Shattered....

  I have been told that I see things a good bit differently than most folks.  I tend find beauty in the oddest things.  This comes from the artist hiding deep inside of me.  I am fascinated by color, shape, form, lines, anything that can be found lurking in whatever is at hand.  The way a catfish's skin glistens with iridescence, the shape of a cicada's eye, the spiral of a pine cone...all of these things intrigue me and make me wish to copy and preserve the image.  Sometimes...it happens and I get the image that satisfies my mind's eye.  Other times...things go awry and I shake it off and say it was not for me to recreate something so perfect.  

  We are in the process of doing some much needed repairs to the Little Bayou House.  Time, critters and hurricanes have taken their toll on the place and the renovation can be delayed no longer.  One of the items that needed to be replaced was the front door.  I will miss my old door!  But...already, the new (or rather old) ones feel like they belong.  I say "they" since the new door is a set of antique French doors that were given to me by my brother.  He just happened to have them and I just happened to need them so everything worked out perfectly!  The only problem with the doors is what only I can see as a thing of beauty.  The center pane of one door has been shattered.  Either a rock or a gunshot caused a tiny, perfectly round hole and an entire "spiderwebbing" of the glass. I know it will have to be replaced but, for now, I will marvel at the glistening piece of art as the sun shines through it.

  This morning, Son looked questioningly at me as I photographed the broken window pane.  Perhaps he thought I was "measuring" for a new pane or something...or perhaps he fully understood what I was seeing.  He, too, has a quirky artistic sense about him.  After a bit, he calmly stated that he would change the pane for me as soon as he finished installing the doors.  I responded by "I am in no hurry."  To which he replied..."I know."  He understands and will let me enjoy the beauty I find in the broken glass for a bit longer.