Early almond blossom

The sun has been shining for days and days now, in fact we can't remember the last time it rained,  the temperature has been high enough for me to change into a summer skirt by about 11am- ish  but back into trousers by 5pm as the sun goes down and loses it's heat.

At the start of this week, we were basking in 18 or 19° and one day it was 21° - a bit unusual even for here in early January.  But today although blue and sunny it's down to just touching 15.

The result of all this sunshine is early almond blossom.  We first saw some  when we went over the Contraviesa on the way to the airport before Christmas, but now our almond tree opposite the front gate is in  bloom and I noticed this morning that the trees on the hillside behind us are also flowering.  It was cold overnight - a touch of frost on the open ground - just hope the flowers don't get frosted otherwise there goes the almond crop for the year.