The Starkness of Gray

On days like today, which is a grisly rainy day, the old town appears very gray. You have to look deeply to find color. Soon the green leaves will turn orange, then brown, then will be gone. The rain will detach what leaves cling to their memories of Summer, and they will become part of the past. Winter will come and with the first snows, the town almost appears monochromatic, just shades of gray from black to white. But the contrast of fresh snow, and the deep gray of the granite make a powerful image together. Then, just glimpses of weathered red-painted wood here and there, perhaps some yellow, and green, but mostly just the fresh snow, and the eternal granite. On days like that, everyone that visits the old town will see it through the eyes of an artist.