One Rose and a Smoky Bridge

The smoke from Oregon and Washington State wildfires blanketed Vancouver skies with a haze last week, elevating British Columbia’s air quality index to a 10+, its highest rating for pollution.

A pandemic, smoky skies and a moth outbreak.

This is BC in 2020 and Lions Gate Bridge on a mid-September day, behind the rose on the beach that someone left behind.

“One rose and a smoky bridge.” Photo by MC.

Here’s what I see: “Finding quiet beauty in unexpected places.”

What do you see? Melancholy, optimism or something else? Comment below in six words, less or more.

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Category : British Columbia, Reflections, Six Word Stories or Memoirs