Summer cycle

I went for a cycle ride today.  It was crazy hot, humid and there were lots of hills.  I stopped a couple of times to take some photos of the dry Australian landscape.   In a field, most cows were lying on the ground looking sun scorched.  When I took the picture, a cow froze and stared at me for a couple of minutes, his mouth full of grass.  Eventually he flicked his ears and went back to doing his cow stuff. A big yellow butterfly melted past.  The hills shimmered blue in the background.  The scent of eucalyptus was thick in the air.