Look what I saw in a public parking lot. This is a Lynx kit car that is very similar to a Morgan +4 car.The Morgan cars have an interesting history, and I had a look at some of their original cars. I think that this Lynx was based on one of the 1960s models.

She has high standards, and hygiene is on top of her list. So instead of drinking from a pool of rainwater, she rather drinks fresh and clean water.Just goes to show how intelligent the squirrels are. I have no doubt that they know not to drink the rainwater, as the metals in it could damage their small stomachs. But in saying this, we used to drink rainwater in my younger days. Days were cleaner then, but with all the smog and air pollution nowadays the rainwater is actually dirty. Some garden centers even advise the clients to use fresh water after the rains to wash the rainwater off.

Imagine you have lived in a place for generations, and now you get kicked out. They are Crowned Lapwings (Vanellus coronatus), and their numbers are dwindling in the Western Cape. They are large, mostly brown, lapwings with a black cap surrounded by a white halo. Legs and base of bill bright pinkish-red. Sandy-brown breast separated from white belly by a black band. Common resident and local nomad of open country, including short grassland. Also on golf courses, playing fields and fallow (empty) land. Seldom associated with water. Aggragates in small flocks, especially when not breeding, and regularly associates with Black-winged Lapwings. Regional population perhaps as large as 100 000 birds, but numbers have decreased locally in the Western Cape.

My habit is to get up immediately when I awake. And this time I sat outside even before a bird could declare the new day with song.The importance of getting 8 hours of sleep every day, is mentioned consistently online by the health gurus, but who of us can afford this luxury. Definitely not me, as I have weird times of sleeping. In my younger days, I worked in the construction fields, and I could often, up to three times a week, work a double shift. That means no sleep and it didn't trouble me. My army days were no better as the guards saw me walking around at 2am way before our official rising time of 4am. So yes, I guess I'm just an early bird at times.

In here I will show you the rewards of patience. Most will think that there was no chance to get a sunset here.But when patience and surprises work in a partnership, miracles happen. You will see in the second photo, that most will give up to get a sunset, and they will just ignore it. Quick glances can be deceiving as we all race along in this life and sadly there are so many opportunities that go a begging. One thing that I have learnt over time, is to wait and ever so slowly my waiting periods have increased. Waiting has also taught me many things, and one of the most important of those is that whenever we do something bad to someone else, we are in fact doing it upon ourselves.

Don't miss the last picture in this post.Amazing where I find some of the insects lately, as this one was in a thorn bush nowhere near any water. Normally one would think that dragonflies must be near water. Maybe near rivers, dams, and wetlands. But not this time as I got this one above amongst some bushes in an open space. Nature does indeed have a treasure trove of insects, and I read somewhere that only 1 million of the insects were identified as there are still 4,5 million unidentified insects. Just imagine that, as it is a mind-blowing situation. The planet is crawling with insects, and we don't know most of them. What a drama.