Aaaaah! Weekend at last and a time to relax after a tough week!
Some beautiful pictures here that will put you into a weekend mood!
Something here in this series of photos that anybody would like, as my idea was to also add some color to the post.
Many of us had a good week and others had a bad one, so let's put it behind us and rather concentrate on having a great weekend.
The beautiful colors of the Acraea lighted our morning up here!
Even this little sunbird was singing a weekend tune!
A bit of a balancing act here by the Hadeda Ibis, but he was determined to listen to the songbird's songs!
Yeah, that's better, so he can listen while a Rock pigeon rushed by to fetch his wife to come and listen to the songbird 😁
I wanted to give this double Hibiscus to the songbird as gift for his singing 🤣
The Hadedas were on their way to their weekend holiday home at the ocean!
Now this is a "Sacred Ibis" that came flying over and not a Hadeda Ibis. They don't mix with the Hadedas, as they don't belong to the same church 🤣
Finally, here is a succulent flowering bush to hopefully lift everyone's spirits!
Photography was difficult today, as banks of cirrus clouds has rolled in overnight blocking the sun and at times in the day we had almost twilight, as you can see in the second last photo.
So now I know that some might ask what the clouds looked like and this was our sky today!
We will have rain again soon and all the better for the spring color explosion that we are seeing in all of the valleys here.
I will continue to bring you photos about the spring build up towards summer.
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I leave you with this;
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Although the pictures are great, I can't stop thinking about those words you said, that even though we didn't have a good week, we focused on having a good weekend. Great thinking and better attitude!
The pictures are excellent. I liked the one with the clouds and the one with the flower. And I had a good laugh about they don't mix with the Hadedas, as they don't belong to the same church . ja, ja, ja.
A hug and let's have one of the best weekend of our lives.
Life is all about attitudes my friend and with positive attitudes we can get so much more done.
I am glad that you appreciated the post and the humor.
Here's a hug right back and may your weekend be kind to you!
You are true, they repsented the beauty of life. Thanks for your sharing.
Thank you and so many people miss the small things in life my friend.
My pleasure to share and may you have a good weekend!
Thank you kindly!
A kind thank you for the support!
Oh I loved the clouds!
Thank you and here is the end of today's cloud saga.
Tomorrow will also have different shapes of clouds and I plan to go down to the beach to get the sunset in the clouds with the ocean as a mirror.
Beautiful!
😀 😃 😄
There's something about birds in flight that makes me marvel at their magnificence. Those ibis in flight are top rate photos. Actually first time I have seen this kind of bird (you guessed right - I wasn't a bird enthusiast before I joined this community). The succulent bush is also something I don't see too much. Most often the succulent plants I see are all in small pots or containers and are mostly leaves. This one actually has stems and branches. Great post.
I grew up as a kid on a farm and at the age of 12 or 13 we moved to one of the big cities.
At the age of 45 I finally decided that I had enough of city life and started planning to move back to a rural life.
In the meantime we had started a charity named The Papillon Foundation in 2002 and so when we moved down here 2 years ago we also relocated our charity here.
So that explains that I have a fairly good knowledge about nature and we are blessed with an abundance of nature here.
Glad to have introduced you to the Ibis's and yes, the succulents grow very well down here in the Western Cape Province.
Thank you for the visit and have a good weekend my friend!
And may you have a blessed one too.
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What a lovely collection of photos. I have not seen a double hibiscus before, thanks for that.
Thank you Lady Sally, this area is known for it's double hibiscus of many colors.
Glad that you liked the photos and hope that you will have a good weekend!
These beautiful photos will bring a wonderful weekend, hopefully for you and for me 😁
This butterfly looks amazing 😍
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Thank you and good morning Hannes.
It seems that you have slept very fast, as it is still night here hahaha
Glad that you liked the photos and oh yeah, we hope that you will also have a beautiful weekend.
Thank you and soon we will have hundreds of spring Acraea butterflies all over here.
Cheers and thanks!
Haha, I thought I could have a quick look through my feed and make some votes before I go to bed 😉
I'm sure you will post a couple of photos then - it will be looking great when hundreds of them are around 😀
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Right, I knew that you put a last effort in there, so decided to give you a smile.
Difficult to get those guys en masse, as they don't fly together.
I dream of the day that they will come over in a cloud!
I think that I got some great clouds early this morning, but haven't downloaded the camera yet. We also have an idea about what that new raptor bird is that I got yesterday. They say that it's a cross between a Forest Buzzard and a Steppe Buzzard and that they only breed here in the Western Cape.
Will post him later today.
Cheers and thanks.
I thought many would be together and cover a flower field 😊
Buzzards are beautiful birds. I haven't seen any in a while.
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Nah, these little ones are clever, as even with their warning colors, the birds catch them. So they fly separately and that's why I said that they fly all over the place.
You know by now that I forgot to post the Buzzard, but I will post him tomorrow.
We get regular sightings of Jackal Buzzards and I have posted some a few times,
Hang on and I will find one to show you!
This is a Jackal Buzzard!
Cheers and thanks!
Aha, now I understand 😀 Intelligent insects 😉
Really a beautiful bird as I said 😁
Cheers and !BEER and have a good night Zac 😊
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Thanks for these wonderful shots @papilloncharity 😊
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We hope that you will have a good weekend!
Great photos as always!
Thank you for the great support always!
Have a great weekend!
I like the fact that they are unedited photos, that makes them more appreciable, so to speak. I'll take the first one, although they're all very good.
A hug.
Some of my friends post great edited photos, but I prefer to stay au natural.
Thank you and I am glad that you liked the photos.
Your hug is reciprocated!
Great shots. You have so much spectacular wildlife around you. Have a great weekend.
Thank you for the visit Sir Steve.
We are indeed blessed with an abundance of wildlife and I also got a great new raptor bird yesterday.
Hope that the weekend will also be good to you my friend.
I hwill have to come back later to see the photos thew internet or hive is not loading photos today
No problem my friend and sorry about your IT problems.
We are used to it over here lol.
they started loading for me now, so I went back and am glad I did :)
Great, so you are officially back on my friend!
Yes indeed all working good now, and now catching up on comments and posts :)
Great and glad that you are back on song JJ!
If you hear a song its Lulu singing not me lOL 👍🙂👍
I swung back to check them out as photos are loading now, that bird in the first shot, i am sure that's how I looked last night after the grandkids left and i was so tired lOL
Hahaha, so then you must do what the bird is doing in the first photo of my post today lol.
Glad to see that your Hive works now mate.
LOL that could be the case, LOL
have a great day
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Spectacular photos as always,. my friend!
I'm so behind on Feathered Friends comments!
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