## Surrounded by green in different shades of green. Middle of summer, everything steamy hot down here, taking a Sun Thursday stroll in nature.

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Looking directly into sub-tropical bush all that you see is a sea of green, here you have a glimpse of the blue ocean behind to off-set the two colours side by side.

Giant Stralitzia also known as  giant white bird of paradise or wild banana, alongside Palm trees popping their heads out to catch the cool breeze, below wild fig, stranglers attached to trees a mix of dense bush full of nourishment for all the wildlife hidden in among this little haven.

[![Trees](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1452.jpg)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1452.jpg)

Let's get down in under the canopy to see the lower plants, one of our thirty-eight African Cycad species, some grow slow, others stand up to frost, able to endure hardship in droughts, fire they will endure, some are critical others freely available, really give the **Jurassic Park** feel with them around. 

Mr and Mrs from an era long gone, shuffling around the forest floor reaching for the sun. Stout with fat round trunks like old people quietly watching over everything in the surroundings.

[![Cycad Trees](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1384.jpg)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1384.jpg)

Trees provide a great look out spot for some to take cognizance of what is around, perhaps a breather before searching for food, possibly looking for a good place to build a nest, nonetheless a tree is best for birds.

[![Lookout Tree](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1419.jpg)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1419.jpg)

Of course a tree takes a lot of strain when over-populated, everyone wants to live in the same place, cannot imagine the noise when everyone settles down to get a night's rest, arguing over the same spot everything bouncing around in this raised apartment.

[![Sacred Ibis in Tree](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1430.jpg)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_1430.jpg)

Figs up the trunk, and on the limbs of the tree, fruit is plentiful just like the birds. Sometimes different makes us stop to think why a tree would bear fruit, who knows what this tree is with nodules up the trunk? The closest I found is a Jaboticaba trees possibly, not sure if this is even a local tree.

Food is plentiful in these little forested areas attracting wildlife, a pleasure to enjoy the shaded areas with damp ground underfoot. Smell the earth with damp sea breeze drifting up into the hills on hot sunny days has an aroma on the air is completely different.

[![Jaboticaba Tree](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/jaboticaba-tree.png)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/jaboticaba-tree.png)

Now this one I do recognize, the Sausage Tree ideal for Vegetarians _(when cooked)_.  Indigenous to South Africa, the Kigelia Africana is commonly known as the Sausage Tree, it has stunning maroon flowers, the fruits hang from the tree when ripening, well they look like their name "Sausage Tree". Edible to many animals in the forests.

[![Sausage Tree ](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/pods.jpg)](https://joan1911.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/pods.jpg)

Thought for today: **The tree that is not taller than you cannot shade you. ~ African Proverb**

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##  SunThursday - by @lizanomadsoul and initiated by @uwelang 

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