Form and Structure in Black and White

The days grow in length like some tapeworm feeding on daylight. We are hungry for color. The blacks, grays, and whites of our lives are no longer enough sustenance once the months turn to spring. What was cozy and quiet and meditative and rewarding in its sacrifice has grown wet and heavy and small. Although we were somewhat nurtured by a brilliant yellow-red fire, it no longer feeds us as the more brilliant fire glows longer outside the window. But I spent some time last month working on black and white photos of my birds...one is more colorful in real life than the two others. I find that the black and white gives them their form and structure without the distraction of color in the scenery.

Dark-eyed Junco

Blue-jay

Chickadee

And the one that scolds me when I forget to fill the feeders I will bring you in living color.

White breasted Nuthatch