Earthy Smell Rains Arrived
Splash onto dry soil is like an aerosols, lifting scent in tiny particles carries on the wind, just prior arrival of rain there normally is wind bringing with it the magical earthy smell, you know the rains are arriving.
Not all clouds cry, some build castles above, not all bump heads creating rain bringing relief below, photo indicates majestic white clouds with dark gray streaking clouds lower that more than like will be the ones bump heads with garden waiting in eager anticipation to soak up.
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) peeps shyly around the branch of a tree, identification via facial markings of two distinctive white stripes.
When rain arrives everything rejoices in animal kingdom and plant life to the distinct waft of geosmin, it definitely has a positive affect on everything that moves and lives.
Old World lizard of genus Agama running around the cement collecting up ants escaping from the wet ground, he/she is having a party out there!
In South Africa we have carpenter bees (Xylocopa species) no bumblebees, here pollinating on the Duranta ‘Sapphire Showers’ plant is native to Central America.
Curry Leaf Tree (Murraya koenigii) with it's flowers almost over now popping berries that turn black then fall to the ground and grow.
Excellent for adding to curries for flavour, very medicinal with other properties as well. Baby hoping to grow up perhaps time to place in a pot for growing, later cooking.
With cloud cover today, more comfortable temperature exploring the garden surveying the butterflies enjoying life, this is a tiny little one. Zebra Blues (Leptotes) subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies, we call them little blues.
Wings open, let's take a peek..., dang a little too little you start to see the blue closer to body.
Yellow-billed kite scooting about under the cloud cover today, moving around searching, constantly looking for it's next meal.
Closing thought is: What is the smell of rain? It’s called petrichor.
Do you experience the odor of rain approaching in your region? Let us know in the comments below, rain always brings with it the joy of living, reviving, refreshing us all.
All photography is my own using Canon Powershot. Any queries or requests please drop a comment below or make contact with me, have a wonderful day! Photography without tripod, go with the flow wherever life takes you.
Thought for Today: "A cloudy sky doesn't always cry rain." African Proverb.
