I hope you enjoy this very interesting travel/history piece from Jo at Still Restlessjo. Please click the link above to enjoy a tour with Jo through the ancient Roman city of Italia.
The swollen creeks and rivers are sending a lot of water into the lakes.
At present this creek looks like a river; it’s moving swiftly and delivering a lot of snow melt to Okanagan Lake. Normally it’s just a very somnolent trickle.
All that water from the many creeks and rivers is elevating the lake’s levels, a wonderful thing after the previous three years of drought conditions. This is leading to amazingly explosive growth …
I saw this deer in our neighbour’s yard across the lane from our deck. Deer often visit his yard; there’s nothing much to eat there but they see it as a safe place for a nap.
Usually they arrive in twos, threes or fours, but this one was alone.
When she heard me talking to my husband she waggled those amazing ears and turned to look at me. She was completely unconcerned, just wondering why I needed to be noisy while she was trying to rest.
The white rhododendrons in one of the city gardens have started to bloom.
Rhododendrons come in many lovely shades but I don’t often see the white ones.
To me, they feel very springy indeed. Fresh and light and tempered by the merest hint of very pale pink, they seem to epitomise the new growing season.
Here’s a little stroll through some of our bloomers from the last three weeks. 🌸
Gorgeous April violets with their heavenly scent. An elegant mid-April tulip. Lovely lilacs – in the area where I found these there are several very established bushes; their perfume was permeating the air. A May delight: alyssum “basket of gold.”May’s pretty in pink phlox. April pansies – some of the prettiest faces ever.
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