Aromatic herbs which grow near the sea on rocky cliffsides and paths are a common site in the Mediterranean. Seen growing out of crevices where no amount of moisture is found, these apparent succulents thrive on what little moisture they are able to extract from morning dew and salty sea air. Their stems are spongy and succulent like, and when picked these unusual aromatic herbs immediately emanate their fragrance.

At an appropriate time in the summer they are often harvested by the bags full for the purpose of elaborating herbal liquors, often of a digestive nature. Their "anise" or "fennel" odor and flavor are imparted in liquors which can take on colors ranging from yellow to chartreuse and deep amber.

The flower heads are similar to wild dill or fennel and resemble their counterparts in many ways. I have chosen to arrange a few heads in a "sytlized" bouquet and to place them against a black background with circular motion to enhance the effects that these plants produce from the alcoholic liquors in which they play a major role.