A Few Solitary Moments

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   A Few Solitary Moments 

Original version 

12/19/2022

一張座椅

I often remember my mother who passed away not too long ago

An empty chair in my mind’s eye

surrounded by scattered leaves left on the roadside 

Photo taken in fall, 2021


These empty chairs were deliberately not taken

一杯咖啡
A cup of coffee

寒天裡一杯咖啡 
最暖人心 
疫情間店中仍有不少客人
選擇一人獨據一桌
在方圓數十尺一隅
獨飲
一隻蒼鷺
 A Grey Heron

A solitary blue heron by the lakeside 
Photo taken years ago in Phoenix, Arizona 


特立獨行者
慧眼獨具

You can detect gem in the rough 
only if you’re all by yourself                                               
                                                 一個行道人
 A solitary hiker on the trail
A papercut figure 
鬧市中 一道僻徑
A quiet side street 
in a scorching summer afternoon 
Hidden in the hustle and bustle of the city’s endless noises & traffic 
Finding myself quite a few surprises unfolding right before my eyes
去年夏天居家台北
一個烈日炎炎午後
不經意間步入一道窄巷
乾淨清爽無車馬喧囂聲 
既處鬧市之中
又彷彿遺世獨立
寂靜的午後闃無人跡  道上僅見一位年長婆婆
躬身道旁整理一小方菜圃
一小方菜圃


小巷中尚植有台灣少見火龍果 和一株波蘿蜜樹  

Dragon fruit flowers                            Jackfruit tree -波蘿蜜
- 火龍果之花                                                                     之樹

 

一道長長破落石砌老牆
圈住一座看似廢棄建築物*
蔓籐爬滿屋瓦窗欞及牆縫
* 據稱此建築物原為一家造紙場

                                          
        
   Hiker‘s log:  Land of the flowers - an imitation *

緣山徑行,夾道雜花生樹,風景優美。忘路之遠近,復前行,林中豁然開朗,一片綠茵舖地,落英繽紛…… 

*行道人日記:仿桃花源記

A papercut composition 
剪紙水彩+剪貼


Grace 









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