Covered Bridge With Snow

Covered Bridge With Snow
By John R. Greenwood

Consignment Bridge red-topped and strong

immersed in cold cotton

    in this simple life 

    the simple pleasures

    colorful packages

    wrapped in natures way

Weeks before the first snow I placed Consignment Bridge atop some old cement chunks I had pre-arranged in a sort of limestone monolith in the back corner of my yard. Rather than assume the cost of disposal I created a structure of combined elements. It consists of various cement pieces from an old walk I replaced, some old marble slabs I'm told were from the original Grand Union Hotel, mismatched paving bricks, and stones from thirty years of back yard projects. I knew if snow ever arrived it would make a nice center piece for the back forty (feet not acres).