On March 20. 2019, after the cold, rainy winter; was not only the beginning of our beloved and long awaited spring, which brought once again our gardens to bloom and delighted us with pleasantly warm rays of sunlight, but also the official Spring Festival called "Nowruz".

At the 64th General Assembly of the United Nations "Nowruz" was recognized as the official Spring Festival, as it has been celebrated for more than 3000 years, by more than 300 million people in the Balkan Peninsula, the Black Sea region, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East. In addition on 30 September 2009, UNESCO included Nowruz Day in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Text Source: www.wikipedia.org).

Here at our courtyard life finally seems to be back as well. The first butterflies are already flying around looking for sweet nectar and the bees, wasps and bumblebee are busy busy pollinating the first flowers.

The buds of our apricot tree are the first to blossom, closely followed by the magnificent nectarine and plum blossoms!

We wish you all a wonderful spring!