This morning apparently the entire area has no electricity due to maintenance on the local substation and I was totally unaware. Having a decent sized solar installation means there is no worries and life

As you can see by the above information we already have no sunlight and it is summer time and only just gone 6.30pm with very little charge coming through. Normally we should have another hour or more

I have some random shots to show you the beauty, as a warning is out for strong winds and I love to see how the winds dance with the clouds in the sky. Early morning and I knew it was going to be one of

Four power cuts per day and rain are not conducive to a warm winter. But the birds and nature don't mind the conditions, as they simply continue as normal. We have certainly complicated our lives as humans

Home Solar System As some of you may already know, we have a huge energy crisis here in South Africa, where we have various stages of rolling power cuts. As I write this post, we are varying between stage

The cold mountain winter air is great to breathe and amazing colors abound. I have posted a similar image taken in summer colors and this is another image in winter colors. A power cut at noon and another

I am sure that all South Africans on Hive will agree with me. Loadshedding sucks! For those that do not know what the term Loadshedding means, it is basically a chosen word by the authorities to replace

source Last night the power went off at 8.11 pm in the region I live and by 8.30 pm the common noise of firearms was echoing through the valley. It was earlier than normal though and about 20 minutes after