Colour in a bleakish week

©2017 Barry Smith - Intense delight in a roadside garden

The past week has had its challenges including a visit to the hospital and finishing the re-skinning of the inside of the trunk of the Buttress Root sculpture at Little Yabba Creek.

©2017 Barry Smith _ Sunrise from the hospital window

©2017 Barry Smith - Early morning light - Little Yabba Creek

But amidst that there was time to celebrate orchid colour and shapes.

©2017 Barry Smith - A stem of orchids almost growing itself on the terrace below

©2017 Barry Smith - Detail of terrace orchid

©2017 Barry Smith - A new special unfolding for Fiona's dad

©2017 Barry Smith _ A burst of orchid sunshine

©2017 Barry Smith - Tiny Australian native orchids at the base of the book wall

This morning was cold and windy; but again nature offered spots of colour on the verges.

©2017 Barry Smith - The beauty of a weed

©2017 Barry Smith _ Colour cluster in a Treehaven Way garden bed

©2017 Barry Smith - Unfolding - welcoming the oncoming spring

In bleak moments nature can gather us in its web to draw us into a better place.

©2017 Barry Smith - Early morning web at Little Yabba Creek - reflecting early morning light