autumn bouquet

When I came out to my car tonight, parked in the alley behind a friend's home downtown, I found it covered in a delicate collage of tiny golden leaves. Having fallen with heavy rain earlier this evening, the leaves were glistening and wet, and laid out as artfully by nature as they might have been by, say, Matisse. The display was all the more beautiful when viewed from the interior. It was like looking up at a night sky of enormous golden stars. I felt like God had arranged an extravagant bouquet for me. It was lovely. It fairly broke my heart to have to put on the windshield wipers for the drive home.