Dit is warm \u2013 die bloedige hitte tap elk greintjie energie wat daar dalk is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer die kraaie gaap, is \u2019n goeie nagrus boonop nie juis \u2019n gegewe nie. Tussendeur beurtkrag en muskiete is dit soms \u2019n onbegonne taak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verlede week kom ek teen die agtermiddag tuis n\u00e1 \u2019n snikhete, bedrywige dag. Nodeloos om te s\u00ea is ek poegaai en uitgeput, en ek wil so spoedig moontlik in die swembad gaan spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met die intrapslag trap ek amper op die kat, wat op die naat van haar rug onderstebo op die te\u00eblvloer vir my l\u00ea en loer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy beweeg nie \u2019n millimeter nie, en ek kan sien sy geniet die koeler te\u00ebls vir \u2019n bietjie lafenis. Dit lyk lekker. Ek spring in my baaibroek en gaan soek my lafenis in die aanloklike blou water van die swembad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gewoonlik is dit nie sommerso inspring nie, die water is immers ysig so teen \u2019n warm gebakte vel. Tog waag ek dit, en tot my verbasing kan ek voel dat die swembadwater ook sy deel van die hittegolf ontvang het. Die water is warm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek hang aan die swembadrand en beloer die bonsaibome neffens my. Ek merk op dat die apiesdoringboompie se blare toegevou is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paniekerig wonder ek of die bonsai besig is om die stryd teen die hitte te verloor en of ek nalatig was om daarna om te sien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek spring vinniger uit die swembad as wat ek ingespring het. Gryp die handdoek en soek na my foon. Google redes waarom die boompie nou skielik wil vrek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omdat ek geen antwoord opspoor nie, besluit ek om \u2019n foto te neem en aan \u2019n bonsaikenner te stuur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kat merk op ek kom paniekerig voor en kom stel ondersoek in. So asof sy weet die boom was \u2019n geskenk en ek het belowe om dit lewendig te hou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In spanning wag ek op die terugvoering \u2013 net om te verneem die apiesdoringboompie kry warm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ja, die boom kry warm soos ek en die kat. Ter wille van oorlewing en om in hitte vog te behou, vou di\u00e9 boompies hul blare toe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is met groot verligting dat ek in die swembad terugklim en net weer die wonders van die natuur besef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So het ons almal ons eie oorlewingstegnieke. Die kat l\u00ea op die te\u00ebls en die boompie vou sy blare toe en ek hang rustig in die water rond. Elkeen te dankbaar vir \u2019n plan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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