Monday, December 25

• The pidgeon, huddled under the ping pong table in the park to escape the onslought of the rain.

Two fallen pods, punctuating the asphalt like quotations marks.

• A nest of fallen leaves has gotten trapped between the spindly branches of the tree below

• The fallen pods,, like disconnected wings, dotting the sidewalk like a painting by Pollack.

• A single red leaf glows in the dark soil at the base of the olive tree.

And one last one, just because the sun was out for the first time in days, and it was beautiful:

• The last three yellow autumn leaves on the tree are lined up, one in front of the other, between the empty spindling branches.