They say that only crows can fly in gale force winds.
I have to say that it is true, as the Pied Crows (Corvus albus) were the only birds in the sky.
But there are also very many crow idioms in use, for instance it gets so hot that the crows will yawn, meaning that a heat wave has arrived. We are currently in a heat wave, but I have not seen any crows yawning:)
The weather is wild here, as we can reach temperatures in the early 30C's on one day, and the very next day it can drop to 24C. Global warming is blamed, and we don't know anymore what to believe, but we know that something is wrong.
In any case, come and see what I have to share.
In the first picture, the one crow landed, and its partner came in from high up. Woops, the crow at the top dropped down to prepare for a landing.
And then the crow landed safely.
Suddenly, the pair of crows took off again.
Later in the day, the wind had dropped a little bit, but it was still strong, as you will see below.
Peace descended, as a ringneck dove landed on a roof.
Unexpectedly, the dove simply opened its wings, gave a hop, and allowed the wind to pick it up.
Finally, much later, a small flock of seagulls came over, and I tracked their flight.
Safely on their way home, wherever that might be.
If we think that our winds are strong, we heard on the news that a Cyclone hit the Philippians with winds of up to 200kph. Apparently, much damage has occurred. I don't know if it is only one cyclone, or two cyclones, and we are so thankful that we don't have any cyclones over here. As I said somewhere in one of my previous posts, we always think that our situation is the worst, but that is a big mistake. For the simple reason that there are always so many other situations in other countries that are much worse than ours.
That also goes for our personal lives, as at times we regard our sufferings as the worst, but if we look around, then we will find many worse sufferings across the world. Just the way that we are as humans as our sufferings are always the worst in our minds. Many years ago, I ended up for three months in an orthopedic ward in a hospital. It was a general ward and there were 12 beds in the ward, and to pass the time patients would compare their injuries to see who the worst is. It led to many arguments, and even shouting matches as everyone thought that they were the worst off:)
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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