Shadow Play

After welcome rain, my intent was to photograph some remaining drops of moisture.

And while I did have some success doing so, I found the play of light and shadow more intriguing.

"The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say." (Gregory Maguire) 

"Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today." (Edward Abbey)

"Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides." (Junichiro Tanizaki) 

 "The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow." (Socrates)

"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow." (Leo Tolstoy)

"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows." (Francis of Assisi)

"When the dawn winds whisper
To the standing corn,
And the rose of morning
From the dark is born,
All my shadowy garden
Seems to grow aware
Of a fragrant presence
Half expected there."
(From 'Garden Shadows' by Bliss Carman)