There is a storm drain in the parking lot behind our apartment that routinely blocks up and floods. Pretty much every time it rains, we are guaranteed a big puddle. Usually it is unremarkable. But a few weeks ago, a big rainstorm happened to coincide with lots and lots of recently released pollen in the air. It all seemed to settle into the big puddle in our parking lot. And it was really beautiful! I know, pollen in a puddle doesn’t really sound all that awesome. But the bright yellow pollen rested lightly on the slightly oily surface of the water, creating a really beautiful marbled pattern.
The patterns are just so stunning. I love how jagged the edges of the swirls are.
The next day it was even better! The water had drained away, leaving a sort of topo map of pollen rings around the drain.
In this last one the pollen almost looks like chalk.
I’m not sure what I’m going to do with these yet, but that is part of the fun, right? Taking beautiful images just to take them. With all the book making I’ve been doing lately, maybe I’ll just make end papers out of a print of one of the really marbled looking ones. I love finding the beautiful in otherwise boring or uninteresting sounding things!
The Compost Pile 