Vienna airport, 18 March 2026
We’re off to Los Angeles, to stay with the little family of our daughter and her partner – about to grow by one more child!
We leave Austria with Spring timidly showing its face. On our last hike in the Wachau, we spied small drifts of pennywort pushing through the forest litter.
Their light purple petals were almost glowing.
Further on, on a dry, rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, we spied a little group of greater pasque flowers – well named, Easter is around the corner.
Their yellow hearts stood out against the dark purple of the petals.
The next day, in the woods covering the hills overlooking Vienna, we bumped into sprays of violets peeping up through the dead leaves.
So small, so delicate …
And yesterday, during our last walk around Vienna, which took us through the gardens of the Belvedere Palace, we passed a blooming cherry tree.
The next time we’re back in Vienna, it will be late summer. Who knows what flowers will greet us then?
the heart thrills 