fixing the gate, subtle and not so subtle

Oh, the fence...to keep the Possums out-
but the gate is beginning to wear,
swaying fiercely-
have started a ferrocement brace,
a sort of 'decorative buttress'
to extend it's life a little-
began by fixing the first step into the Garden
which was too short (ah, now i see the wisdom
 of the ratio of the rise to the tread on a step!)
i used cement/sawdust/clay mix and rocks

with a board by way of formwork

the bricks are where the step ended before-

 it were okay on the way up

but treacherous on the way down

(especially if carrying something and                                    

not able to see one's feet )

i am rather taken with it-

especially the colours

in that one trapezoidal stone.

Under the silver scrap of tarp at the left

is the foundation for the buttress

which doesn't look like anything yet...

but it is destined for great things-
a Gaudi-esque fantasy of a functional sort!

this is a flower that bloomed next to the steps-

now there is some fantastic 'biotecture'.

 Outside the fence, the native flowers are so tiny,

that you almost have to get on your hands and knees to see them-

they are as subtle as this one from a supermarket bulb is not.

Oil Pastel of a nearby

forest tree,

not particularly subtle either

but being the world's

tallest flowering plant

is hardly subtle!