From sunrise to glorious sunset - 08:17 am
24 Feb 2010
The sun’s out. Hurrah! We could go and explore so we went straight towards the dunes in a land that’s already more vibrant than when we arrived thanks to good soaking rain and then something of a downpour.
The dunes glow against the sky and fynbos - massive peaks of shifting sands. When the winds blow the sand flies off the top of them like clouds from a mountain and these dunes are always slightly on the move. We’re not investigating them just yet - we’re saving them for later in the week.
The thing is, the landscape is already responding to the rains and out of nowhere the chandelier lilies or candelabra lilies (Brunsvigia orientalis) have popped out of the bare ground. They don’t even seem to have any leaves. They’re not a common flower but they’re well known as they’re unmistakable and very visible in a fynbos landscape.
The day filled quickly as we moved between microsystems looking at the different plant species and any associated animals. Before we knew it the sun was settling and we headed back to our rondawels to log the tapes and do the admin and make ourselves a gourmet meal. But we were distracted by the sunset over the vlei.
There are some sights that are simply outrageously beautiful. As pictures tell a thousand words I’ll shut up at this point.
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