Textured Tuesday: Brushy Brick

While costumed people were all around me outside

 the Indiana Convention Center, I happened to notice 

these brushy patterns in the brick pavers near 

the main entrance. It appears that calcium deposits had

been made on the pavers over the years by water 

leaching from large planters. 

Grid with Yellow Curve

I was just walking along the street with a latte in one hand, 

my tote over my shoulder, and my camera 

in my pocket, entertaining fantasies of one sort

or another when I saw it -

a grid of bricks with the grid patterns

of a building reflected in a rain puddle -

the medium and its use in one picture with

a nice yellow curve to accent it.

I practically genuflected to get the curve

at a usable angle. Whew.

Red Dust and Marge Simpson

The brick pavers on the sidewalks of the Monument Circle 

area of downtown Indy add warmth and relieve the otherwise cold

gray appearance of the surrounding buildings. A large expanse

of these pavers was added last summer along Washington Street and

have added to the beauty of the restored storefronts. 

Every once in a while, however, the pavers need 

to have maintenance work done to replace any broken 

bricks and to rebuild any of their base layer that has become 

loosened due to the upheavals caused by weather.

Last Monday, I found a group of the maintenance men working 

at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Ohio Streets, 

some cutting and fitting the pavers, others sweeping and 

brushing brick dust into the seams between 

the bricks. 

One of the men had his hair wrapped in blue cloth to keep 

it from becoming soiled from the brick dust. He reminded me of

someone, whose name I couldn't recall at the time.

Marge Simpson, perhaps?