After nearly four very hot months without rain I did not expect to see that everything (almost) in our garden Halkidiki would be doing so well when we arrived a week ago; the rain a couple of weeks earlier really helped, so I agree with you, Carol, it is almost like spring. Many brooms have started producing new leaves, and yesterday we found new shoots of wild asparagus when we walked in the olive groves around here, they were delicious eaten raw.