Fired Up!

Walking Square Circles

Walking around the home many times a day the house is squared off so I can safely say I do walk square circles!

Over past couple of days we have gone from extremely hard downpours, heavy wind, now blissful bright blue skies like often seen in the mountains.

What transpires during these regular jaunts around the home, with thermals the storks taking themselves on their own magical journey of flight, circling together in ballet up above.

Those magnificent men in their flying machines, they go up diddly up and coming down, doing it again and again, practicing pilots having fun against the clear blue!

Tiny white-breasted sunbird dancing in hovering motion, sipping whilst singing between the blooming flowering tree.

Dark side takes my mood on a tangent when hearing a chainsaw hacking down trees with a new arrival in the neighborhood. First a photo of the two trees in full bloom during November.

Followed by demise of the flamboyant already down (red blooms). Yellow flowering tree I am not sure what it is, how sad a day for insects and bird life with another garden lacking trees for nesting/roosting gone!

People believe 'totsis/skollies' (young lay-about, druggie or gangster) hide behind trees planning home invasion, this home has already had a midday burglar visiting, oh they are around at night as well. Exactly why one has to be on full alert at all times in a country poverty stricken, no use taking it out on the trees.

Sunning themselves after the rains on the wall the lizard and mossie a couple of feet apart,

who said life is not good to take some time off feeding or worrying about all the cacophony around.

Clouds coming in all shapes, whispers on the wind to blow troubled minds, big tree the chainsaw gang will be busy with that for a couple of days yet driving me mad....

Refreshing cool breeze making the walk even more so pleasant.

First ever sighting for me is spotted a Leopard Moth (Zerenopsis lepida) I know they are around eating away on my cycad plants.

Seated on a plant I could not get closer so zoomed in unable to capture great shots, never worry it's striking colour caught my eye!

Body beneath looks similar to wings, most gardeners will poison them, I let them be..., although I have lost a couple of cycads when caterpillars hatch out. Birds don't take them leaving them well alone perhaps poison within!

As the sun drops low with dark clouds passing overhead a rippled effect in grays with streak of pink between, sorry about electricity lines they are annoying!

Thanks for joining me on my square circle walks over the past two days, some refreshing, other events aggravating, that is life I guess!

Have a fun day wherever you are in the world, appreciate nature and everything she offers you. All photography taken on Canon Powershot SX730 HS, own content created.

Joining in #wednesdaywalk with host @tattodjay in collaboration with #makemesmile hosted by @elizacheng,

Thought for Today: "Do not walk behind us, we may not lead; do not walk in front of us, we may not follow; walk besides us, so that we may guide each other." - African Proverb