Mother Earth's Gift

Today is Mother's Day. Mother Earth celebrates this day with a fantastic Autumn spectacle.
The morning was cold and I got going very late and decided to go up Baviaanskloof again.

Mother Earth greets me with an unbelievable abundance.

A budding beauty so delicate.

Dressed up for the occasion......

.....for a seduction of colour.

Mother dresses in a myriad of forms just as she pleases. Even flowers can be geometric.

 

Perfect lines and patterns.......

.........or perfect camouflaged.

Growing a round soft cushion or........

........ a perfect tree shape.

I can't stop wondering and looking down on Hout Bay from Mother's paradise.

I lost my sense of time. Going down a path which hadn't been walked a long time.

Sandy, slippery and overgrown, going slowly down. Somewhere I lost my reading glasses.

No more photos -  it is past midday and time to stop and go home any way.

Thank you Mother Earth for this precious gift on your special day.