One of those amazing days and I will also show you some differences. The first shot above is a close up of the two shots below of the same mountain.All of the sights you see below took me about an hour to take the photos. The reason for the changes is a very strong south-easter wind known as the Cape Doctor over here. That wind can blow one off one's feet and it can trip big trucks. I will show you the effect on the mountains. Some areas get it worse than others, like Cape Agulhas and some of the towns along the coast, like Gordon's Bay. It really becomes very restless, and unless one makes a mind change by accepting the conditions, the wind stirs a big restlessness in one's soul. It reminds me of an old song and some lyrics of the song describe this wind. "Oh, the wayward wind, is a restless wind, a restless wind that yearns to wander

...simply because they know that we go and collect acorns for them on Fridays. Squirrels are intelligent and as soon as someone establishes a habit, they capitalize on it by watching closely. At our previous home, we had a half tame squirrel, and we gave her the name of Squirry. She got so used to us that she adopted my wife, and I have placed many posts about her about five years ago or so. She also taught us a lot about squirrels. As soon as we arrive in our car at home, she would jump on the roof of the car and wait for my wife to emerge. Then she would jump on my wife's shoulder, crawl down to search in her jacket pockets for nuts. Once she had found a nut, she would hang upside down on my wife's shoulder or back and eat the nut right there.

...and I will share some with you today. Always amazing to see the effect that a strong wind has on the clouds.So come and take a short drive with us to the shop and back home, to show you some great views. I don't know the descriptions of the clouds, but you will see that they are forever changing. Cross winds were at play, as usual. The winds can get to crazy speeds here, but we love the wind. It is a free wind, free from all this world's chaos and violence. It is a cleansing wind, bringing in fresh, new air, and as it is now autumn, the winds help the trees to get undressed by blowing their leaves all over the place. It is a wind that blows where it chooses and is not bound by human intervention.

This is a cross post of @papilloncharity/just-something-nice by @papilloncharity.Our wild bird visitors love to eat avocado.

A collection of amazing bird posts to enjoy, and this is a Cape Robin-chat (Cossypha caffra) launch.Several different little birds in here, and they are all precious to see in our garden. I am still homebound with a medical condition, and the doctor will freak if he hears that I sneak out at times, but I spend a lot of time also at home. No work, and no stress, is the order, but I don't call taking photos of birds in the garden with the camera work. The two dating Robins are still on the go, and it's a pleasure to watch their mating sequences.

...and I did not allow him to get away with the loot. Look how he sat grabbing that thin branch with his webbed feet.It is a Cape Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capensis) and they are listed all along our coasts. But this one was not at the coast, as he raids the inland dams and ponds.