Wild and windy in the sunshine

Another wonderfully wild and windy day here in Kommetjie. Intermittent showers have lashed the Cape with a promise of snow inland, but although the palm trees are battered and the view towards Table Mountain is of dense, dark cloud of the hailstorm variety, I have to confess that the sun has shone brilliantly most of the day in our little village and the only evidence of bad weather is the storm surge coming in with the high tide. The swells are gigantic out to sea, as is evidenced by the photos - those are not ships on the horizon - and the sea birds are loving skimming along the face of the waves. Kite surfers have been doing likewise, and I can only imagine how exhilarating it must be to hurtle along the surface at such speed.