Time and tide

Destruction by fire doesn't mean the end for the natural vegetation. Despite a fierce burn that still shows in the blackened earth, nature has bounced back with a vengeance, sprouting new leaves and spreading unhindered by overshadowing bushes, whose charred skeletons are all that remain. Elephant's ears are in bloom, bright yellow gazanias are bursting out among vast clumps of fleshy green and silver leaves. Tiny pink vygies reflect brief spells of sunshine, and other unidentified beauties are scattered across the sloping shore.

The icy air of yesterday brought down from the snowy interior gave way to a fairly mild, ideal for walking day, and a ramble from the lighthouse past a barrier of rocks was the perfect place to end off a week of relaxing, beachcombing, puzzle making and, regrettably, eating. Despite living in similar surroundings back home, I can never get too much of lighthouses, rocks, beaches and most of all, the ever-changing sea.

Dolphins greeted me on arrival and they just swam past this evening - I would like to think by way of a farewell flipper. How special they are!