I {heart} cherries!

On the metro yesterday an older man sat down with a bucketful of cherries.

His trim white beard and his clean shirt

stood out from his work pants and rubber boots.

I wondered if he picked all those cherries himself...

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I gave him a giddy smile, and he looked away.

But later, he looked at me again,

with a knowing, stern glance that I wanted his cherries.

I already had my own bag from the Vietnamese produce stand,

but his bucketful looked enticing.

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I must be obsessed with cherries.

I now have a bowl full in my fridge.

And on the metro I gave the old man another ridiculous

grin as I exited at my stop.

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As I taught my students the English idiom,

"You made my day,"

the old man with his cherries certainly

made my day.

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Have a lovely weekend!

I'll be outside at markets and music festivals

and inside at art classes and Sunday brunch.

Love&Laughs,

H