A pair of "Swiss Shepherds" right here in the Western Cape Province of South Africa!
The one at the back is a male. His owners decided to breed them and they bought the young female import at the front in the picture.
A first for me to see them.
Where to escape to after all of the lockdowns trapped people in their homes?
Nature of course and we have plenty of it over here.
Come and have a look at a popular public park near the mountains that we visited today.
This guy really loves the river and he was in like a flash!
Old gigantic oak trees live in this park and look at the size of their Winter leaves that Marian is holding here!
Now to get a good shot of the river I had to crawl through underneath this tree.
Look at the size of those thorns, not very friendly at all!
The yellow cross at the water side of the thorn tree was where I stood to get the next picture!
Worth challenging the thorns to get a picture like this methinks.
Look how the tree at the right drinks water from the river!
Look what stood peeping at me a while later!
Now who would not love to spend time here?
A huge open park where everyone can come and go as they please.
At the other side of the park is tennis and basketball courts, 2 cricket pitches all in a great condition and there are even two club houses.
The left hand side of the park borders on a town suburb and the rest of the park is surrounded by farms. Of course closer to the mountain (where we love to go), everything is wild.
Here's a surprise that I got today!
Any ideas what this is? Mint like leaves, but look at how beautiful this delicate flower is! pink, orange, yellow and with a red center?
It grows next to the river on the opposite (farm) side!
And That's All Folks!
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The photos are all unedited and only cropped for uploading purposes.
Camera used: Canon Powershot SX60HS.
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