Sometimes it snows in april

So, here I am again, after a very long time. Not that there is so much to write about, but I wanted to let you know we're still alive and ok. The winter was grey and depressive, and there was not much inspiration for writing. Because of lockdown there was very little we were allowed to do, we couldn't travel much or meet our friends. And of course we were not able to drive to our boat.

We had some nice weather in March, it was sunny and pretty warm during the days. It was sunny and everything started to bloom.

I also turned 60 in March, we had a couple of nice parties with our families and friends. First two cakes I made myself, both were really good - the chocolate mousse cake...

...and the lemon curd pavlova...

 

...and this pretty and delicious chocolate pear cake my friends made for me.

I also got plenty of presents, as well as beautiful flowers.

After pretty great March we got a very cold weather front that came from Scandinavia in April, that not only brought a good amount of snow, but also very low temperatures. My flowers were covered with snow...

...and apple tree in bloom also.

It got to -10 deg C in the night and all the leaves and blossoms and even some branches on fruit trees froze, as well as many other plants. 

Later in spring weather got better and Corona situation as well, so we were able to travel around Slovenija. On a really sunny day we visited the remains of the San Sergio fortress above the village of Črni kal. There is a great view from there to Triest...

...and over the highway to Istria.

There were some pretty flower along the way.

The village of Črni kal

And the fortress

It is built on a rock that is separated from the rest of ridge and can be accessed only over the bridge. The vertical wall is very popular with climbers, as you can see below the bridge.

Since my plants, that normally bloom in spring, got covered in snow in April, they obviously thought it was another winter and they started to bloom again in May.

Most of the trees and plants recovered, there was no blooms on any of them, so there will be no fruits this year. But we're glad they are not dead.

At the moment things are looking up, weather-wise and also Corona-wise. We're having warm summery weather, both Captain and myself have been vaccinated already, so we can travel as well. Captain is already sailing in Croatia, I'm joining him later in June for couple of days and then in August and September. I guess he is happy, as always on Heron, and I'm taking care for house and garden and trying to catch up with all of our friends we haven't seen the whole year. But this summer we're staying close to home, in Croatia, situation still feels too uncertain to make plans for longer travel. But in following months there will be more posts, at least about sailing and snorkelling in Adriatic.