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 )
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.
not particularly subtle either
but being the world's
tallest flowering plant
tallest flowering plant
is hardly subtle!