It’s extremely interesting to discover what literally comes out to play when the winter-sun shows it’s meek and bleak face. We decided to ‘mowzie on’ down to the sea and check things out by the artificial opening of the estuary, to let go of the wetlands and be met by waves clashing with the outgoing water and all intermingling to create a fish-haven to the birds delight, or is it diet. The idea is then to continue this journey along the sea and all the other nooks and crannies and hidden delights at my snail’s pace. Yeah, you’re a 1 month old blogger [and the crowds are going crazy]

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Okay, this one I’m cheating a bit, this bird, a heron, was not there that particular day. I have to mention this otherwise everyone will assume there is an abundance of ‘daily’ wildlife in this urban territory; just fits in with this story as a whole. It’s one of those fleeting moments where appearance and position are quite rare. This also reminds me of the time, when you have the humble pleasure of being part of those really classic moments: A fish eagle gliding past you, ever so gracefully, grabbing it’s fish and proudly crying out that ever so famous ‘tune’. Yes, I’m not kidding, we were in our canoe at the time and guess what, on top of all this, there was a happy, snappy camera on board, okay, it would have not been justifiable, but this precious moment is in the ‘memory bank’ [pea brain] and slowly fading and unfortunately the pair of fish eagle visit very seldom now, as it’s getting to busy and built up over Zandvlei.

So here is to all the wildlife photographer's who patiently search and wait for that precise capture that we can enjoy and be inspired to try and do similar and more so, also aspire to help the people that help preserve the fauna and flora, especially in our urban territories.

A river runs through it? No fish today, they've all gone away. Further along towards the sea, water is calmly getting out today. Sand and water ripples create a tranquil texture, this could do with some photo magic but lets enjoy it ‘raw’ for now.

This concrete structure, a real eyesore, is where you climb up to the pavilion's promenade. I must say the historical fotos indicate a romantic version of people parading all covered up in long skirts, enormous hats and umbrellas, ever so fine. But today I noticed the repetition in the arch of the bridge and the roof of the start of the icon of Muizenberg’s beach, the wooden, prime coloured bathing boxes used so often in fashion foto shoots and movies etc. Today, their main function is to stand pretty, face the erosive elements and provide shelter from the South Easter winds.

I’m on the roll, found another angle and look at this, seagulls, have sun will bask, life’s really a beach, [bum] don’t disturb us.

But wait what have we here, this is not normal.

Here is the mouth of the estuary [finally] at the sea. I asked this one to many questions so it gave me the I’ll think about it , caption. The seals don’t normally come up to the beach but he smoothly operated in the shallows and also indulged in the mix of waters of the fish-haven.
So, here is to the ‘sun-button’ that got switched on to let all the ‘earthlings’ play. Now, isn't that what it should be about…oh, you wake up and your coffee is ice cold.