Pleats and Dashes and Wiggles

At the intersection of Ohio and Meridian Streets 

last Saturday, I looked to my left to see 

a bunch of lines, angles, and pleats. 

They reflected and and intersected with each other 

to create interesting shapes and patterns.

Even the dashed lines marking the pedestrian path

seemed to lead from one series of lines

on the building, to similar patterns on yet another

just across the street. 

Textured Tuesday: Haphazard

Someone has laid these bricks around the base 

of bushes in their front yard. 

The reason for this is not apparent because

the area is not large enough to be a patio,

nor or is there any consistent

pattern to the layout.

No matter. In winter snow adds interesting

contrast between the clay and the

rows of holes. In summer, the leaves

overhanging the bricks give both an unusual

twist with positive and negative shapes.

  

Verticals, Horizontals, and Something Different

After lunch on Wednesday, I walked down Meridian Street 

towards the Circle. A long tunnel of scaffolding 

has been constructed outside one of the AT&T buildings 

to protect pedestrians as they walk 

beneath the workmen. As always, I was impressed by 

the lines and shadows created by the scaffolding 

and its shadows. The horizontal stripes of the woman's

jacket just added to the jumpy visual effect.

The same for the swirls in the dress of 

the woman in the above picture.

As for the "something different,"

every time I see one of these trucks I wonder

why some men need to make such

 a production of their love-making that

it becomes a project, fer crissakes.

Peeny engineering, indeed.