Baseball Glove and Sunflower Seeds

A baseball rests in the pocket of an open leather glove on a dusty wooden bench. The leather is creased and darkened around the fingers, with laces threaded through its curved edges. Empty sunflower seed shells lie nearby in the afternoon light. Behind the glove, a darker board forms a simple backdrop to the pale ball and its short rows of red stitching.

Short red stitches follow the baseball's curved seams, distinct from the long brown cords threaded through the glove. Part of the ball disappears into the shadow of the pocket. Outside it, narrow highlights catch the creased leather around each finger. The dusty bench has a drier texture, with grain running almost horizontally beneath the scattered shells. Those differences in surface help separate pieces that share nearly the same shade of brown.