The bright sunshine of winter has been alternating with gray cloudy days of numerous cold fronts. I found myself out with the dog in a bright day walking so I took some pictures. I am not a fan of the cold gray leafless scenes of northern winters, I like the green of leaves, the white of clouds and the deep dark blue of the sky over Key West. And the odd splash of color from a flower.
Cheyenne is a patient dog when I have my camera out. She stops on command and waits while I fiddle with the apparatus.
For some reason, as I struggled to find a unifying theme for my pictures I chose to seek out colors and contrasts for my pictures.
Usually I let the pictures dictate the essay, but as I walked the title of this essay was firmly in my mind.
The many colors of a winter day in the Southernmost City.
And when I looked for them, they burst out on me.
In my travels through the tropics I have always enjoyed the primary colors of life close to the equator. To find myself living among them even this far north always seems an especial privilege to me.
I don't think I have ever owned a purple bicycle seat. perhaps it's time.
The roof line of Charlie's Grocery.
The roof line of a Conch cottage.
The roof line of a burial vault at the Key West cemetery.
It was a breezy sunny day and the palms above the cemetery were flapping about quite enticingly.
A home made stool. I like the idea of someone taking the time to build to suit with the express purpose of taking one's ease to watch the world go by.
This old house had misfortune of having it's magnificent wooden walls covered by gruesome plaster tiles of some bizarre sort glued all over them.
Vivid Key West.
It's amazing what a bit of sunlight will do.
The bright sunshine of winter has been alternating with gray cloudy days of numerous cold fronts. I found myself out with the dog in a bright day walking so I took some pictures. I am not a fan of the cold gray leafless scenes of northern winters, I like the green of leaves, the white of clouds and the deep dark blue of the sky over Key West. And the odd splash of color from a flower. 
For some reason, as I struggled to find a unifying theme for my pictures I chose to seek out colors and contrasts for my pictures.
And when I looked for them, they burst out on me. 
In my travels through the tropics I have always enjoyed the primary colors of life close to the equator. To find myself living among them even this far north always seems an especial privilege to me. 
I don't think I have ever owned a purple bicycle seat. perhaps it's time. 
The roof line of Charlie's Grocery. 
The roof line of a Conch cottage.
It was a breezy sunny day and the palms above the cemetery were flapping about quite enticingly.
A home made stool. I like the idea of someone taking the time to build to suit with the express purpose of taking one's ease to watch the world go by. 
This old house had misfortune of having it's magnificent wooden walls covered by gruesome plaster tiles of some bizarre sort glued all over them.
Vivid Key West.
9 comments:
While you may not have had a unifying theme...you've certainly succeeded in capturing the colors in their very essence, which if I read correctly is what you had set out to do. Mission accomplished very well. thanks for sharing these and a Very Happy New Year to you
Lovely colors, thanks for sharing.
I was casting around for spmething to photograph and the colors leapt out at me.
These pics were a cut above today..! Well done..!! However i think those pink crocs you toddle around in would have made a nice contrast to some of those natural colors you photographed so well..
Buffalo Bill
We lived in NC for two years, and that was the same thing I loathed about winter: Dead. Everything was brown. I need green and life.
Hey, thankls for posting some colors> It's been a little gray here recently with clouds. On top of that, we haven't had hardly any rain for about 2 months and the normally green tjhings are very brown. Getting tired of gray and brown.
Have a Great New Year!
Jim
The dog is the real writer of the blog, isn't she? Know how I figured it out? Half these pictures are things a dog woud piss on. Trees, bushes, and fences. See? Did I win anything?
Dear Anon: write Jack riepe; he gives stuff away but it's mostly to do with crappy old german bikes.
Nice pictures. I especially like the contrast of the green fronds behind the white fence.
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