Spring has sprung.

Although the morning after the fire there was an obvious burnt area,  we have had a few showers since then and I don't suppose it'll be a blackened stretch for very long..




Now the sun is out - again - we keep thinking this it,  spring has sprung,  but then it surprises us with a few cooler cloudy days,  and we start all over again.  But the plants think it's Spring,  the leaves on the fig trees are unfurling...



The Jerusalem sage is coming into flower,  our sage plants are not in flower yet, in fact they are struggling this year and look a bit sad  :(



This grows wild,  and although the leaves look like sage they do not have the flavour of the real thing.  But pretty none the less.

Broom covered hillsides are echoing the sunshine..


And then we have the strange climbing plant that is the Dutchman's Pipe.  It grows along side the footpath on the way to the fuente,  twisting and twirling in the brambles...

And the most enormous seed pods!