Between light and dark, and between floods and droughts.
I had some fun with the starlings on the lamp, and let me show you the changes in our day.
Lately, we have been finding that the ants are far better weather forecasters than the human weather forecasters. The newspaper weather people seem to get their information from a different place to the radio's weather people, and both are so different to the place where the internet weather people get theirs. They get the temperatures, wind speeds, and rain forecasts wrong a large percentage of the time. Very strange. By listening or reading one of their forecasts, finds one sitting in the sun, and the next minute running for cover as the rain comes down. But they didn't say it was going to rain? Or the heavy gusts of wind, where did they come from when it was not predicted.
So, now we look to the ants. When they invade the house, then we count three days and we know there will be rain. And, thankfully we also look for the halo that warns us of coming rain. Invariably, it rains two or three days after the halo. The intensity of the halo's colors also tells me the quantity of rain that will be falling. The lighter the colors, means "fairy-type-rain" (soft rain). The deeper the colors, the heavier the rain.
The birds' abnormal rushing around to get food, also tells us that rain is on it's way. So, I am now thinking about putting a weather vane on top of my hat to check the wind direction, and the rest I will thumb-suck. Lol.
Look at this lovely start to the day.
I think that this below was especially nice.
The clouds were closing in on the mountains.
Another shot of that tree with the mountain in the background.
Twirly cloud on the mountain here below.
And then, things started closing up.
Yep, the rain clouds were marching in.
And of course, even the gulls scattered for shelter.
As an observation, many times, especially when it is heavier rain, the seagulls will fly inland, and it also depends on the winds. Whenever the south-easter wind, that they call the Cape Doctor, rears its head then it is bedlam, as everyone knows to duck, including humans. You have seen many pictures of pedestrians being blown over by the strong gusts of wind.
Anyone that lives in the Cape province of South Africa will tell you a story about the south-easter wind. The camping guys have to tie down their tents with long spikes that they hit into the ground, with thick ropes leading to the tent to anchor it as the south-easter can easily tear a tent apart. Not to say anything about the houses' roofs and the trees. The roofs get blown off and the old or damaged trees get blown 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.
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