A LANDSCAPE, A BLOSSOM

(“Un paisaje, una flor”) Inês Castel-Branco &  Neus Caamaño | Akiara, Spain | 72 pp | 25 x 16.50 cm

Flowers are wondrous beings, rooted in the earth and pointing to the sky. They burst forth in meadows and mountains, in lakes and ponds, in forests and jungles, on tree branches and roadsides, in the sand and in the desert. Each one is inextricably linked to a specific place, a particular type of soil and climate that has shaped its personality and made it what it is. When they blossom, they create a unique landscape saturated with white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue…. If we stop for a few moments to contemplate them, we realize that they are one of nature’s most delicate and surprising gifts, a mirror in which we can find ourselves and rediscover who we are. Each flower is a work of art, a miracle, a prodigy of life’s intelligence; each flower fills the world with beauty! With illustrations that capture the essence of each landscape and each blossom, this book is a journey through the colors and extraordinary characteristics of thirty very special flowers from around the world.

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