Blue on Blue Into the Night

"The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into the deeper and deeper shades of night." - Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

It had been raining for days, but late Tuesday afternoon, the sky started to clear.

The clouds began to separate and rise, and the sun dropped through them: strands of gold woven through the shades of blue.

And then nothing but blue on blue into the darkening skies of night.