Double-Eagle Emblem on top of pine tree

Coat of Arms of Austrian Empire (1815)

Catching a Poem "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is playing on KDFC celebrating Mozart's birthday while I'm reading about Macintosh's 30th anniversary in the Mercury News. Two buses passed me by on my walk from Phyllis to Castro Street, so I have time to take photos of Bird of Paradise plants along Mountain View Physical Therapy. A leafless Y-shaped Black Oak is by the bench at Bush Ave & El Camino Real while I wait for the next bus, and sun shines through pine trees across the street near Tattoo Revolution Ink shop. The Daily Post tells me that Marlboro man Eric Lawson died from respiratory disease and before me is an empty Marlboro pack with three cigarettes from recent smokers. I've sat at this bus bench dozens of times and only today did I notice the pine tree top shaped like the double-eagle coat of arms of Austria— Is Mozart talking to me? My mind flies back 42 years to Salzburg visiting Mozarts Geburtshaus in August '72 seeing his harpsichord and violin, then watching a puppet show of The Magic Flute. It's Mozart's 258th birthday and Macintosh's 30th anniversary. I was upset in missing my bus but happy in catching this poem.         — Peter Y. Chou             Mountain View, 1-27-2014

Bird of Paradise Plant 490 El Camino Real, Mountain View Marlboro Cigarette Pack at Bus Stop, Bush Ave & El Camino Real Double Eagle Emblem on Pine near Tattoo Revolution Ink Shop