Part 1 of Essay
From the bronze tinted glass doors that separate my kitchen from my patio, the view of my backyard has an antique quality to it. the picture that is displayed through the doors has the quality of an old wrinkled photograph. a photograph that has lost all variations of color and now portrays but only three shades of bro ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... to this picture painted by nature. Once you step across the threshold seperating my patio from my yard and stand outside you can actually grope the image of my backyard with your eyes, it is clear that grass is the most abundant commodity here. there must be at least a billion blades of healthy green sheathes penetrating up from fertile chocolate brown soil. the only discoloration that is visible on each blade occurs on their tops. these tops were once as green as the rest of their bodies, but are ....