Kirstenbosch

What a stunning winter's morning at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens , the Cape fynbos (Heather) lit up by the early winter sun, the mountain green and fresh.
My morning walk ritual to the contour path, about 1000 steps, getting the blood rushing and then down for a quick breakfast with the morning paper before the start of day.
The mountains enormous variety of plants is remarkable, from the Cape Cedar to the myriad varieties of Leucospernums (Pincushions), Leucodendrons (Cone bushes) and Mimetes (Long stemmed flower)
With the plant abundance and variety come the birds, like the iridescent malachite sunbird, who also put up a great show