‘Down by Snakey Shed’ refers to a part of my garden where the firewood is stored in what has become known as the “snakey shed” (because if I were a snake I’d probably enjoy living there among the wood piles). The scene depicts the stream that runs past the shed and into the Yarra, and the river maple in it’s glory red/phase as a mark of autumn and signalling the coming of Winter. It is the first tree to do so, and is also the last to come out of dormancy in Spring.