Descent to Blue

Bougainvillea leans over the wall and the stairs disappear beneath it. The water below is the kind of blue that makes boats look weightless, and someone has already claimed the umbrella. Terracotta holds the last of the morning heat against your ankle as you go down.

A Mediterranean landscape print of a bougainvillea-framed stone stairway falling toward the sea.

Bring it into a kitchen, or a narrow hallway that could use a view.