Meet on the corner

There's a surprising number of details

to observe in this deceptively plain

photograph.

Doors windows, ramp rail, street light, old brick,

rusty brackets, shadows, trees, blue sky,

whatever that lighter stain is

descending from the rusty brackets...

mainly I noticed at first

the way the ambient light

affects the color of the gray walls -

lighter to the left,

a bit darker to the right...

Taken 20 September 2018.

Chair #15

This bench at a bus stop

seems to be waiting for some companionship.

And the old brick facade

is a bit patched up;

there are hints of its former glory -

the glass brick that

flanks a section of newer brick

must have been a doorway;

and the boarded up sections

apparently were store-front windows;

then there are the pseudo-pillars between those sections,

with different brick down the middle of them

and a little out-cropping to depict the capital;

a line of terra cotta tiles to define the roofline.

The broken globe of the old-fashioned streetlight

subtly punctuates the destitute air of the scene.

May we all enjoy cherished companionship

and deliverance from destitution

in the coming year.

Happy 2019 to one and all!

Photo taken 17 September 2018.