The wind painted the sky...

...its canvas was the sky, and its paint was the clouds.

Some cloud art on show that ended with lovely bush sunset views.

Look as much as I can every day at the sky, it never ceases to amaze me. But every now and then some really special views appear. This was such a day. A strong wind was blowing up high, and it was a hot day below. Our temperatures are now starting to climb, and the summer season is knocking on the door. So, no more leg cramps in bed on the cold nights, as we have packed the warm blankets away.

Now it's the turn of the summer rains to start falling in the other provinces behind our mountain range, and further up north. We have a Mediterranean climate and winter rains, and it's amazing to think that we are divided by the mountain range where all other provinces are summer rainfall areas. That's just the way of things.

Two opposing winds greeted each other above the tree below.

This was too beautiful to be left out of the post.

Some flyers noticed me with the camera, and they decided to put on an airshow, by flying in formation.

They are Sacred Ibises.

I only got two of them in the pick below as they fly very fast and I had to take what I could get.

If you look carefully enough, you will see an airplane in that cloud circle. Very small.

Eventually the clouds, that I showed you in the first picture, decided to fall over.

Did I tell you that I would end the post with some sunset shots?

I thought that the sun was going to burn the top of that palm tree down:)

This looked like two big sun eyes staring at me.

Finally, here the sun was trying to burn the trunk of the palm tree down.

I think that the wind will be very happy that I show its artworks to the Hive members across the world. It certainly deserves it, as I think that the wind paintings are all top class. There is no one that can paint like nature in my mind, and I see many beautiful show photos of nature in the communities here. The skies can certainly set one's imagination alight.

We had a geyser burst last weekend, and fortunately the geyser is not in our house's roof, but instead in the garage. So, it was back to the old days, with a bucket and boiled water to wash. When we started Papillon 23 years ago, we also had no hot water for 7 years. This time the geyser was replaced by the insurance in 2 days. Just a reminder of times gone by.
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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