Cross-country #colormood

The shades change

as I move west,

an ombré of thousands of miles.

First white --

stark, frozen.

Then brown --

dusty fields and roads,

endless graveyards of corn.

Then the flat top rocks begin to rise

and the adobe colors become dusty

and dotted with turquoise.

Then red --

towering craggy rocks.

And green --

cacti standing sentinel.

And then, after thousands of miles...

Begins the light, bright

Technicolor romance of my new home --

sun,

palm,

flaming bougainvillea,

bright citrus,

pacific blue.

And a place to rest.

Painting: Road to Pedernal, 1941, by Georgia O'Keeffe