All of the above: Ways Road, Ways Lane, & Eastern Railways Tracks

Dear friend,

It stopped raining the previous day. The grounds are still saturated from the previous years’ rains, but one could be excused for not noticing because it is clear skies and dry today. Even the soil of my potted flowering plants have dried out. But it rained the previous days. The flowers must have been terribly thirsty.

Anyway, here is another spot that challenges me. I have been asking myself, should I paint what I see, or what I want to see. I prefer the latter. It is more fun and interesting.

This road along East Penn Railways’ tracks has two names: It starts off as Ways Road, and then it becomes Ways Lane. According to the map, there is no intersection marking when one begins and when the other ends. One thing for sure is that this corridor is slated for development — retail, rentals, townhomes, pedestrian paths and bikeways, and parks. It is all talks for now, but whatever the developers do, I hope they will do it right; that is, to build for people and not for cars. There should be millions of miles of pedestrian pathways and bikeways as there are millions of miles of roads and highways.

Ways Road and Eastern Railways Tracks

Oil on panel, 8 by 10 inches.