踏進公司，碰見了Lynn迎麵打招呼，她的一句Happy Monday and Happy the First Day of Autumn讓我記起今天是北美日曆裏的第一個秋日，也是秋風時節。特此小記。
At 7:20 am this morning, I was downstairs in the kitchen to prepare for the breakfast. It was a cloudy morning, and the sun was nowhere to see. So I rolled up the window blinds to let the air and light in. Then I turned on the faucet for washing. The water was warm. For a moment, I thought I might have accidentally shifted the faucet to heat position. But I didn’t. All of a sudden, I remember the old winter days back home, when I had to handwash clothes by the well. It is the warm well water that mollified the otherwise harsh winter washing. As each bucketed water from the well was lifted, on the water surface arose some thinly steam, quickly vaporizing in the cold wind.
I parked the car across the street of our office building, as I have been doing this for a month now. Walking by the towering trees lined on both sides of road, underneath which is strewn with fall leaves, I felt a bit chilled.
I was at the office by the time the wall clock showed 8:50. After logging in, I took the cup and headed to the kitchen. On the way I met Lynn, a plump lady in HR, and I greeted her good morning. Her brisk response of “Happy Monday and Happy the first day of Autumn” reminded me that today is the first day of Autumn according to North America’s calendar. It is really an equinox day, when day and night are of same length. And it looks like that the sun knows that well, hiding behind and having a lazy morning, while the wind takes the lead in embracing us.
The sun finally broke out around 10:22 by the time I am writing this short journal. It's forecast that there will be Santa Ana wind tomorrow, and possible rains towards the end of the week. Will see.
回複 '7grizzly' 的評論 : Thank you, my friend. Yes, I remember that almost every week I Had to handwash the clothes.Good thing is the water was not cold in winter. I actually recently thought about fasting too:) I saw in someone's blog that it is better not to fast over 72 hours (maybe 48 hours are preferable). Good luck to you too.
尼斯 發表評論於
我們這裏是九月二十一是秋天的開始，一場小雨過後一下子天就變得很冷了，我們從此要冷到明天四月見了。
暖冬秋意小記寫得真好，隨心記錄了生活的點點滴滴，很喜歡！
問好暖冬並祝秋天愉快！
7grizzly 發表評論於
I never washed with warm water from a well. It must be great in winter :-)
The winter in the north felt bleak and something to endure, except for the Chinese New Year, of course.
I coughed slightly for two nights last week. Had it lasted, I'd try fasting. Take care.
回複 'GraceX' 的評論 : 給Grace上茶，秋天了，喝茶潤肺。我是用手機照的，我的手機是國內小米，順便推薦一下，特別好的，價廉物美。剛剛看了一下，在照相機的setting裏，你可以調的，選上"Add time stamp on photos" 即可。你手機的相機一定有這樣的功能，這下爬山帶手機就好了。謝謝Grace的閱讀和臨博，祝新周快樂，秋好！
踏進公司，碰見了Lynn迎麵打招呼，她的一句Happy Monday and Happy the First Day of Autumn讓我記起今天是北美日曆裏的第一個秋日，也是秋風時節。特此小記。
At 7:20 am this morning, I was downstairs in the kitchen to prepare for the breakfast. It was a cloudy morning, and the sun was nowhere to see. So I rolled up the window blinds to let the air and light in. Then I turned on the faucet for washing. The water was warm. For a moment, I thought I might have accidentally shifted the faucet to heat position. But I didn’t. All of a sudden, I remember the old winter days back home, when I had to handwash clothes by the well. It is the warm well water that mollified the otherwise harsh winter washing. As each bucketed water from the well was lifted, on the water surface arose some thinly steam, quickly vaporizing in the cold wind.
I parked the car across the street of our office building, as I have been doing this for a month now. Walking by the towering trees lined on both sides of road, underneath which is strewn with fall leaves, I felt a bit chilled.
I was at the office by the time the wall clock showed 8:50. After logging in, I took the cup and headed to the kitchen. On the way I met Lynn, a plump lady in HR, and I greeted her good morning. Her brisk response of “Happy Monday and Happy the first day of Autumn” reminded me that today is the first day of Autumn according to North America’s calendar. It is really an equinox day, when day and night are of same length. And it looks like that the sun knows that well, hiding behind and having a lazy morning, while the wind takes the lead in embracing us.
The sun finally broke out around 10:22 by the time I am writing this short journal. It's forecast that there will be Santa Ana wind tomorrow, and possible rains towards the end of the week. Will see.
