October 15, 2010

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On this day in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte began his exile on the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.  

Irish Blackthorn

Prunus Spinosa (blackthorn or sloe) is a species of Prunus native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa. At the moment, the ditches have sloes in abundance, signs of a harsh Winter I'm told.
ISO 100. 1/500 @ f/4.5