Temperature was 11C and my ears felt like ice blocks :)
The tag image was taken at the bottom of a huge cloud that you will see near the end of the post.
We waited for the rain to stop and managed to get out in the late afternoon, and we took a drive around the town to see what I could get on camera to share with you. If you want to see and read more about the storm damages here in the Western Cape of South Africa, simply Google the latest storm news. I prefer to keep my posts positive, and it's always a mission to bring you bad news. So come and join us on the drive to see the sights.
This was our first stop at the mountains.
Yeah, the clouds were having a party in the sky.
Our visitors, in the garden, can show you how cold and wet it was.
One has to drive carefully on the roads in the park, where I stopped to take the photos.
Right, and that's enough at the mountainside, now for something else.
Let's go and wait for the sunset.
This was our next destination, and I decided to wait in order to see how the sunset would develop.
I focused on the right bottom of the cloud, where you can see the sunrays, and the hope was the clouds would lift to give me a beautiful sunset.
But not to be, and I took closeups at the bottom of the cloud.
Spoiler, a rebel cloud came in, to close things up and to spoil the sunset.
So, now we have had two cold fronts landing, and Thursday the other one will be upon us. I don't know, at this stage, if another one would arrive on Saturday, as we are currently waiting for an update from the weatherman. Some sad news that I can share, is that the series of cold fronts lands first here by us at the extreme southern tip of the African continent, and when they are done here then they move in to create havoc inland and also further up the coastal line to other towns. I thought that our main Theewaterskloof dam would be filled by now, but sadly not yet, as the cold fronts go too fast over it, driven by demented wind speeds.
Such is life.
I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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BEERKING.Seeing the sunset radiate through the clouds is simply majestic. I guess the cloud did ruin it but it also gave it this beautiful glow. Really beautiful.🌺
Thank you, and yes, I love to see sunrays breaking through the clouds. Maybe the cloud instilled some character to the images, as at least I could get a wee bit of color at the bottom tip of the cloud.
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You guys are lucky, there is no heat here, the temperature in our city is 45 to 50 for the last two months, it is impossible for all of us to live a good life in this high heat.
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Nice captures!
Thank you!
Your positive approach is refreshing! Despite the storm, it’s great to see you focusing on the beauty and resilience of the Western Cape. I wasn’t expecting rebel cloud to come in and to spoil the sunset shot.😪😭 Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Thank you, and I much rather smile than to cry. We are in severe trouble here in the Cape of Storms, but yes, we will also get through it. Rebels are always around waiting to pounce. 😜 !LOLZ