It’s hard to see pavement when everything is blooming. But when the blooms weaken and fall, shadows and pavement become something new and exciting. The key as it turns out is to walk late in the day. But walking home into the setting sun, squinting at the ground to avoid falling, the ground rushes by at a different speed than yards and gardens. I stepped over this picture and turned around. One tiny bloom on a patch of pavement. It only existed because the sun was almost gone. One tiny bloom on a patch of pavement. Such an exciting discovery.