Location of Emona within present day central Ljubljana, from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emona
Ljubljana is celebrating 2000 years since Emona, a Roman settlement, was founded. Emona belonged to the province of Italy and had around 5000 inhabitants. Modern Ljubljana overlaps with site of old Emona. Roman remnants are to be seen in archaeological parks, galleries, architecture and museums across Ljubljana. I’ve found a ’73 year booklet about Emona frescoes yesterday. It is fascinating to discover Emona homes were as neatly decorated as they are today. I am particularly fond of floral motifs used on Emona frescoes , they tell us the story of nearby flora of the time , of the artists of the time, of the pigments used and of the social importance of the beauty that is telling its story even after 2000 years! Here are some illustrations from the booklet:
Ljudmila Plesničar Gec, Emonske freske, Ljubljana 1973
Old School Garden 
Thanks for the reblog, Nigel !
all the best from Ljubljana in snow
you’re welcome- sounds chilly, unlike here!
we had too warm january but now we do have winter as it should be, actually nice
Hmm, sounds good, I wonder if the temperature will sink below freezing much at all here!
means you are in spring asap 😉
Hope you’re right and we don’t get a ‘late frost’!
I am OK, thanks, but I don’t dare to predict the weather 😉
Another major storm is approaching us, the wind outside is getting up and more rain is due – managed to do some tidying up in the garden today before it gets too wet 😉
I remember my friends in UK having heavy snow last winter, i this year as bad? We had record snow glaze , forests over the country suffered a lot, it is just too bad…
Hi- no snow here so far, but some in Scotland/north. Mild winter and probably going to be wettest winter on record!
Looks like winter is breaking records everywhere ! Can’t wait for spring!