“All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.”Christopher MorleyCity PostcardsYesterday, Sunday, while driving back home after attending mass, I crossed an intersection between two avenues that is usually quite busy, not so on weekends, at least during the daylight hours.

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.”Paul CezanneShadow Hunters Community Contest SMASh - Round 365First of all, I want to express my congratulations to @melinda010100 for reaching the 7th Anniversary of Show Me A Shadow, a weekly initiative that has brought great satisfaction to all of us who have chased shadows everywhere to participate in each photographic challenge.

"Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter."Sharon SalzbergReflection Hunters Contest - Round 210This morning, taking advantage of the hot, sunny and clear day, I went out to run some personal errands that I usually leave for the weekend, among other reasons, because I have more time and also, the traffic is much less.

“I am a little obsessed with stripes.”Emilia WicksteadStripesThe red lionfish is a species belonging to the scorpionfish family, and is characterized by the white, brown or red stripes that cover its body, in addition to pectoral and dorsal fins that can spread out like a fan, giving it an attractive and exotic appearance.

“I try to live instinctively. And I guess I've always enjoyed living in a fantasy world, daydreaming.”James DuvalDaydreamingDaydreaming is a state of consciousness in which a person, while still awake, experiences a brief detachment from the environment, during which contact with reality is distorted and partially replaced by a visual fantasy, particularly one filled with pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions.

“Lent is a time of going very deeply into ourselves... What is it that stands between us and God? Between us and our brothers and sisters? Between us and life, the life of the Spirit? Whatever it is, let us relentlessly tear it out, without a moment's hesitation.”