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April flowers

I spent  a bit of time away at the beginning of April, visiting my sister in Rome and catching up with an old mate in Bologna. But we did have some visitors right at the end of the month.

Looking out of my car window as I drive off to town Nancy gives me onefof her mournful “where are you going this time”?” looks. Or perhaps it was one of her ‘bring me back treats or be damned’ looks, it’s sometimes difficult to tell with Nance!
I haven’t noticed these beauties before but they were one of the first flowers to appear this year. Amusingly called the Garden Star of Belthlehem elsewhere mine are known as the Garden Star of Barabrith but others know them also as Eleven Oclock Lady, Nap at Noon, Grass Lily and even Sleepydick!! Cute eh!
After much slog with both strimmer and lawn mower the grass paths of Barabrith have returned!
The leaning pear tree blossomed nicely this year.
Wow! My wisteria is really going for it!
Rachel had done her ankle in so Hop and I did the walk around the valley. Here Hop admires the view of Zlatko’s place in the spring sun.
My guests this month were from good ‘ole Blighty. Hop, as he’s known, hosted me in Swindon back in 1989 when the forces of law and misery were trying to jail me on a stitch up. Oh yeah! But that story is for another day. 36 or so years later I get to return the favour to him and his partner. Here they are doing the Partisan hospital in the forest tour.
Rachel and Hop play some pool whilst I lurk outside taking illicit photographs through my mucky windows!
This beauty is the flower that the guy at the Karlovac fleamarket gave me as a freebie. Acording to my Picture This app its a Bearded Iris or Common Flag!! but whatever its called it’s a striking beauty!
Can’t get enough of the wisteria hanging over the wisteria bench!