A morning walk down to the Japanese waterlily pond in the last few days of summer. When the water is crystal clear and the air still preserved the final hint of summer warmth. The pond, stripped away all that splendid blossoms, left with subtle and intriguing tiny dash of colours - the shade of fall. Pre fall. Nothing overwhelming, nothing intense. You breathe. You feel the air is cooling down. A little breeze, a koi leisurely swimming by.