Theme Day 2016: Didn't Have Anything I Liked ...

...For the first day of the year, I couldn't think 

of a picture I was particularly fond of.

On my way to swim practice on December 30th,

I walked by the Chase Tower, almost abandoned

during the holiday week, to see this floorlamp 

shining through the window blinds.

Not only did I like the subdued lighting 

and shadows; the composition seemed to add

to the overall linear look of the alley,

with the blobs of fluorescent light echoing

the circles in the wrought-iron fencing.

Talking Bricks

A couple weeks ago, I took myself on an odyssey to get a treat

from The Flying Cupcake shop on Massachusetts Avenue.

I didn't walk a straight line up the street to  the bakery, 

but one more like the flight path of a monarch butterfly as I

took the opportunity to explore a few of the alleyways.

I enjoy looking at old brick, seeing the oxidation and wear

time has made on the structures. In fact, I feel as though I can

even smell the bricks; on sunny days it seems as though

the bricks are telling me their stories in the clay-ey

aromas radiating from their surfaces.

Right Where He Belongs

Solemnly smoking a cigarette and checking 

his text messages, this man was relegated 

to the proper area for these activities - out in the alley

by the trash bins.