I went out to watch David surf and capture some shots of him, but the sea was calm, he drifted off and my attention was grabbed by my immediate surroundings.
How beautiful is a splash of water over the hard surface of a rock. How amazing for us that we can still the frenzy and look at the beauty over and over again. Our adaptability as humans never cease to amaze me. The beauty of nature is a gift of abundance devoid of resentment. As is the rushing water, I am stilled.
The Cape Gull, also known as the Kelp Gull, is an awesome scavenger and hunter gatherer. It will take crabs out of the receding tide, dig mussels off rocks, and excavate bones from your rubbish bin if you are not careful. Mussels and crabs are flown high into the sky and then dropped: making the fleshy insides accessible for consumption, and gull fights inevitable. Keeping your stash to yourself is a great skill if you are a gull. The chips and cracks on the bill is a testimony to these adventures, and like a chipped nail on your hand, mostly will keep on regenerating.
Hannelie de Klerk 