A soggy morning and trees down

©2020 Barry Smith - Deep luscious purple against lichen played bark

The rain is very set in and things are beginning to get a bit soggy - deep damp.

©2020 Barry Smith - A white out

©2020 Barry Smith - But layers of new growth on our natives on the terraces

My way through to Treehaven Way was blocked by quite a large bush-tree that had toppled. One has come down in Treehaven way about a week or so back. I think after the long dry some had just become weakened.

©2020 Barry Smith - A detour was required

©2020 Barry Smith - This was quite a large casualty

But there are those blossoms and fungi that are thriving in the warm damp conditions.

©2020 Barry Smith - Some of my favourite fungi on the forest floor

©2020 Barry Smith - A cluster of colour

©2020 Barry Smith - Such a rich red

©2020 Barry Smith - Pristine fungi in the grass

©2020 Barry Smith - Holding droplets

It was not raining as I walked so there were reflections in the puddles on the road.

©2020 Barry Smith - Reflections in the road puddles

And the bower bird seems to be persisting even in this soggy times

©2020 Barry Smith - The bower got knocked around in the wind and rain a couple of weeks ago but the bird has resurrected it and added quite a bit more blue