我和花兒謝謝你 (外一篇《配偶》)
(2012-04-22 13:58:40)
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她將進一步綠化居住環境的打算戲謔為“沾花惹草”計劃,並且鄭重地對他和朋友們廣而告之。除了從養花種草中心購買的植物,一位朋友的父母送給她的吊蘭以及另一位朋友送給她的兩株蘭花也為她的新計劃添加了色彩。
從陶淵明的“幽蘭生前庭”得啟發,她將蘭花種在了健身房明亮的大窗前。就在她為蘭花之地選擇自鳴得意以及憧憬著健身見幽蘭、悅目又賞心的美景時,她很快發現了這個選擇的致命弱點:那是自動澆水係統的一個死角,而蘭花的生長喜濕潤、忌幹燥。重新將蘭花連根拔起,她心有不舍;並且她依然有著健身見幽蘭的夢想。幽蘭生前窗:有條件時要種在窗前;沒有條件時創造條件也要種在窗前。她就象十幾年前沒有裝自動澆水係統時那樣,提著小水桶給蘭花提供水的滋潤。
大約二周前,他對她說:“那樣給蘭花澆水太原始了。讓我想辦法看能否從現有的自動澆水係統接一個管道和噴水龍頭澆蘭花,消滅那個自動澆水死角。”她將信將疑地看著他,問:“能行嗎?十多年前我們是專門請了好幾個工人,工作了兩天多才完成前後院的自動澆水係統。”他回答:“試試看吧”。她又擔心地問:“如果不成功,會不會破壞現有的自動澆水係統?我們還是請工人們來做吧。”他回答:“不會影響現有的自動澆水係統。理論上來說,加接一個管道和噴水龍頭不難,我應該能做。”
上個周末,他從Lowe’s買回來一根白色管道,一個挺好看的黑色噴水龍頭,以及相關工具。原準備上個周末就開土動工、挖坑埋管,但因為他陪她去參觀博物館和連續看兩場電影,就將工程延遲到這個星期。手腳利落的他三下五除二,沒有用太多時間就完成了開土挖坑、接管埋管、和安裝噴水龍頭的工程。正在書房看書的她隻聽到後院一個興奮的聲音:“老婆,快來看,成功啦!”她放下書,飛快地跑到後院。隻見一個新的水龍頭正對著蘭花及其周圍的小草“唦唦地”噴著細細的水絲,後院其它自動澆水的水龍頭也同時發出歡快的響聲,草坪上泛起了一層薄薄的水霧。
她激動地給了他一個擁吻,佩服讚歎地說:“Darling,你真能幹!”。他謙虛地說:“哪裏,哪裏,小意思。”她的眼睛滴溜溜地轉了兩下;緊接著,她問:“如果這麽容易,當初我們為什麽要花那麽多錢請工人們安裝自動澆水係統?”他說:“老婆,你真將你老公當勞工呀?!”:)))。。。
音樂《Thank You》
外一篇:《配偶》
《A Match》
(By Algernon Charles Swinburne)
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Blown fields or flowerful closes
Green pleasure or grey grief ;
If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf.
If I were what the words are,
And love were like the tune,
With double sound and single
Delight our lips would mingle,
With kisses glad as birds are
That get sweet rain at noon ;
If I were what the words are,
And love were like the tune.
If you were life, my darling,
And I your love were death,
We 'd shine and snow together
Ere March made sweet the weather
With daffodil and starling
And hours of fruitful breath ;
If you were life, my darling,
And I your love were death.
If you were thrall to sorrow,
And I were page to joy,
We 'd play for lives and seasons
With loving looks and treasons
And tears of night and morrow
And laughs of maid and boy ;
If you were thrall to sorrow,
And I were page to joy.
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謝謝晴天妹妹的喜歡。是啊,生活中雖然有高低起伏,總的來說是美好的。
抱抱和親親你和寶貝安娜。祝福你們,並祝周末愉快安康!