As I sit at my writing desk overlooking the sea, the warmth of the winter sun is such that my thoughts already turn to Spring. The sun is catching the crests of the rolling sea, sending out sparkles like diamonds. Puffy white clouds scud across the tops of the mountains of the Peninsula, and sunbirds are twittering like there's no tomorrow.
We haven't got to August yet, which is our real winter, and I suppose we will be in for a rude shock, but there didn't seem to be a lot of berries on the trees in autumn, which is usually sign of a hard winter to come. Maybe it's going to be drier than usual. The weatherman says we are neither in an El Nino or a La Nina, and so the weather is 'unpredictable' - a fine thing for a weatherman to say - so I find it best to just look out of the window to know what's going on! Watching the sea gives a good warning of bad weather, with the swells increasing ahead of a storm and I also keep a weather eye on the sea lice down at the rocks to see how far up they scuttle before a high tide. Observing nature never fails.
In the meantime, the daisies are emerging and new shoots are on all the trees. It will be a pity if they die back in a cold snap, but once again, it has happened before and everything does recover.
The whales have arrived in False Bay for calving and that is always a sign of Spring. The bay has been full of bait fish lately, providing food for seals, dolphins, the odd pod of orcas and at the top of the pile, sharks. The shark net will be used at Fish Hoek this year, so hopefully no more fatalities in summer!
Will keep you posted.
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