{"id":238,"date":"2012-04-01T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:58:39","slug":"spring-comes-to-tbilisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouritalianfarmhouse.com\/ourstory\/2012\/04\/01\/spring-comes-to-tbilisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring comes to Tbilisi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seemed to happen almost overnight.  One day the patchy grass was pale and\nlifeless, the trees bare and skeletal; the sun was weak and the wind cut\nsharply.  Then suddenly the trees\nwore tiny green buds, like a haze floating among their branches, the grass sprang\nup strong and verdant, and blossoms of white and pink and yellow appeared on\nlifeless limbs.  Temperatures\nclimbed into the 20s (remember this is Centigrade) and flower sellers displayed\nmasses of Persian lilacs, scarlet tulips, Lenten roses, and the gigantic callas\nthat serve as Orthodox Easter lilies. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pavel has a new hat for spring\u2014a jaunty cap\nto replace the dark wool he wore all winter.  Yesterday he washed our truck until it gleamed, and then last\nnight just after 7:00 a thunderstorm of epic proportion blew through town,\nflooding streets and pedestrian underpasses, stopping traffic, blowing\nelectrical circuits, and generally asserting Nature\u2019s dominance over all things\nhuman.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a little walk through my immediate\nneighborhood last week, shooting a few photos to share.  So take a walk with me\u2014if you thought\nTbilisi was beautiful in the snow (and I truly did), I hope you like it in\nspring as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It seemed to happen almost overnight.  One day the patchy grass was pale and lifeless, the trees bare and skeletal; the sun was weak and the wind cut sharply.  Then suddenly the trees wore tiny green buds, like a haze floating among their branches, the grass sprang up strong and verdant, and blossoms of white
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