Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Beauty near home

Too often we travel around half the world to find something beautiful, but sometimes it is really nearby under our noses.


Today I took the bus to Netania and visited the Iris Nature Reserve.


Near the sea on the dunes grows the Coastal or Dark Purple Iris - Iris atropurpurea - אירוס הארגמן.

The reserve is in South Netania on the the way to the Poleg neighbourhood.


Similar Irises can be found on Mount Gilbo'a and near Nazareth, but in each area they look a bit different.

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