Say mate, he said, this rain is now interfering with my love life, as it keeps on dousing my romantic candle flame every night. :)
Robbie is a Cape Robin-chat, and he was not very chatty today.
Yet another stormy day as the second cold front moved in. Cold, and wet with gale force wind gusts, that rips the trees apart. We ran out of milk and popped out to the local shop. At the same time, I wanted to have a look at our surroundings as we had very heavy rains and wind during the night. Nature was in a dark mood, and it created havoc across our province with floods and damages.
It is a short trip to the shop, and I picked up some interesting shots along the way. And so, let me show you what things looked like over here now.
The wind cleared out our neighbor's granadilla fence.
A first casualty as the wind ripped this branch off a high tree. (2 shots)
You can see the rotten parts at the tip that weakened the branch.
As we turned a corner, we saw this wet baby again.
Searching for something to eat.
Let me show you the road on our way.
We had to carefully find our way around those branches, and I did not have a raincoat on else we would have stopped and I would have dragged them to the side. But the rain was heavy and they have road clearing teams at work in this area.
One had to battle to see the far end of the road, as the rain blocked it.
At least our car had a free wash:)
And this was on the way back home.
So, minimal damages in our immediate area and we are so sad to see what's going on elsewhere in the country. We have many very old trees, some one hundred years plus old, and when the wind drops one of those trees it can flatten whatever it falls on, cars or houses. Recently, the owner of the property also informed me that they will have to remove the giant pine tree where I get the Peregrine falcon on. The old branches are starting to come off, and it is a fear that the tree will topple over in the wind as it can destroy anything that it falls on.
A bit of good news is that the dam levels are increasing, but that is about all the good news that there is as some farmers inland had their entire crops washed away. Losses abound during periods like this, and it takes years to recover. But South African farmers are hardy people who know how to survive and that is why they have become famous worldwide. So, now we have to wait until this cold front clears up and, in the meantime, people continue to suffer in the provinces inland as the cold front moves over.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time, cheers until I see you again!
