A Walk in the Winter Sun

The break in the weather gave me the opportunity 

to walk along the Central Canal, both to enjoy the sun 

and to take some pictures. At the end of the

canal, where the water enters the White River, I found

these grasses caught in a splendidly simple

arrangement on the wall, a russet leaf trapped

just so to balance the composition.

And below, at the edge of the river, a school

of carp swam in the current, fighting against it

to reach a quiet pool of water where

a meal could be had.

I could have watched those fish for hours,

their blue-gray bodies accented perfectly against 

the yellow clay mud beneath them.