We got home from Cape Town March 4th – and on the 7th it snowed! Nevertheless, spring is really here, and flowers are in bloom
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Pivoine arbustive, l'une avec son abeille - Tree peonies, one with bee.
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Camelia
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L'un des premiers coquelicots - One of the first poppies
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Choisya - Choisiya, or Mock Orange (I think)