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Monday, 23 May 2011

Gladiolus italicus





Gladiolus italicus is a species of gladiolus known by the common names Italian gladiolus, field gladiolus, and common sword-lily.
It is probably native to much of Eurasia, but it is well-known on other continents where it is a common
weed, particularly of cultivated fields and waste places. This perennial flower grows an erect stem approaching a meter in maximum height with a few long leaves around its base. Toward the top half of the generally unbranching stem is a spike inflorescence on which flowers appear at intervals. Each plant has up to 15 or 16 flowers. The flower is bright pink to magenta and several centimeters long with its stamens and style protruding from the throat। The fruit is a capsule about a centimeter long containing many seeds.

From Wikipedia

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Monday, 4 April 2011

Flowering Samos



A typical view for the spring time in Samos, field flowering with wild gladiolus

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Monday, 10 January 2011

The old windmill in Mitilinii Samos



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view from inside

This windmill is one of many in my Villege. Is my favorite since I always was able to see it from my window when I was child...



From Wikipedia:
A windmill is a machine which converts the
energy of wind into rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. The main use is for a grinding mill powered by the wind, reducing a solid or coarse substance into pulp or minute grains, by crushing, grinding, or pressing.Windmills have also provided energy to sawmills, paper mills, hammermills.





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From outside


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view from far away..





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The stonework inside.