...and with raindrops now drumming down on the roof, my soul pines for another warm day.
The first of two new cold fronts from the Atlantic Ocean has landed, and we will soon fall asleep at night with the crazy wind howling in our ears. The sea is a very wide-open expanse, and it offers no resistance to the windspeeds as it roars across the ocean at incredibly high speeds. As usual, I took some photos of the advancing storm clouds, and I will show you in another post.
For now, let's concentrate on the contents of this post. We went to a dam at the Vergelegen Wine Estate, as a friend told me that the dam's surface was like a mirror and indeed it was as I saw when we arrived. It is a very big farm, and the dam is close to the mountains. Most of the trees were still in their naked winter stage, but that will soon change when they put on new dresses in the spring season. Talking about trees, there are very big trees on this farm as I will show you below.
An Egyptian goose came into land on the water.
I took a wider shot out to show you what the mountain looked like.
As I said above, here below is an idea of how big the trees are.
I asked my beloved to stand there next to the tree trunk, to give you an idea of its girth.
And here you can see how high this tree is.
Just a few shots below of the dam reflections in the water.
Note that the dam reflection pictures are not similar, as in each picture a different view of the mountain range behind the dam can be seen.
I saw a Sacred Ibis coming in over the mountain.
And this, picture below, is a wider look of the first picture in the post.
Finally, let sleeping ducks lie. A pun on let sleeping dogs lie:)
Fast asleep and no care in the world.
Until I coughed loudly, and it is a Yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata).
If you look carefully, you will see that not one of the dam reflection pictures are the same, as I concentrated on different views of the mountain. I love the reflections as they bring a sense of wonder to my mind, nature's very own mirror. I also think that the first time, very long ago, when the very early human beings saw their own reflections in the water, spurred the thought to make mirrors. I just wonder at their reaction, the first time that they saw themselves reflected in the water. One can conjure up all kinds of jokes about this.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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