大自然的餽贈 - Gifts from Nature
A splash of beautiful sights found near or far in our daily lives
5/25/2024(rev. 7/6/2024)
前奏曲 Prelude
蝸居中舉頭見家徒四壁 四壁之外卻是海濶天空
During the three years pandemic, people were confined by the four walls os their homes. Go out of your doors and embrace Mother Nature!
這浩瀚的大自然劇場中，粗略地以拼貼圖畫安排數種生態物種出場，主角且讓給老大哥：自然世界中的樹木和環蓋地表各式各樣植被，它們在這地球上業已經歷了億萬年之久…….
遠在天邊 近在咫尺
They are right around us near and far
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Leading characters : Trees / 主角：群樹圖相集錦
樹的腳步較慢，有些樹如銀杏可以活上千年之久，然而地球上隨著人口激增，森林野地面積近百年來更是急速減少，愈變愈小的雨林中有多少樹木能夠存活到壽終正寢之日？
（clockwise) A big oak tree 橡樹；Gingko tree 銀杏樹 in autumn； an old banyan tree 鬚根飄飄的老榕樹 (Taiwan)
Spring, summer, autumn and winter of trees
樹的四季圖像（clockwise)
春夏秋冬四季交替，花開花謝草木榮枯
恰如歲月流轉之下的人生四季
Watercolor by Grace
A day by the lake
Multimedia collage*within collage
隣近的湖畔秋色
*Torn paper collage w/dried cottonwood tree leaves & papercut human figures 攝影照片+撕紙畫+剪紙拼貼組合圖片
Fallen leaves in autumn (clockwise):
北美溫帶落葉林 Deciduous trees 許多樹木到秋季樹葉轉色或黃或紅，一時之間滿山遍野澄黃橘紅相當奪目
Sycamore leaves; a skeleton leaf (一片手撕落葉); poplar leaves (楊樹); Gingko tree‘s (銀杏樹) yellow leaves made into flowers & pear tree (梨樹) 繽紛多彩的落葉
Indigenous flowers and fruits/seeds 草木花果 (clockwise)
道旁胡椒樹一串串紅色的胡椒和 野生大茴香
pepper seeds & Anise flowers
Northern California
Indoor plants as decoration items, gifts from nature
置於室內的觀賞植物 (clockwise):
Trailing vine in a woven swan container; succulent plant in clay pot ; On wooden display shelves are assortment of seeds and pod's including acorns, pine corns, Japanese maple seeds, Jacaranda seed pod; hydrangea flower in an old teapot
手編天鵝容器，陶瓶中的厚葉植物(如仙人掌)；
方格展示架陳列不同植物的種子或果莢：包括橡子、不同類的松果、日本紅楓的種子, 藍花楹種子莢；破壺的第二生
Supporting characters: Animals, wild or domesticated
配角：野生動物家畜及寵物 (Clockwise) :
A heron, waterfowl including Canadian geese & pair of deer
Animal paintings: wild and domesticated, imagined or real
動物繪圖 (clockwise ) :
Pastel tiger by Jennifer; cartoon cat, watercolor piglet & stuffed cat by Grace; oil goldfish by Ellery; watercolor dog by Grace
Local waterfowls & wild birds
湖邊無所不在的水禽和野鳥 (clockwise) :
A Canadian goose 加拿大雁 led a group of gosling's；white egret 鷺鷥；heron 蒼鷺 & California quails 加州鵪鶉
Our deer neighbors
我的近隣鹿家庭出遊
San Jose, CA
Paper cut Animals and else
剪紙動物及其他（clockwise)
A crow, panda bear, hummingbird, 3-dimensional Chinese character：Spring 剪紙「春」字，a hiker 道行人，paper cut Chinese dragon 筆雕中國龍
Paper cut by Grace
尾聲
Coda and food for thought
What did we learn from the Pandemic？
疫情帶給我們最大的教訓是什麼？
這是當今全人類的共同課題
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