April 12, 2007 Lots of things happened between Easter and today. But we'll save those things to a time when we are back at home in Finland. Meanwhile the Cretan nature showed its power. Just after yielding all their fruits, the orange trees are in bloom again... ...and looking dually beautiful... ...and even more beautiful individually. And "a rose is a rose is a rose" - especially wonderfully at this time of the year. The anemone are now most plentiful, but not as lasting and beautiful when Nikos gave them to us a long while ago. This hybrid has been interesting us a long while. There is one variation that is totally white, and another one that is totally yellow. But this fellow makes a compromise. The lemon tree on our patio is getting newly pregnant, while still bearing fruit... [ If you see only this frame, click here to see the complete diary ]