Two observations during a short walk

On the way there -

three people ahead of me,

a girl flanked by two men.

The girl, by far the tallest of the three,

suddenly bounced up,

tugged a branch

and showered cherry blossom on us all.

On the way back -

as I made my way down the stairs 

into the railway underpass,

an elderly, impeccably outfitted gentleman 

waited at the bottom.

As I arrived, he beamed approvingly at me

and said as if to a very small child,*

'Well done! Good feet eh?'

And now, 

the flowers.

* or, as it just now occurs to me,

to an old lady. Hmm.