More random Larnaka images for the end of March

 For anyone who thinks Cyprus is all sunshine and warmth... this is a screenshot from March 21st, on a morning when my friend Sheila and I decided that we would not be going out for our usual 5km walk...

According to local news reports, it has been an exceptionally wet March.  It has certainly felt that way. It's a good thing, as the reservoirs are now in a much better state than they were at the start of the year, although we're still told to conserve water, and I believe the hosepipe ban is continuing. 

The next photo is of groups gathering outside the Municipal Theatre, in celebration of Greek National Day on March 25th:

I had entirely forgotten that it was a public holiday last Wednesday. I didn't see the marching, which would have happened earlier, involving uniformed organisations and a lot of the local schools.  Years ago when our older son was in the marching band, we would often go to watch the parades on national and other holidays.

This image, below, is of a pink shrub that has been flowering in our side yard. It's one we planted ten years ago, and which didn't do particularly well until the plant next to it died last year. Now it's flourishing.

According to Google lens, it's an Indian hawthorn. Plant shops here rarely have labels with plants, and I doubt if I would have remembered the name even if I had known. I'm not usually a huge fan of pink, but I think this is rather pretty. 

I can't end March photos without some reminders that this is (or was, when we first came here) known as 'yellow month'. Yellow wildflowers are blooming everywhere:

I saw that scene, and the one below, while walking along the Salt Lake trail one morning:

The photos don't begin to do justice to the beauty. My phone doesn't take the best pictures, and I didn't have my camera with me. Clicking the images to enlarge make them clearer, at least on a computer.

Here's a closer look at one of the plants:

This kind of plant is prolific too:

I asked Google Lens about that one, too. Apparently it's an acacia.  All these plants survive the hot summers without water for, usually, at least four or five months. Then when the rains come, the foliage springs back to life, with the blooms culminating in March and April.  

But though many are yellow, there are occasional splashes of other colours, such as this, which I think is a red poppy:

Daylight savings (or 'summer time') started a couple of days ago, and I'm already appreciating the later sunrise in the mornings, and the longer evenings. I've also very much liked the longer-than-usual springlike weather.