Crisp, sunshiny days

Third spectacularly still day in Kommetjie, the sea mirroring a cloudless sky, sparkling sunshine dappling the surface and unusually clear vision across the bay to the granite boulders lining the shore on the far side of Chapman’s Bay.
We forget that Cape Town can be a miserable place when the wind blows. It slips from our minds the instant the wind drops, and we once again live in the most beautiful place in the world. The light changes constantly in this intermediate season, from hazy heat shimmering against the cliffs of the Back Table, to today’s crisp view of all its chunky features.

The weathervane and palm trees indicate an onshore drift, bringing only the sounds of the anchovy boats chugging round and round, keeping us awake at night as they haul in these tiny fish, so important in the oceanic food chain and something that surely is slipping away from us as it is harvested so relentlessly. It’s not just the sound of the engines keeping us awake, but thoughts of our planet’s future. Mars is not for me.
Daisies do not appear to be endangered, as a white carpet decks most of the open spaces in Kommetjie, with the island particularly pretty this year. The yellow daisies are also widely strewn, and bright pink and white vygies splash their vibrancy in ever-spreading circles as the years go by. One can only hope that future developments do not rob us of these simple yet vital pleasures in life.