First Milestone

Whoop-whoop, it’s a milestone, it’s a milestone, 30 continuous days of taking photographs! One 12th done and dusted!  That deserves a Noddy badge.   With only myself to blame for this, I’ll have to pat myself on the shoulder!

Now, this is exactly where the problem starts.   I have famished guests; they need breakfast, so no early morning start.   Guests have arrived for drinks, so no midmorning walkabout.   Just the vine turning orange as fall approaches.

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The Cape White eyes are frolicking in the birdbath. I can see them from my perch in the sitting room, and I chomp at the bit, but who cares?    At last, I set up my 100mm-400mm lens, a new fully charged battery, and kicked out the tripod’s legs. I leopard-crawl onto the veranda, position myself neatly behind the pillar so they don’t see me, and sit quietly; not a movement or a breath will give me away… except the neighbour sees me and waves; with it go the birds.   I sat while my legs, arms, neck, and shoulders cramped.  Not one bird dared go anywhere near that birdbath.  I’ve resorted to posting the proof of a birdbath!

At 18h00, when the sun set, my friends arrived for a sundowner (as one does), and I packed it all in.  I only have these photographs today.  Better luck tomorrow, I hope.  

The pickled fish we made 10 days ago is ready for our light supper.

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“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” 

― H. Jackson Browne Jr., P.S. I Love You

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