Golden years - Walking down the memory lane - 流金歲月- - 遊走記憶長廊

 

Golden years   

- Walking down the memory lane   

流金歲月 -  遊走記憶長廊之旅（rev. July 2025)

前言（preface)

The  house we lived for 40 + years and the surrounding scenes in nearby area would be left behind and engraved in our memory lane once we move away ( originally written on 3/8/2025 )

Yet, we still roam those hills and fields in our memories as years go passing by, in the mind’s eye, the sounds and sights have condensed  into an intangible asset and weightless to us, hence without burden through the rest of our life.

Here are the different sites I’d like to show you in each of our short tours as I remembered them in the recent past :

在此權充導遊，願與您分享一些近在你我身旁，卻不受人注目大自然中的美麗小天地：

#1  On the Trail 步道上

天暖晴和之日，總愛在清晨的步道慢走。主要目的自然是健身，再則舒緩連日陰雨的晦悶。數十年來走在居家附近步道上，每一回彷彿都是新路，每回所見殊異，感覺也自不同。

𢹂著 iPhone 以代目，一路從雲光幻化看到草叢中的小生命。步道旁一條小溪流蜿蜒流注不到一里路的公園小湖，麻雀雖小五臟俱全。鹿躍山間，水鳥亂飛；白鷺、蒼鹰、鵲鳥忙著築巢；白尾灰兔（cottontails ) 和長耳大野兔（jack rabbits ) 競走；松鼠四竄、螞蟻搬家，各司其職。就我一人閒著，還替它們錄像寫生，記錄這些天下小事 （originally written 10/6/2017)

Collage of photos of the same trail I walked on year after year

Flora and fauna on the trail

自然界的生物中除了禽類及野生或豢養動物，人類生活週邊尚有一些蟲豕和其他物種，牠們在整體自然界中亦負有維持生態平衡的作用

#2  湖畔風光  Scenes around the lake

鷹翔遠空  白鳥點水

Wild birds call it home here around the lake

同一風景在不同季節不同時辰的光影變化

A feast of light and shadow at different hours of day or season

秋天的落葉 Autumn Leaves

心形楊樹葉片落滿一地，湖邊拾得一節斷裂枝葉，攜回家做勞作材料

  Yellow heart shaped cottonwood leaves covered the ground by the lake.  Picked a twig with leaves intact home for my art projects

湖畔秋色（拼貼圖）

對坐楊樹下的一對男女為剪紙小人，樹冠為湖畔楊樹秋天的黃色落葉，樹旁長草為乾燥後的天堂鳥花心梗子（both collages by Grace）

#3  Inside and outside of my home 牆𥚃牆外

A.  Outdoor scenes 牆外風景

Fruits of  labor 分享辛勞的成果

二十年前後院種的一株小柿樹，數年後每值深秋橙黃葉片即開始一片片飄落，露出一粒粒飽滿的橘紅柿果。去秋某午後幾位友人相約前來摘果，滿載而歸不亦樂乎！

Backyard persimmon tree

(watercolor by Grace) 

Flock of wild turkeys roaming the streets in front of homes

前院不請自來一群流浪野火鷄

蜂鳥的最愛 - 天堂鳥花叢

Bird of paradise flowers are the favorite of hummingbirds nearby 

A hummingbird   樹梢上一隻蜂鳥

一群加州鵪鶉急步穿越後院短籬

兩頭野鹿在籬牆外探頭探腦

Troop of California quails passing by on top of a low fence.   Two deer poking their heads from outside the fence trying to feast on fresh 

growth of green shrubs inside

(Both watercolor by Grace) 

                           

B.  Scenes/Activities Inside the house 

Activities indoors 室內活動

【Piling up a pagoda】-  「堆寶塔」

A pictorial poem

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Examples of content in the pagoda 

寳塔中藏些什麼呢  What’s hidden in the pagoda？

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例一:  抄寫《般若多羅密心經》書法作品

Sample #1 :  Calligraphy of Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra

 

（Calligraphy in Chinese by Grace）

例二： 賞名花 - 銀波白山茶 (Silver waves camellia) 

Sample #2 ：Viewing and admiring beautiful flowers in bloom

內院中的珍品銀波白山茶已然盛放，剪枝插小玻璃瓶，屋中擺放供人欣賞

【Tip】山茶喜陰涼因此植於內庭 但仍需要陽光  

for planting : Camellia japonica is less sun and heat tolerant, and will be happier in a cooler, semi-shaded location

例三：烹茶品茗待客

Sample#3:  Tea making and serving

A great past time to sample good tea and nurturing friendship 與友人喝茶品茗共渡休閒時光

Essential Teaware 泡茶主要用具:

茶壺、公道杯置茶盤中，茶盞（小杯品茗用）加上茶葉罐、茶則和茶針，茶漏和黑色茶托（optional 可用可不用）及水盂（置廢水及多餘茶水）茶巾（擦拭茶具保持乾淨）

Tea gathering 

品茗茶聚

一般以三四友人為宜，大型茶會有其特殊目的，方式用具亦有別

博古架上的紫砂壺**收藏 

Antique style shelf for purple clay teapots 

** https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yixing_clay_teapot

住香港時跑兩岸三四地收集來的紫砂壺

其中沒有一件是古董，但皆為自己的珍藏

Hope you’ve been enjoying the tours

Grace

your humble tour guide