All white!

After  our wonderful start to the year,  winter seems to be creeping up on us,  the weather forecast for yesterday was rain and/or sleet and/or snow,  with temperatures ranging from a 'high' of 5° to lows of -3°.    It hasn't been that cold here although we've woken to a low of 4° and it struggled up to 7 yesterday afternoon.  

There was sleet in the air when we went out yesterday morning but no more than that,  during the day it drizzled and then rained more heavily and at times the rain was more white and lumpy than rain should be - but no snow.

Until we went out this morning and saw that  last nights rain had fallen as snow above us,  especially above Mecina Bombaron....

although by this afternoon it was melting...

Looking towards Sierra Gádor to the east,  there was a dusting of snow and clouds all around.....

But by this afternoon's walk, Sierra Gádor was pretty much hidden in the cloud

Despite the chill,  spring flowers are springing open,  gorse bushes and broom are bright and  beautiful yellow splashes of colour.  The rosemary bushes are in full flower too everywhere,  our narcissi are in bloom although a bit heavy headed today after the rain.  Waiting for some sunshine are our almond trees,  some are beginning to bloom but ours are still in bud.  If they open in this cold weather I'm not sure we'd get many almonds in the autumn as the blossom might get damaged. 

 
And here is the tiniest of tiny bridges over a narrow water channel,  it's no more than a foot high and the stream is only about 6 inches or so wide.