The April breeze sweeps through the courtyard, and the gazebo metal gracefully stretches its form in the morning sunlight. The aluminum alloy pillars glimmer with a silvery sheen, and the arc of the zinc steel roof is just like a bird spreading its wings. The gauze curtains of the steel metal gazebo are tied to the pillars at the four corners, adding a hazy filter to the springtime.
Nina holds a coffee cup in her hand, and her husband spreads a picnic cloth on the dining table inside the steel metal gazebo. The sunlight filters through the gaps between the two layers of the roof of the gazebo metal. "Remember last autumn when we watched the stars here?" Her fingertips trace the cool metal patterns on the pillars, where there are still the marks of the children's height stickers and graffiti.
"Mom! The Chinese lantern flowers are in bloom!" The little daughter rushes into the steel metal gazebo, holding pink and white petals in her hands, and then sits on the chair beside the dining table. Nina opens the photo album and slips the fallen petals into the page labeled "Spring".
At noon, the sensor lights on the roof of the steel metal gazebo suddenly turn on, casting the shadows of the whole family onto the gauze curtains, swaying and intertwining. The husband raises the camera. In the viewfinder: the little son is on tiptoe reaching for the wind chimes in the corner, the grandmother's silver hair reflects the luster of the zinc steel pillars, and the crabapple flower by Nina's temple complements the pink and white of the gauze curtains perfectly.
As the twilight deepens, fireflies dance gracefully outside the steel metal gazebo. The children chase after the fireflies with net bags in their hands. "This is our starry sky." Nina leans against the pillar and chuckles softly. The coolness of the aluminum alloy seeps through her thin blouse, yet she feels a deep warmth and comfort in her heart.
