Follow the Sun!

This was my target knowing that the bushes would try to stop me!

I have told you before that we rent in what they call a "Heritage House". Old properties, 100 years or older, are declared as heritage properties, meaning that all of these selected properties have to be preserved in their original condition, as a part of the country's history. The gardens of the old houses are large, as in the olden days there were no space constraints.
This particular property has large dense thorny bushes all along it's western boundary wall and I had to negotiate these bushes in order to get photos of the sun setting behind a distant palm tree.
Let's see if I was successful!

The wind was chasing the clouds across the face of the sun!

I caught a Hadeda Ibis on his way home in a hurry!

The sun was slowly heading towards the palm tree!

Here was another long wait for the wind to clear the glare by removing the clouds!

And finally, I got a few clear shots, this one and the first picture!

I like to call these times ,opportunities for retrospection. The sun has completed it's daily journey across our country and soon night will fall. Just as in human life between the birth (sunrise) and the death (sunset).
During Spring (youth) the sun awakens and then grows into it's peak Summers (adult), then it starts slowing down in Autumn (aging) and finally Winter.

Yet every day upon the sun's journey it brings life to the universe, complete in itself and performing its task. Oh yes, there are many storms, cloudy days and rain that try to stop the sun, but all cannot prevent the return of the sun.
Just so it should be in our lives. We also face many storms, but each day we get up to fight another day. We stay thankful for the breath in our bodies, and we follow the cycle of the day...always being ready to shine our lights into the dark places of our world.

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