Walking down the memory lane

 

Walking down the memory lane(rev. July 2025)

3/8/2025

The  house we lived for 40 years and the surrounding scenes found in nearby area would be left behind and engraved in our memory lane once we move away ( written on the eve of the moving date )

I.  The lakeside scenes 小湖風光

1.  瞭望晴空萬里雲天

   踏足濛濛煙雨後

春日的芳草野花，夏午濃蔭間的輕風送爽，秋季的彩葉世界及寒冬的冷冽蕭颯。觀不盡良辰美景、數不清徘徊躑躅….

Just like a backyard garden, our footsteps covered the area around the small park lake many times over past decades or two

2.  Colors of Autumn 湖畔秋景

3.  Paradise for birds 鳥兒天堂

鷹翔遠空    Hawks hover over in blue sky

白鳥點水 White birds skim on lake water 

II.  The Trail and hillside scenes 步道上

天朗氣清的日子走在步道，旁邊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)

        1.  Snail 蝸牛

在雨露猶滴的草叢間，偶然發現造物主的一件傑作，就在怱促行過之道旁，靜靜的躺著（或者爬行著）一只蝸牛。亮麗的外殼、精美的紋路，在千分之一秒中玃獲了我的目光，拍下這微小的生命之影，載之以圖，繪之以傳。    collage #1  Snail

Pen and ink by Grace

                          

Collage #2  Scenes around the lake

                                                           

Hilltop by the Trail on a sunny day 藍天白雲下的山丘

III.  Things found inside or outside my home 牆𥚃牆外

Outdoor Scenes 牆外

1.  Bird of paradise flowers attract hummingbirds                          

  天堂鳥花叢吸引蜂鳥來採蜜

  2.  Hummingbird  枝頭的蜂鳥

3.  The persimmon tree    後院的柿樹    In the backyard                               

Friends picking ripe persimmons in late autumn 

Watercolor by Grace

Indoor Activities 室內活動 

 Recreation for leisure time「堆寶塔」圖畫詩

Piling up a pagoda - a pictorial poem

1.  Calligraphy 

The heart of

Prajna Paramita Sutra (written in Chinese characters)

般若波羅蜜多心經 (calligraphy by Grace, 2002)

  2.  Admire my prize silver waves camellia inside the atrium 

植於內庭的 Silver waves camellia 

銀浪白山茶品種 (山茶喜歡陰涼*)

*Plant camellia in shaded area with hours of sunlight

                                                                                                                                                                     

3.  Making and serving tea 烹茶待客 

(Collage & photo)

   紅泥小火爐 + 同色單柄茶壺

Red clay tea pot on its own oven

Grace