Some shots from the roof of our house.

The sky was almost covered in dark rain clouds, but there was light on the mountains.
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The clouds were dark and foreboding at the west, but the east held the last of the light.

I spotted a glimpse of the light from the road at the front of our place and took it as a signal by Mother nature to tell me to climb onto the roof.
Of course when Marian saw me with the ladder, she wanted to have a heart attack, but I assured her that all would be fine. I cannot just sit around and a man has to find things to do, so I climbed onto the roof.
Come and see what I got.

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The mountains were adamant to hang on to the last vestiges of light and it was a fascinating show. Sadly, the light on the roof was a bit dark, but I was thankful that I could get anything at all. I don't have Photoshop and from what I have seen from some of my friends here on Hive, I think that Photoshop could certainly have enhanced the photos. But be that as it may, I still think that these photos are not too bad. In fact, good enough to post. What say ye? :)

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So here you have it and it was the best that I could do under the dark circumstances. But please know that I am not complaining about the light, as we have to take all of the chances that we are given. I wanted to show you the beauty and my love for that white line of clouds under the mountain peaks. Life works like the ocean waves, up and down and one has to wait for the correct wave to surf with a camera :)

I hope that you have enjoyed the story and the pictures.

And That's All Friends.

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX70HS Bridge camera.

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I have always liked how it looks when the clouds cover the mountains, very nice

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Thank you and I am also fascinated by the effect that clouds have on the mountains :)

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So you climbed on the roof again, my friend? I can feel with Marian, but the images that came out are worth it, of course 🤩
Yes, with Photoshop you could enhance the colours and the dramatic clouds in the sky, but the images are great anyway and I can easily imagine how amazing it must have been to be up there and enjoy these amazing views 😀


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Today I dare not go near the roof as the winds are running at between 40-50km gusts here. Enen blows some of our new granadillas off the fence. So you can imagine me taking off from the roof if the wind catches my big ears. Hopefully it will blow me right into the hospital's yard 🤣 !LOLZ

I have long ago figured out that as is photos can also look not too bad and thus, I don't have to spend time, that I do not have to sit in Photoshop editing. It is real magical on the roof and we are thinking to remove the flat roof and to replace it with a pitched roof. Then I can build a room inside the roof with a big window that can face the mountains. But that is going to be expensive and maybe one day.
I am glad that you enjoyed the views 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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It's good that you don't climb up to the roof, but your first words reminded me on Dumbo the flying elephant 😁 !LOLZ

Photo editing takes often more time than shooting them 😅

This kind of roof and the room up there sounds awesome. Hopefully one day you will be able to afford it 🤞


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Hahaha, maybe I am Dumbo the human clown 😜 !LOLZ

Oh yes, I know and that's another reason that I don't have one. Some dude suggested that something like Luminar Neo is perhaps an easier system and I wrote the name down, but I have still not had a look at it.

During my construction days a guy asked me to build a gymnasium in his roof and it was an easy job, as I worked on many roofs at the time. The proper materials and the strength of the floor are the priorities.
Maybe one day my friend 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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Luminar is an AI software that is easy to use but I prefer to do my edits without an AI, although Photoshop has some kind of AI built in already too. My edits feel more handcrafted to me somehow 😉
I often clone out distracting things like people 😁 but I never add things like another sky or so, but with Luminar you can do it easily and change a photo completely so that even you might not recognise your own image 😉

Yep, it's important that the floor is strong enough to hold your weight and don't break 😁 !LOLZ


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Great news and now I don't need to have a look at Luminar. As you know, I don't like to change the images that I take of nature, as then it is not natural. But in saying this I would like to clone out imperfections such as sun spots etcetera. At the moment I simply delete the photos even though some of them are very nice 😉 !LOLZ

Not only to hold my weight, but to last for many years. The old style of construction with multiple supports works the best for me 😊

Cheers and thanks.

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Some people like it because you can enhance a photo with a few clicks 😉 !LOLZ and of course, you can edit the AI's edits afterwards to make the image looking more natural.

There are also free photo editing tools like Gimp that is similar to Photoshop and that certainly has tools to clone out things.

I am sure you will build the perfect roof 😊👍


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Okay, I can understand the need to edit photos, and as you know I am okay with it, so maybe one day I will also give it a try 😉 !LOLZ

Thank you and I try to get things done well as best I can 👌👍

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Good evening Zac,

although I don't like die editing work I like the results, at least many times 😉

I know that you always try to be perfect, my friend 😊

I'm at work and tomorrow morning I'll add another one or two hours because there's a problem in the security system and one of the elevators doesn't work. If I can't fix it the people have to use the stairs up to the 7th floor on Monday 🤣 !LOLZ

Hope you're having a lovely weekend, my friend 🌞☺️


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Good evening Hannes,

I also like your edited photos all of the time, as they are always fabulous 🙂

If only I could get the perfectness right every time, but not so lucky 😉

So now if I was you, I would ask the people to pay me to get the lift going and you can charge top price because they are not going to look forward to climbing the stairs to the seventh floor 🤣 !LOLZ!

Had a great weekend and travelled today on a roadtrip for our four-day break. Hurray!

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

thanks, my friend 😊

At least you try and most times it is perfect, I often don't even think of making something perfect, as long as it works 😉 !LOLZ

Haha, it belongs to my work, so I can't do that, but of course, I get paid for the extra time that I needed to get the elevator work again 😀

You're having a break? That sounds cool and I think you really deserve some time off. Hopefully you'll have a great time 🌞😊


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Good evening Hannes,

"Bokslagter" is the local word for guys that take short cuts my friend 🤣 !LOLZ
Nothing in this life is perfect and we can only try our best.

