What a day...

...I will show a rainy morning, midday blue skies, and finally sunset clouds.

A happy Friday to all, and we hope that everyone will have a great weekend.

And I will use the birds to show you it all. So first up is a Buzzard, or an Eagle with some gulls in the background. The days over here always have something for one's camera, and all that it takes is to be alert and to watch. It also offers much frustration if one misses some great action shots, that happen too fast for the camera. Or maybe it is me that is getting too slow. :)

We have a passion for nature, and I am now focusing on sharing nature scenes in order to make others aware about the necessity of protecting nature. It forms a very important part of our lives, and it is meant to be a free gift for all of us to enjoy and to manage. The weather is already playing up due to mankind's actions on this planet, and we can only hope that sanity will start to appear soon.

In the raptor's dive here, that shape of the wings looked very familiar, and I would say that it was a Jackal Buzzard. But again, I might be wrong.

Now for some blue skies
Here was another raptor later on, and again, I could not be sure what specie this raptor was, due to distance and the light.

Although if you look at the tail below, I will venture that it was another buzzard, but some eagles have the same, or similar fan tails.

And finally, some sunset clouds.

There was something sitting on the peak of that roof.

Ah yes, it was a dove, and he was singing to announce the end of the day.

Just a final shot to show you the beauty of the sunset clouds.

Imagine cutting down a forest to replace it with farming lands, and one discovers that a habitat of animals was destroyed during the process. If this continues at the current trend, we may see the distinction and eradication of entire species of fauna and flora. Logging is a big-time business, and many forests in countries are raided. Like I said, this cannot continue, and a stop would urgently have to be put in place.

Thankfully here in our area, some farm owners and government nature departments have combined their efforts to plant thousands of trees, and it is so beautiful to see long lines of young trees lining the roadsides. We even donated some funds for a tree to be planted in honor of our little dog that passed away two years ago. It's a beautiful indigenous tree, and it is called a White Karee. We keep an eye on it, and it is growing very nicely. It will take many years for the tree to mature, and I might not be around on the planet anymore, but others will enjoy its shade one day. We are also thinking about sponsoring the bench to put under the tree.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All-Rights-Reserved.

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Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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