Still not used to flowers in Winter

Bloomin' Poppies

Summer here is pretty much devoid of flowers, and in many places, green.  Right now, the jade plants have loads of white flowers, the lemons and oranges are being harvested, the pansies bloom daily and everything is a different shade of green.  It's still winter.
A couple of days ago I was cycling in shorts and a summer jersey, sweating like mad.  Today was sweater-cool, but sunny.  At least it's clear.
In anticipation of our upcoming trip to Galicia, on the northeast corner of the peninsula, I checked their weather.  It was dismaying to see that two weeks of rain were expected with a couple of "partly sunny" days.  Oh, well, we're looking forward to different cuisine, scenery and a new dialect to try and fathom.