Change Of Season
Last month of our 'hot season', not much rain normally, who knows with changes of late. Cyclone Freddie turned North to Malawi where they are suffering loss of life and extreme flooding, thankfully Freddie now powered down after bouncing around the Mozambique Channel wrecking havoc in it's wake.
March is the month of many butterflies, perhaps during the lockdowns one took note of what was happening more in the garden. Lawns not being cut with small flowers on weeds attracting more butterflies, if we don't get rain or know it will arrive in a day or two I never cut lawn or it ends up burnt in heat of the day.
March madness butterflies dance, chase and flit around in top form with little rain around to bother them at all. Here are some not named this time round, many not captured through the lens at all, they simply move too fast.
Standing guard first fresh Strelizia reginae flower looked amazing against the extremely blue sky, a symbol of freedom and immortality, splendid grandeur in a plant indigenous to South Africa now grown around the world.
Impatiens walleriana, also known as busy Lizzie loves shaded cooler area to bring colour back in, enjoys a little water to drink. With the extreme heat they wilt and die, be sure to place where early morning sun or late after sun filters through for them to enjoy.
A plant I can relate to not enjoying the heat of the midday sun! To keep me in check and good balance loads of shade during all seasons.
Bottlebrush (Callistemon) an Australian plant, put on a display which stunned me, one cylindrical clusters and no more, must be the madness of this month.
Local events we hope will lead to our government starting to implement ways to right the wrongs over the last few decades, a National Shutdown action has been called to make them aware of the dissatisfaction of the people. What is worrying, after the July riots of 2021, the country is like dry tinder, running amok burning tyres, stopping access to roads, airports is not constructive. Let us hope this does not turn into another ugly event to mar the month of March. Methodically eating away the moral fiber of our peoples....
Our immediate towns and villages, still on-going sewerage running into the streets, parks, rivers and sea. Electricity another hurdle not being faced squarely on, intermittent telecommunications due to bad supply of electricity (theft of batteries at cellphone towers), absolute extremely hard for those battling to keep the doors of business open, open!
Thanks for visiting and keep an eye above, below and ahead. When the going gets tough the tough get going!
South African's stay safe tomorrow, to all our wonderful friends on Hive thanks for support during troubling times, we are not the only ones enduring through March Madness!
All photography is my own using a Canon PowerShot SC730 HS, resized for easier loading, writing is my own.
Thought for Today: "What an elder saw while sitting, a youth could not see it standing." - African Proverbs
