Summer Fruits

I went hiking in an outlying island in Hong Kong on July 19, my birthday. On the hill, I saw many summer fruits – longyan, youjinzi. Although it wasn’t the first time I saw these fruits, it was the first time I noticed and “discovered” that this was probably the scene in Nature the day I was born forty something years ago. There were many fruits blossoming – giving the world a sense of fruitfulness and joy. I picked a youjinzi and put it into my mouth. It was first bitter, and then sweet. No more thirsty feeling afterwards.

When I came back in the evening, a friend told me that a baby of a pregnant woman with whom I did a balance with before was born!

He is also a summer fruit. What a coincidence!

I am offering these photos to this baby. It’s the scene in Nature the day he was born.

Blessings to him and his family!

Amy Choi

(July 20, 2011, Hong Kong, China)