Columbia Road Flower Buckets Rain

Wet canvas buckets brim with red, pink, and white blooms, their petals heavy with droplets from the fine drizzle. Rain slicks the wooden planks of the floating boat, reflecting the bright midmorning sky in shimmering silver patches. Water beads on the rough burlap of the sacks and slides down the curved stems of the flowers. The market stall sits low on the water, surrounded by the gentle ripples of the canal. Colorful petals contrast against the gray, wet wood and the dark, oily surface of the lake. One raindrop hangs from the edge of a green leaf, poised to fall.