House on the last corner before school

The blue fence (work in progress)

Acrylic on watercolour paper

6 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir © 2019

When I taught at a school north of the city, it was

sometimes a squeeze to get to work on time.  Traffic

could play havoc with my perfect timing.  This house

was a symbol for me.  Of course it isn't bright yellow,

and the picket fence is decaying brown board.  But

I would have loved to see it spiffed up with a bit of

colour.  

I haven't been back in a couple of years, so it may be

gone.  The city was encroaching on the country land

with malls, and gas stations and new housing developments.

But for me this house meant, "hey girl, you're

going to make it to class on time!"  I knew I still had a five

minute drive, and a running scramble.  But that's what

the house said to me, time after time.

Have a letting the world speak to you day.