March Montage - Some of my favourite snaps of the month

More often than not, the March weather throws up a few surprises here in Galicia; this year was no exception. Damp, misty mornings characterised the beginning of the month. Busy spiders created intricate webs, hanging from dormant grapevines like carefully crocheted doilies.   

1. A web on the web.

From one extreme to the other: the temperature soared.

2. Feeling hot, hot, hot

The tulips rejoiced at the warm bright sunshine.

3. Open to suggestion

A day of mourning followed for my friend Mariano: The Madrileño. 

4. Amen

This glorious spring weather was an opportunity not to be missed.

5. Spring is in the air

There was work to do in the vineyards.
            “A keen eye and a pair of razor-sharp secateurs are all that separate success from failure. Mistakes at this stage will be costly”.

6. Weeping grapevines

Even the storks were busy: a little minor renovation work in preparation for the new arrivals. 

7. Room with a view

The garden is hardly at its best at this time of year but don’t tell the pansies that.

8. Perfect pansy

We’re not out of the woods yet though. The icy cold of winter refuses to let go of the distant mountain tops.

9. Icing sugar peaks

The church of Canabal provides a calming backdrop for a neighbour’s horse. He’s just happy to be out in the sunshine after a long wet winter.

10. Ride a white horse

In the village of Sober the flags are out, Spain and Galicia, motionless in the still air.

11. Blue sky bureaucracy

Not a second of daylight is wasted as the work continues on – from dawn until dusk.

12. From dawn 'til dusk

Throughout the day clumps of Red Clover brighten up the roadside verges.

13. Wonderful weeds

Before anyone asks, no I'm not a train spotter, I just happened to find myself down by the station in Canabal.

14. Sidelined

The sun has set on another month. The clocks have leapt forward and summer is on its way.

15. Down and out.

These are my favourite snaps but which is your favourite?

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