: nature, holidays, landscape, trees, travel

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20 août 2009

Sunny days and no internet

I am now in Spain, enjoying a real summer with high temperatures, picnics and trips to the beach. I don’t have an internet connection at the moment, so regular blogging will be difficult in the next weeks. As soon as I have my own place and proper internet...

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Tags: animals, nature, holidays, personal

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6 juin 2009

Botanic Gardens #3: Van Gogh's Delirium

It's iris season, and at the Botanic Gardens they take it seriously.By the pond, in a more relaxed way...

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Tags: garden, nature, botanic gardens, flowers, photography

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6 juin 2009

Botanic Gardens #4: The Weirdos and The Beauties

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Tags: garden, nature, botanic gardens, flowers, photography

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30 mai 2009

Botanic Gardens #2: The Invasion of the Mutant Poppies

I like poppies but look at the size of this variety: isn't it scary?

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Tags: garden, nature, botanic gardens, flowers, photography

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1 mai 2009

From my sketchbook: the olive tree, study for a print

This was inspired by the beautiful olive trees I always see in Sicily when go there on holidays. It was supposed to be a sketch for a dry point print, but I'm not happy with the results of the print, so I show you just the drawing. Maybe I'll come back...

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Tags: nature, etching, print, sketchbook, Sicily, holidays, ink, landscape, trees, photography

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24 avril 2009

Extremely close and incredibly cute

(picture by me at Dublin Botanic Garden)

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Tags: animals, garden, nature, photography

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