Life finds a way here in the mountains. It is a harsh climate, fierce winds, frosts and snow in the winter, dry 40° heat in the summer. But life finds a way to survive.  There is a wild succulent here that seems to manage to grow on a few grains of earth. It grows out of earth as hard as concrete in summer, and even out of rock.  The rock around here is sandstone, shades of red and pink from the palest flesh-colour pink tones to deep Indian red. 5 to remember
las montañas – the mountains
duro/a – harsh
feroz – fierce
la escarcha – the frost
la nieve – the snow

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It’s a climate of extremes – heat & frost. But life finds a way in the mountains of #Spain via @Spanish_Valley http://wp.me/p3dYp6-90