Blocks for a Granite Quilt

I walked to a nearby business Friday morning 

to take care of a task. Of course, I had my little camera 

in my pocket, hoping to catch an interesting picture, 

something in the way of how we're finally thawing 

out from a hard winter. The exterior walls of Speedway

High School caught my eye. The pattern made from

a patchwork of granite samples and the bare, scraggly tree 

seemed to play nicely in the morning sun. 

Dubuffet in Speedway

I pass by this drive nearly every time I go for a walk. 

One morning I happened to notice the painted lines sealing 

the cracks in the pavement. They reminded me

of  some paintings I'd seen. "Dubuffet," 

I thought, then walked on, irritated because 

my camera's batteries had died.

I went back at a later date then, when I looked up

Jean Dubuffet on-line was surprised to find 

that the artist was, indeed, the one whose paintings

these marks in the drive resembled. Whew! 

Woo Hoo! I Feel A Breeze!

On my way home from work I stopped at the grocery for a few items, then walked the rest of the way home. For the first time in weeks, the heat wave had broken long enough to bring people out of their homes. Yes, it's still warm but there was a nice breeze to invite people away from the A/C.


Among them were the members of the boys' soccer team from Speedway High School, taking a run around the park before starting a pre-season practice session.Then a bit farther on, a woman sheperded her young son across the street so he could ride his tricycle on the park's jogging path.

And not far behind came Alex, followed by his mom pushing his new baby sister her her stroller. They, too, had a park excursion on their agenda, with maybe a stop at the playground.

Everyone agreed, it was finally nice to be outdoors without the sun bearing down, adding to the grumpiness and irritability of big and little folk alike.