Jackson Plaza

15 September 2008
1315-1333
Jackson Plaza, Mill Stream, Willamette University, Salem, OR

The water is gurggling down cascades of rocks barely visible below the surface of the stream, the waves drift past rocks in a sinusoidal path but then transition slowly into a calm ripple as they pass by me out of sight under the ledge of Jackson Plaza. The weather is warm and sunny with a cool breeze that comes with the fading into autumn. Every now and then a wispy cloud passes over the sun turning my bright white page into a bland gray form and changing the sparkling gem of the mill stream into an iron mass. The black eyed susans across the stream from me add a punch of color to the green and brown landscape. This color is a welcome to change and only adds the the beauty of the scene.