il manifesto

On the second day of our stay in Palermo, we came across a bright billboard, on the way to the botanical garden.

We tried to find out the artist of this striking drawing of the woman with lilac & yellow headscarf. So we looked it up and initially thought the number 863 on the sign, would lead us to the artist. Not...

On our way back, we even tried loosen the poster from the billboard (I have to admit), but it was stuck on dozens of layers of posters. In the end we decided to photograph the poster and make a poster of it later.

After a few days when we past this place again on our way to the station, we came to the conclusion that 'our' beautiful poster was covered by a supermarket advertising. What a shame! (for an unknown cola brand, how irreverent...)

Luckily we still had the photo! And luckily now there is a new version at our home, a splendid souvenir of Sicily.

Just in case there's someone who knows the name of the artist, I would really like to know.

lilac lathyrus

Sweet scented sweet peas.
They do not come from our own garden, but I got those lilac lathyrus from my son Minne.

June is my favorite month. In terms of enjoying nature.
Long lasting days, every day new discoveries in the garden.
I love that early summer feeling. This is certainly one of them;

Soaking up the fragance of freshly picked sweet peas.

des fleurs séchées

Sweet summer flowers. We need it. Since our return from the sunny south, summer in the Netherlands is not what we were hoping for.
I guess we can all use a ray of French Summer...

Have a nice weekend!