Happy Easter

Easter chocolate eggs germinating sugar flowers.

Or to my non-Christian friends, happy whatever spring-time commemoration you observe.
The operative word is “spring.” As in “budding flowers and fruits.” We have them all over Venice and environs. So please accept these images in the spirit of reawakening, and let us continue to hope for the best.
Peach blossoms from Sicily. I watch for them every year.

Lemon-buds waiting to blossom, seen on a lemon tree in a big pot at the Rialto Market.

The lemon blossom a week later.

You don’t only see spring here, you eat it. Some of the earliest delicacies are (clockwise from upper left): Bruscandoli, or wild hops; carletti, the leaves of the unhappily named bladder campion; asparagus; and the slim strands of “barba di frate” (friar’s beard). Get them when you see them, because they’re not staying long.

A small fig tree getting to work on Sant’ Erasmo.

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10 Comments

  1. Earla,
    Even though I’ve been back in Venice since Dec. 15th, I still read your blog avidly — as we aren’t getting around as much as we used to before the pandemic: it’s nice for us landlubber Nicolottis to know what’s up with the seafaring Arsenalottis on the other side of town. 🤣
    Happy Easter and keep up the good work. 😀

  2. Happy Easter Erla to you and L!

    Thank you for brightening my days with your vivid and energetic descriptions spiced with your insightful wit !!

  3. Happy Easter to my dear “Pal” of 32.5 years!! Your descriptions of Spring in Venice are absolutely DELICIOUS!

  4. Happy Easter, Erla & Lino!
    I hope that this spring will bring not only flowers and greenery but also a new normal life after the pandemic. I wish you all the best. Thanks for another wonderful glimpse of Venice in springtime.

  5. Happy Easter – a little late – to you both. In your hands, Venice is safe until we can return, you give us such a wonderful evocation of it all. Thank you.

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