The onset of winter brings with it the flowering season of one of the area’s most beautiful natural resources – the aloe. All over the countryside colourful specimens with their varying shades of reds, oranges and yellows brighten the landscape of browning or golden grasses. These flame like examples, profiled against one of the deep river gorges in the area provide also a subtle reminder that winter is fire season, and with the late rains of the year the danger level is high. Caution must be exercised when crossing drying Midlands grasslands as, unlike the Cape fynbos, local flora does not require the heat of annual burning to begin germination of the seeds of next year’s plants.
Some scenes simply dictate how they should be photographed, and this is one. I’m certain any photographer would have instinctively framed and positioned the bright orange aloe flowers just like this.
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