CYPRESS GARDENS - FLORIDA

We grow a variety of plants in our garden. Some make it, some don't. But in Florida, it's very hard to know anything about gardening because seasons vary from year to year, and "northern" tips very often don't apply here. There grow many vegetables in winter and some fruit trees fruit when they feel like it. Sometimes, it's in the Spring. Other times, it's in the Fall. You just never know. I think there's always an element of surprise. So it's quite a challenge knowing what to grow where and when. But what a beautiful garden you can see in Florida, that is incredible.

Easter traditions in Schwitzerland

On Easter Sunday, of anyage can roam the nooks and crannies of St. Gallen's Old Town and participate in Switzerland's largest Easter egghunt.

 

At 8 o clock in the morning, the starting gun will be fired in front of theWaaghaus on the Market Square. That means finding as quickly as possible between one and ten of the 4,000 plastic eggs in the pedestrian zone. The more successful the finder is, the more chocolate, donated by the Munz company, he or she will receive at the end of the egg hunt. Whoever finds the proverbial needle in the haystack, in this case,one of the 25 "Golden Eggs" hidden between the pavement and the doorsteps in the Stiftsbezirk (CollegiateChurch District) and Waaghaus, will receive a tour prize.The traditional boiled Easter egg, as well as delicious coffee and cake will be served, free of charge. To round out the event, visitors can head to the special exhibition "AllerleiEier" ("All kinds of Eggs") in St. Gallen's Natural History Museum and admire one of nature's mostingenious "packages".

 

Otherwise you can also enjoy regional specialities from the Bernese Oberland in the Sillerenbühl Restaurant situated in the mountains.

 

 

HAPPY EASTER

 

THE BIRD OF SPRING

 

THE BIRD OF SPRING

An extraordinary event is taking place at this very moment in New York, involving millions of visitors. It is the annual spring bird migration, and this weekend it starts a monthlong explosion in which scores of species in dazzling plumage may be seen in many locations.

The change from winter to spring occurred in Manhattan last week. March went out like a lamb and April showers arrived right on cue.

 

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