Snow at this time of year is always a bit unwelcome, despite being pretty to behold, if only for a short while. Our baker arrived in his car, as he'd only just changed the winter tyres on his van to summer tyres! Caught out ...
So, yesterday was a soggy dark day, but the photo taken this morning shows the mountains in their fresh white coats.
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| The Kaki tree, wondering where spring went ... |
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| The mimosa flowers droop under their load of snow |
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| Defying the weather, our blackbird sang in the olive grove loud and long ... |
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| A dry sunny day, with the snow confined to the mountain tops and the higher villages |
Looks like a lot of snow. Good it doesn't stop the birds singing. It's more like spring here. I was at the Saturday morning farmers' market in Castle Terrace with Douglas and a gold finch was singing its heart out in a tree. My bird song identification wasn't confident but I eventually managed to get sight of it.
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