Spring is Here!

Spring arrived today in Debrecen!  We are so glad!  The sun is shining and the temperature climbed over 60 degrees.  The picture above is from our apartment building garden.  It is lovely to see the flowers blooming.  Notice, however, that many of the tips of the leaves are brown.  That is because these leaves had already come up when we had the March 15 snow and ice storm followed by freezing cold temperatures.  Many plants were damaged by the cold, including many of the fruit trees in the country.  We also heard that the first three months of 2013 were the wettest January, February and March since 1902.  Many places in the country are experiencing flooding, but thankfully, we are not.  At least this means that our drought is over!