Study in Blue and White....and Counting the Colors....

Quiet day in Port Washington. No wind so far today.....low hanging clouds, but very mild. Our morning walk took us around Rotary Park. Pacing quickly it's a mile route and let's Fenway exercise those little legs and I get to burn off some of my cereal.

Most of our trees are past the peak of the color season....and leaves are falling everywhere. (Makes cleaning up after a dog an adventure. If I don't "watch" Fenway's deposits get lost in the dead-leaf piles.)

Looking out toward Lake Michigan I was struck by the color/non-color surrounding our little lighthouse. A study in grey/white/blue....with a little bit of brownish red for contrast. Stones from the breakwater, the clouds overhead, the water and the lighthouse itself. Monocromatic morning.

Then we continue down the sidewalk along the marina...empty now with almost all of the boats gone for the winter. And there she is.....a small maple just boasting the fact that she is hanging onto her leaves and brightening up our morning. I can't even count all the beautiful colors in this one little tree.

I don't think she was planted on purpose....she seems to be the opportunistic kind, finding root in some earth between the rocks. I'm glad she sprouted here....glad she shared her beauty with us. Hope her leaves are still there tomorrow.