Thursday 11 March 2021

Kate's One Word Scavenger Hunt 12/03/2021

This week's topic for our picture hunt is Look up/Look down.  This really had me thinking for a while till I realised the way I should go.  So here is my interpretation of Kate's words.  

I searched through old photographs taken whilst driving round the Panorama Route, Mpumulunga, South Africa when we lived in nearby Hazyview.  To give a brief explanation much of that part of South Africa is either Highveld or Lowveld and usually there is an easy drive down between the two.  But here the cooler Highveld towers above the much hotter and drier Lowveld below where we lived.  The Panorama Route took in many lovely sites like Bourke's Luck Potholes, Pilgrim's Rest and God's Window.   That is where the first picture was taken. 




Here we are looking east over vast forests owned and maintained by the Forestry Commission and beyond that across the town of the aptly named Hazyview and towards the Kruger National Park and eventually towards Mozambique.  I like to think this photographs shows both looking up at the clouds whose shadows make dark blotches on the forests below where your eye is drawn to look down.  We loved being up there as it was a way to escape the extreme heat of the Lowveld below. 


This next picture I took of Rosie's Pan where I think it shows both looking up and down.  The clouds above are reflected in the water below. 


  


Here a male Kudu is standing above the water with his reflection down below. 



I have more pictures 'looking up' than looking down so here is one last one of storm clouds building up over Naledi Dam as the sun was setting.  




That's it for this week.  Thanks Kate for keeping us going with your weekly picture hunt. Now off to see how everyone else has interpreted the prompt for this week.





16 comments:

  1. Well done! I really enjoyed your photos and explanations. Being warmer than I am today sounds wonderful. I thought you did well to combine a look up/look down in the same photo. My favourite is the first one, such a stunning view. x

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    1. Thank you. The view from God's Window was stunning. Picture does not do it justice. Not sure you would like temperatures of 38/40 deg. We had a smile when we remembered that we put on a jersey when the temperatures dropped below 18 deg. Oh, for that temperature here now. 🤣 xx

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  2. Such gorgeous photos! I love seeing the clouds in the water.

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    1. Thank you. I like to try and find something different for the prompts. x

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  3. Lovely photos - it was good to take that journey with you. I too love the clouds reflected in water - well thought out.

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    1. Thank you. I like to try and find something different. x

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  4. Clever interpretation of both up AND down in the same photos - and I can feel that heat of the lowveld and the relief of the breeze when up on the highveld xx

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    1. Yes that heat is not easily forgotten. The cool air up on the escarpment was always a relief.🧡 🌻xx

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  5. Beautiful photos of your home country which I know you miss. Your top photo is not unlike here in Oz looking out from the Great Dividing Range on the east coast from Queensland down to Victoria. I love seeing your photos, so thanks for sharing. Take care & hugs.

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  6. Thanks Susan. I too have seen the similarity between Southern Africa and some of your Australian pictures. Views very similar. Glad to see you back in blog land. Missed you last week. xx

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  7. Just stunning ... especially the first view 😃

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  8. Thank you. We loved that view, could not see it often enough. Lucky it was fairly clear that day, it could be very hazy because of the heat in the Lowveld.

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  9. Great photos, Love the Kudo

    Julie xxxxxxx

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  10. Apologies for the late comment, it's bee quite busy round here to recently. The first and last shots are stunning, especially the first one - that's certainly a great view :)

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  11. Thank you. Yes we always loved the view from God's Window. Different every time we saw it. Quite understand the busy week. Time seems to just fly by these days.xx

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