on a grey day earlier this week, another walk in the Botanics. these brilliant primula like flowers cheered me.

this amazing tree in the Chinese mountain walk way reminded me of the trees i used to draw years ago with fine pen and ink.. all knotted and whorled and alive.

and these are yellow (yes really) primulas looking up the tiny minature valley they made in the Chinese part of the Botanics, water running down - a little stream, hidden in there..

(dreadful quality phone camera)

it has been grey, cool and a bit rainy all week. well, quite rainy actually. but sometimes, very early in the morning, if i lean out of the window and look down the way - i can see the sea, and smell it too. the wheeling, screeching gulls often remind me how close to the sea we are.

i had gone to see the latest Louise Bourgeois exhibition on at the Botanics before it closed, it was amazing to see some of her latest work in real life, although i didnt find it as powerful as some of her earlier work - but that could have been the mood i was in.

after seeing the work, and coming out into the fresh air - and soft rain - i enjoyed the walk more because of being more sensitised and observant having seen her work.