Searching for snow on the mountain peaks.

It is very cold here, and ideal conditions for snow on the dome peak.

I will also show you some sculptures, but let's see if I found snow first.

The weatherman reckons that we are nearing a new cold temperature record for the month of August. So yeah, let me tell you that the weather is bleak, and my hands feel like ice blocks. I am one of those that doesn't wear gloves, as I don't like them. My touch is very sensitive, and with gloves on it feels artificial, but that's just me, as I will rather endure the cold. Sadly, the snow has not arrived yet, although I saw some promising snow lines on the Dome peak.

This year's snow is a lot less than last year, and previous years, although we have had more rain this year, and that might be why there are only traces of snow.

The climate is typically Mediterranean; however, it is generally much cooler and more verdant than other areas in the Western Cape, with annual precipitation exceeding 1500 mm (as high as 3300 mm on the Dwarsberg plateau) and summer temperature maxima rarely exceeding 25 °C. Snow is not unusual on the higher peaks, like Verkykerkop, Somerset Sneeukop (Afrikaans: Snow Peak) at 1590 m high and The Triplets in the northern section of the range. This area and the other ranges to the south are considered the hub of the Cape floristic region with the most biodiversity in the entire fynbos biome. The surrounding lowlands have rich alluvial soils supporting viticulture and other deciduous fruit farms.

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Let me show you some sculptures while I was walking around looking for the snow on the mountains. There is a sculpture lane where artists show their works to the general public, and I have posted about it a few times before. With the cold temperatures now, the sculptures took on an interesting look. We have some brilliant artists here, and we have met a few of them.

I think that this Cape Robin-chat bird is the caretaker of the sculptures:))

Dilly-dally and willy-nilly weather has me captured, whatever that means. It is difficult to get around with a knee that's about to cave in, but it will be too expensive to fix it, so I just have to endure. But that does not keep me away from nature, as I am addicted to it. We are fortunate to have an abundance of nature views here, and also much interesting wildlife. And so, it is always a pleasure to find some of nature's secrets.

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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