So now you do a half job on the lifts, so that they can break down and you can get paid overtime. You senior officers can certainly get away with your tricks 😄

I have already explained the break situation to you in my previous message 😥

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So I am a Bokslagter 🤣 !LOLZ

At work I don't do half work - there I always try to be fast but perfect ... I try 😉


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Nope, as we have a saying here; "If the shoe fits, then wear it" 🤣 !LOLZ

Speedy goatzales at work instead of speedy gonzales and it's good that you try 🤣

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But I would never wear pink shoes, no matter how well they fit 😁 !LOLZ

Yep, I always try to work as fast and still good and correct as possible, because the slower I work the higher the mountain of work will grow 😅


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Yeah, I think you will look better with red shoes as they will match your red lipstick 🤣 !LOLZ

That's why we always get so stressed! The chase to control the workload wears us out and the work just doesn't stop coming in. You are right in working fast, but still, the chase is on 😜

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No answer to this 🤣 !LOLZ

The time before Christmas and before the year ends is always more stressful than during the rest of the year, so I have had another busy day after my nightshift and tomorrow will start busy too. But then it's weekend and next week will be a short one because Thursday is a holiday and we are taking Friday off work 😀


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They call it the year end blues and you are right as it makes everyone more intense. One of our friends owns a registered Chartered Accountant business and they receive mountains of their clients' financial books to complete before year end. So it is a lot of work that they have to do day and night.
Busy as bees all of us at this time of year.

Ah! Good to see that you will have a long weekend to get some rest 👌👍

Cheers and thanks.

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Oh, I wouldn't call it a blues because a blues isn't stressful 🤣 !LOLZ
We have to finish jobs, call companies to send their bills which we have planned to pay this year and so many other things ... no blues, pure stress, similar to your friends business, I believe 😅

I'm longing for next weekend and hope the weather is right for a trip somewhere 😀


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Blues music is definitely not stressful, but having the blues is a real pain 🤣 !LOLZ

Oh yes, they call it year end madness and the company owners all of a sudden realize that they would have to buy their families and their friends Christmas presents. So many companies simply don't pay their bills and they try to score double on their invoices. The same in the case my "friends" business 😉 !LOLZ

I hope that you get more great photos wherever you decide to go for the long weekend.

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Haha, that's true 🤣 !LOLZ

Well, there are a lot of companies that we have to ask to send their invoice because if we can't pay this year we'll have less money next year ... we don't get more next year if we spend less this year.

I haven't made any plans yet where to go, but I do hope that the weather will be nice there 😁


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They call it "singing the blues" and it doesn't mean real singing, but rather real people hating Mondays because now they have to work again 🤣 !LOLZ

So true and lately the new fashion here is not to pay the workers salaries for several months. In other cases the pensions or the Insurances of the employees are not paid and the worst thing is that the workers medical aids are also not paid. Why? They claim that there is no money to pay it.

Good that you haven't made any plans, as you will have enough time just to get into the car and to let Mother nature surprise you 😊

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You have just reminded me that in a few hours it will be Monday again 😒 !LOLZ

I haven't heard of such here, but it such might happen here too when a company is really broke or insolvent. Otherwise I couldn't imagine it happening here.

You're right, I will just sit in the car anddrive into the direction that looks best 😁


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And now Monday is finished and yay, you are still alive 😁 !LOLZ

It should never happen, as the staff should form the most important part of any company, or any government. But priorities seem to be a bit twisted here.

There is a song that I think it says "Go west life is peaceful there" 🤣

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Yep, still alive, but it was a hard day that will be followed by another hard Tuesday. Wednesday should be a little easier and then I have free till Sunday 😁

Of course, without the employees many companies wouldn't be anymore.

Go west? This direction was in my mind too ... maybe 😎


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So the next two days will fly away my friend and then it is whoopee time 🤣 !LOLZ
Oh! Tuesday is almost already gone!

Exactly right, but the chase after profit has misplaced the values of old and nowadays the employees are the last on the list 😥

I like that word "maybe", as it leaves you open minded and anything is possible 😉

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Good evening Zac,

Tuesday is gone and it was a long and busy day. I have been at a brand new police department and there's so much to do until they can start working there. They are moving in already and I do hope that we will be ready within the next 2 weeks, because then our IT will switch the network from the old department to the new one 😅 !LOLZ

As said many times before: it's all about the money and people don't care anymore.

Right, because maybe I'll go south ... or north 😉


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Good evening Hannes,

We were caught flat footed as I was talking to a guy on the phone and both of our PCs were on, when the power just shut off. So we discovered that we were now on Level 6 and we get cut off for 4 hours at a time. Power came back on at 8pm.

So I presume you guys install the IT network at the new stations? And they are already moving in?
Sounds very unplanned to me, as they should have given you more time before the move started?

Even if they don't care anymore it will not stop us from caring 😉 !LOLZ

So, I presume that you cannot go East? 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

I really wonder when they will start with the power cuts here - the world is getting worse. But I do hope that they tell the time when they turn off and keep to it.

IT, security system and so on, my friend, and I also wished we would have more time before they move in, but it wasn't my decision. The longer they stay in the old department the longer we have to pay for two places - again, it's all about the money.

I know that you'll never stop caring.

No, I don't go east, prefer the west where there's no war.

Actually, I have gone south and then north ... I was in Italy at the sea for a walk at the beach

and then I drove north to the Dolomites where I've been too late to get a better spot for sunset than this one

Hope your weekend starts well, my friend, and that it's wonderful 🌞


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