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Colours, perfumes and sensations of May in Capo Sant’Andrea
Capo Sant’Andrea is the ideal point for excursions into the Capanne mountains and the nearby coast. In late spring, when the Mediterranean forest is thriving during May, these walks are enriched by particular and indescribable sensations, perceptions, perfumes, shapes and colours. I have often tried to describe this, but once I have sat down at my improvised writing desk, a table set up out in the open in the shade of the leafy trees, the emotions of the moment are so strong and beautiful that my pen forgets about the pathways...
The afternoon sun filtering through the rooftop of eucalyptus leaves,
the perfume of juniper and other spring flowers enhanced by a slight breeze,
the continuous alternation between the heat of the sun and the regenerating
freshness of the air, the sounds all enhance the sense of being lost.
This is not all, and the atmosphere is made more magical by the subtle
background of waves breaking on the nearby coastline, the song of innumerable
birds, among which the hollow and raucous song of the turtle dove and
the angry and sudden whistling of ravens are the most recognisable. The
presence of man is almost unnoticed and can only be heard intermittently
and far away by the sound of working tools, softened by the dominant sounds
of nature.
Sounds and colours merge: the blue sky and sea transpire towards the pines
and eucalyptus trees, the flowering juniper bushes and the colourful geraniums
and white daisies.
In the background is an incredible variety of shades of green and yellow
covering the mountainside: the brownish green of the heather, now devoid
of flowers and the bright green of new chestnut leaves; the hollow green
of the evergreen oak and the thousands of shades of the forest gradually
merge with the first rocks on the mountain.
The brown granite of Masso Omo towers over the surroundings, almost a
symbolic sentinel in mysterious equilibrium safeguarding the wild and
beautiful, varied and harmonious nature. Perhaps man is beginning to love
and respect nature, because it is the real source of life here.
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