Drizzly morning

It was drizzling when we came out this morning, so we didn't stay long.  St. Nikolaus was gone.  My friend had stopped out earlier in the week and found that someone had moved him from the center of the wall to the far edge, almost hidden in the bushes, and with his back turned to the boat landing, but he was completely gone this morning.

We put up a sweetly silly angel and a graceful swan:

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These things still haven't bloomed:

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But this one has:

Beautiful, isn't it?  I have no idea what it is. It's very tall.