It seems that autumn has almost come here to my town, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. There are several things that remind me of the beginning of the season after a hot summer. I'll tell you my perspectives.

Firstly, because the highest temperature is barely under 30 degrees Celsius these days, I have used a bicycle to go to a public pool, instead of a car. In last August, it was hard even to make a trip by bike even for about five kilometers, which are the distance between my home and the pool. But I've got to like to pedal over and run through a causeway to the destination. It smells of lively grass, and it reminds of the time when I was a high school student, too. I used to commute to the school, running through roads near a river. It's nostalgic.

Also, some dragonflies have come to be seen along the river tussock. It happens that my son, who is three years old and goes to kindergarten school, has learned and frequently sung the Japanese children's song, "とんぼのめがね（Tonbo no Megane), Glasses of Dragonflies." If you're interested in Japanese songs for kids, please listen to this video on YouTube.

Youtube ==> 童謡 トンボのめがね
http://youtu.be/2p9pJoC2ohs

Here are the lyrics.

■とんぼの　めがねは  水いろ　めがね  .... Glasses of dragonflies are watery color.
■青いおそらを とんだから .... Because they were flying in the blue sky　
■とんだから ... were flying

How about you? When do you think that fall has come to you?