Autumn Sky

I used to love San Francisco in orange color in autumn. I was away from Tokyo too long to remember how it was like in Tokyo at the same time of the year. Here I am. After six years, now I know why all my friends say Tokyo in autumn is so beautiful.

I was on the way back from the flower shop for my mom's half century birthday yesterday. I took the different street from I always take. The street was more like a riverbank path by the small stream. It was about time of sunset. 4:30pm. Clear sky in blue-green/turquoise color. The orange sun light made everything on the earth golden brown. Cosmos flower. Half-turned-red leaves on the half bared trees. Old couples holding their hands. Young man walking a dog. Everything, just everything was perfect. I was riding a bicycle as slow as I could balance, holding a flower bouquet, looking up the beautiful autumn sky as long as I could be blind of people and utility poles coming toward me. When I got back home, sun had just set. What a wonderful day.