sNoW aT tHe MoUnT oF oAkS...

I wouldn't believe it if I wouldn't see it...yes, all these pictures were taken yesterday and this morning...

I was keeping the maintenance of our track, making small trenches to lead water to the sides instead of creating deep erosion paths in the middle of it. It has been raining quite a lot and it's doing some damage...

Suddenly, big flocks of snow started to fall and I was just marveling... I thought it would be like last year when it snowed for a while but soon the sun came out and it was all melted...so I tried to take as many pictures as I could, as it is so beautiful and special to see snow ...

I kept working as it´s a good way to keep warm and I was already wet anyway, when I realized I was getting a bit too wet... 

the snow kept falling all throughout the day and night...and now we have about 10cm of snow on the ground... I had to make my way down to the kitchen this morning because the trees were all bent to the floor and blocked the way...

It's just beautiful to see... my only concern is the local farmers who have lots of things planted and their damages will mean loss of food, and loss of profit... Living off the land has these things, we have to be totally dependent on what the weather dictates each season... And all there is to do is embrace it and accept it... 

I'm also hoping that birds and other wildlife manage to get some food in these conditions...
Anyway, I will not spend much longer here typing as my toes are getting freezed...

Here are some pictures with some comments as usual:

I thought that was worth taking...I could actually say there was snow...

But more was coming ...

I even made a little snow big foot man, while playing with Muxima throwing snow balls at her...she thought that was fun !!!

when I realized I was too wet to be working outside, I went in the bus, made some fire and read a nice book.. and the snow kept falling ... and falling...

This morning, as the sun was trying to rise :-), this was the beautiful view I had...

I had to make my way to the kitchen through the trees which were all bent to the ground so I could get through... there must be at least 10cm high of snow...

I was wowing all the time... so beautiful !!!

Poor olive trees, all bent down... I hope they will have a good recovery...
I'm worried about Duma (the cat), she left in the night and didn't come back yet...she's not used to snow, so I'm hoping she will manage to find shelter...

 

so far the roofs are fine... except for the prayer shelter...

Oops, it collapsed... one way to learn...green roofs need a really strong structure to hold all the weight... oh well, a good excuse to make something better to last longer...

and also a good excuse not to use the car !!!

I might post some more later these days... now I better go to the bus and make some nice fire...