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Bougainvillea and Sunflowers
Just came back from vacation in the Marche region in Italy. Nice place with stunning hilly panoramas. Around the place where I lodged, two things struck me, vegetation-wise: a lot of huuuge bougainvilleas plants and lots and lots of sunflowers fields (tho most of them were wilting). Hence Yuuka and the approximation of bougainvillea you can see here. The door also comes from Torre di Palme, the medieval-like village just next to our house.
nb: Bougainvilleas are thorny plants. Do not hug them unless you happen to be some kind of mystical flower creature.