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Brookline MA

 

Brookline Drain

 

Brookline Drain Cover #1

This drain has has some severe exposure to rock salt.  From a photographic point of view, it provides a soft powdery glaze.

 

Brookline Drain Cover

 

Brookline Drain Cover #2

This drain has a bit more of the same rock salt glaze with a bit of snow and a rust gradient blend.

 

Brookline Sewer Cover with Bricks

 

Brookline Sewer Cover with Bricks

There are many bricks in Brookline, although they don't seem to have the same Brahmin attitude as those of their Boston neighbors, which they seceded from many years ago.

 

Chiarascuro Sewer Cover in Brookline

 

Chiarascuro Sewer Cover in Brookline

This cover had yellow sand and salt which obscured some of the edges.

 

Brookline Gas Valve with Leaf

 

Brookline Gas Valve with Leaf

More obscuring... I did not place that leaf there.

 

Brookline Gas

 

Square Brookline Gas Cover

This one was from the same day but was protected on a side street.  I've posted it here for contrast.  No salt.

 

Brookline Really Salty Gas Cover

 

BC CCo Really Salty cover

This one is really salty, no sand, but seems to hold up very well.

 

Brookline Salt and Snow Squiggle

 

Brookline Salt and Snow Squiggle

This little squiggle reminds me of MC Escher.

 

Brookline Salt Map of USA

 

Brookline Salt Map of USA

This map of the USA was a rare find, even in the many streets and sidewalks of the Boston area.  What a fine and patriotic message nature has provided us.

 

Brookline Snow, Sand, Butts and Leaf Motif

 

Brookline Snow, Sand, Butts and Leaf Motif

This motif reoccurs throughout the Northeast USA during the days following a snow storm.  The piles of snow can look quite disgusting sometimes, but then they can also be very charming other times.