I was part of a group that visited Sicily in late spring of 2008 and took lots of pictures of the sites many of which had wild flowers in and around them. John Metcalf

 

 One of the many temples at Selinunte which overlook the sea

 

  

Mount Etna Sicily's celebrated volcano, still the loftiest in Europe at about 3330m

 

olive tree and column in Cava di Cusa quarry

 

Sea view beside the temples at Selinunte with masses of wild flowers

 

Interior of Sicily showing some of the olive trees and fennel growing on the rolling hills

 

an olive perched on the edge of a ravine

 

 

Selinunte and wild flowers

 

 

Another view of one of the temples in the complex at Selinunte

 

many plants finding places to grow in the crevasses of the rocks

entrance to Palermo museum

 

delightful displays of vegetables in the local markets

View across another ravine

 

below views of the abandoned quarry from which stone was extracted for Selinunte and the earthquake damage caused on the site

 

 

 

 

all photographs by John Metcalf using CANON PowerShot A720 IS