Have a careful look at this picture and tell me if you saw it.
No? Then look at the white strap around the cactus.
Whenever I see a large flowerpot outside a building, then I scrutinize it, and I am seldom disappointed, as invariably it contains some form of wildlife. It is always so amazing to see how detailed the insects are, and in this case, I found a classic. My trousers snapped the top button off, and we had to search for a new button in some shops, so we ended up at this place that they call a haberdashery. Fortunately, they had a button, and a staff member even offered to sew the button back on to the trousers. While my wife helped the lady to sort the button out, I waited outside and then I got this dragonfly on the white strap.
I think that this is a female Two-striped Skimmer (Orthetrum caffrum).
Not often that I see them, but we were in a different area, and I was happy to get it on camera.
Every now and then, a quick bit of sunlight appeared on the dragonfly, but then the clouds close it down just as fast, as we have a fierce wind chasing the clouds around.
But thankfully I could get a few photos of it.
Now, don't run away, as here is something different below.
This is a female Banded Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa caffra).
Yay! Check this lovely flying shot.
Finally, here, you can also see the wind playing with the clouds on the mountains.
Some people complain that they cannot find anything to take photos of. May I humbly suggest that you simply step into nature as there is always something to see, unless you live in a desert. But even there you will be surprised at the life in the desert. I remember a case when a colleague and I had to cross a desert to get to our destination in a neighbouring country. There were high sand dunes, and whilst sitting on one of them we saw a scorpion lifting the door of its lair open and peeping out if some prey was around. The scorpion must have heard us, and we made our way out of there. So, yes, there is always something to see.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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