Under a full moon

The end of a beautiful warm day in Kommetjie was spent on a bench down at the bay in front of my house, watching the golden sunlight glowing through the cresting waves, their tips flung back in a mane of spray by the offshore wind. A little egret in elegant breeding plumage stood on a rock, peering into the shallows in search of supper, while behind him the clamouring terns settled into their rocky roost.

 

 A chance conversation revealed that a pair of Cape cobras were seen romantically entwined on the rocks at the beginning of the path and that one later flared its hood at a passerby, so please be aware of their presence, particularly as it appears to be their breeding area. Please also do not attempt to harm them and keep dogs on a leash as they are required to be. We don't want a recurrence of last year's killing of a snake in the same area.
On the way home, it was a real treat to watch the full moon rising over the tree tops as the sun set behind me.