NATURE IS BEAUTIFUL IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER

I WAS BORN IN AFRICA WHERE THE SUN IS SUPPOSED TO SHINE MOST OF THE TIME. I LOVE THE BRIGHT, HOT RAYS OF THE SUN AND FEEL THAT THEY SEEM TO BESTOW A SPECIAL QUALITY UPON COLOURS, AND WHATEVER THEY TOUCH. FOR ME, IT IS AS IF THEY USE A MAGIC WAND THAT CARESSES THE TREES AND FLOWERS, THE SKY, GRASS AND THE SEA, AND INSTANTLY MAKES THEM SHINE WITH RESPLENDANT HUES.
BUT WHO AM I TO SAY THAT NATURE CANNOT BE AS BEAUTIFUL TO THE EYE WHEN THE CLOUDS HAVE CHOSEN TO HOLD HANDS SO TIGHT THAT ALL OTHER CELESTIAL MANIFESTATIONS ARE HELD AT BAY FROM APPEARING THAT DAY?
ONE SUCH SITUATION PRESENTED ITSELF ONE DAY WHEN I WAS ACCOMPANYING MY CLIENTS TO THE FAMOUS CAPE POINT NATURE RESERVE. THIS IS A VAST RESERVE SITUATED AT THE SOUTH/WESTERN MOST PART OF CAPE TOWN ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT IS ALSO THE PLACE BARTHOLOMEO DIAZ CIRCUMNAVIGATED IN 1487 ON HIS WAY TO THE EAST IN SEARCH OF THE SILK AND SPICES ROUTE.
IT IS ALSO AT CAPE POINT THAT THE WATERS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN, LEAD BY THE WARM MADAGASCAR AND MOZAMBIQUE CURRENTS, COME TO MEET THE ICY BENGUELA CURRENT WATERS.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PENINSULA IS THE BEAUTIFUL FALSE BAY, SO GREAT THAT MANY NAVIGATORS THOUGHT THEY WERE ENTERING THE OCEAN, ONLY TO REALISE THAT THEY HAD BEEN MISLAID BY APPEARANCES.
IT IS OF FALSE BAY, ON A CLOUDY DAY, THAT I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT WHEN I BEGAN WRITING THIS BLOG. TOO DELIGHTED BY THE COLOURS OF GREY AND THE LIGHT THAT SOMEHOW FOUND ITS WAY ON THE WATERS' SURFACE, I WAS COMPELLED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE OF THESE WITH YOU IN THE HOPE THAT YOU ARE AS APPRECIATIVE OF THE SURROUNDING BEAUTY AS I WAS WHEN I SHOT IT.