5. Two Trees

I took this picture about two weeks ago. Since I took this picture with my mother's iPhone it doesn't do the sky justice. It was the same blue as my mother's rich peacock sari that hangs in her closet, the one that I covet and was almost mine but never have worn.

This picture is from Father's Day. My dad waited in the car while I brought home the family takeout. I snapped this in front of the restaurant, in the parking lot, my back to a raging highway.

On our way home, we listened to Murray Perahia's Bach partitias. The descent in the B-flat gigue is so complicated and fluid I always feel off-center listening to it. The best music quietly thrills. The best sky is peacock blue. The best Father's Day spent eating Macaroni Grill takeout; fettuccine with broccoli, caramelized onions, and tomato cream.