Fireside Inn | SPECIALS NOT ON THE MENU — a smorgasbord of stories with a high-top view.

By Julie Pendray

IDYLLWILD — This week brought welcome rain and even late snow to Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California.

Here’s an updated gallery of May snow photos from the mile-high village above Palm Springs. Click on one photo to see enlarged versions, then click on forward arrow to go through the gallery.

Manzanita hedge in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Into the woods, in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on white. Tara Jade storefront window. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Yellow flowers in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

A welcome sign greets visitors to Idyllwild on Highway 243. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Someone drew a happy face in the snow atop a fence post in Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

A rainbow among snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered manzanita. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on flowering bush, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Yardbirds truck full of firewood warms a snowy day in Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Fireside Inn in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Firewood in snow, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered firewood, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on red. Snow in Idyllwild in mid-May. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on red 2. Idyllwild, May 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on black. Higher Grounds CoffeeHouse patio, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Wheelbarrow in snow, Lily Rock Native Plant Nursery, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Totem pole in the center of Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Roses in snow, Prairie Dove, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Red truck for sale outside Mountain Mike’s, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Madonna and child shelter from snow. Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow fell around potted “Johnny Jump Ups” at Prairie Dove Boutique, Idyllwild, just before Mother’s Day, 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Painted deer in Idyllwild, California. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered lupines, Idyllwild, May 8, 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Painted deer in the snow at Idyllwild Area Historical Society, May 8, 2015.

Snow on succulents, Idyllwild, May 2015. Photo: Julie Pendray.

White on wooden church sign, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow covered arbor, Idyllwild Area Historical Society. Photo: Julie Pendray.

These boots are made for walking in snow. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on green motorcycle, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

Snow on firewood, Idyllwild. Photo: Julie Pendray.

By Julie Pendray

IDYLLWILD, Calif. — Among residents of the San Jacinto Mountains, it’s common knowledge that it’s a risk to plant a garden before Mother’s Day because it could snow at any time.

Mother Nature came through in Idyllwild again this year, just before the celebratory weekend, with much needed precipitation. Here’s how it looked around town.

Mother’s Day on Sunday is currently predicted to be sunny.