Grids and Cocoons

Just a bit over a week from spring, 

the colors are subdued.

 People walk amid the grayed swashes,

 their patterns creating the cocoons

that envelop us in their

light and shadow.

Leafless

In the Spring I look forward to the trees' budding leaves, 

the tender shades of green they make as they emerge after 

the fallow Winter. In Summer their leaves offer shade where 

I often stand, gazing upward through the layers of leaves,

marveling at the shapes and shades made by the sunlight.

 In the Fall, I get the colors and then the delicate

lines drawn by the bare branches as they mark their

own space against the cold sky.

Curve/Curb

As I was leaving the Herron School of Art this morning, 

I happened to notice the nice curves made by the painted lines

on the pavement. I liked the way the white curve of the curb 

contrasted with the crack in the side walk.

Then the way the dark line broke up the space 

between the curb and the painted lane 

made that space more interesting.

The differing values of gray and texture helped, too.