Lovely late afternoon photography.

We visited our local public park, as I wanted to get some shots of the clouds on the mountains, but as it turned out, I got much more.
Come and see.

I loved the effects that a strong gust of wind played with the dust and the dogs.

You will see a range of pictures that I took of the mountains and also photos that I took in general.

It is now summer in the Southern Hemisphere and fortunately the real very high temperatures have not struck us yet. We live between the Atlantic Ocean coast and a mountain range that is surrounded by mostly wine farms.
Our weather patterns depend mostly on the wind directions and at times very strong winds can sow havoc in the province.
But enough of our weather and let me show you some nature shots.

This was when we arrived.

The approaching sunset at the west, in this picture below, we are facing the East, cast our shadows across the landscape.

I took a closer shot of that mountain peak that you can see at the left of the picture above.

A biggish bird came flying in over the mountain, and I hoped that it was an eagle.

But my hope was destroyed, as it was a Hadeda Ibis.

The sun was gradually dropping towards the horison.

And there's that strong gust of wind that I was talking about.

There is a song that goes, Sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with fancy pants, but we don't do this, as we were sitting on a park bench, waving goodbye to all that will read this post.
Incidentally, the song is called Aqualung, by Jethro Tull.

And finally, this was taken on the road back home.

So, this is our life, as due to our work, we seek to escape into the arms of Mother Nature at every opportunity that we get. Nature is a place to unwind from all of the stresses, and lately with our power cuts and the bad economy, things are gradually getting worse day by day. Almost 60% of our working population in the country is unemployed, and crime is on a high tide. So yes, the struggles are increasing, but as usual we say, A luta continua. A Portuguese saying and it means, The struggle continues.
Even if we don't know if we would be victorious, but what counts, is that we simply continue at Papillon with the battle to help those that do not have.

I hope that you enjoyed the warmth of the pictures.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Right Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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