Nature never fails us

 

This spring, southern CA is abuzz with the talks of the wildflower super bloom. Enough has been posted and written in my blog, from the first hike of 2017 when the grass started shooting out of the ground, to March when the mountains were blanketed in green and vast stretch of orange poppies, peppered with yellow and purple wildflowers, and to April when poppies retreated and mustard flowers erupted into yellow color, carpeting the rolling hills with the unprecedented splendor.

Yet I seem never tired of writing this again about how as a perennial hiker, we are so fortunate to witness the beauty of nature as we gaze across the mountain, be it barren, lush or capped in snow, be it in summer or in spring. 

However superb the bloom season is, it will come to an end, just like any good time or thing in the world. Here spring passes in a blaze. Before long, the summer heat will hit us, and the mountains will return to its brown color. While we may lament over it, we know that if we had not had gone through the prolonged drought and scarcity, we would not have been so appreciative of the abundant burst. Not to mention that after the spring peak comes the blossom time of cactus flowers, whose beauty is just as amazing and unique. The nature never fails to display its wonder to people who have an eye and a heart to discover it.
 

Anybody in this world can fail you, but not the nature.

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '洋蔥炒雞蛋' 的評論 : 洋蔥妹妹就是可愛，小時候淘氣。仙人掌上的刺可麻煩了，我最近也不小心被刺到，太細了，很難拔出來的。謝謝MM可愛的描述。

[洋蔥炒雞蛋]

小時候，仙人掌種在圍牆上。有一年，掉下一片，於是牆角也有了。
然後有一天，不，月黑風高之夜，抓熒火蟲。。。爸爸用醫用膠布幫我拔刺～～～
我家現在不種仙人掌，哈！那朵黃花兒，神秘驚豔呢。

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 'erdong' 的評論 : 看到你今天的貼了，還有假獅子，我都上當了。嗬嗬。

[erdong]

回複 '暖冬cool夏' 的評論 :
我今天在山上拍到奇異的花。
暖冬周末快樂！

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '迪兒' 的評論 : 迪兒好！迪兒過獎了，我隻是一個普普通通的人，有煩惱，有雜念，做不到心靜如水的。印象中的迪兒是個愛幹淨，聰明賢惠的大善人，我們或許真投緣。迪兒如路過這裏，會有機會的，隻希望見麵後的暖冬不會讓你失望喔。祝迪兒周末愉快

[迪兒]

冬妹妹周末好。一直在讀你的新作，感受著你平靜幸福充滿感恩的生活。隻有對生活充滿愛的人才會捕捉到這些美好的畫麵和寫這麽美麗的文字。我們住得這麽近，相信不久的一天我們會相遇，成為真實世界的好友。

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '彩煙遊士' 的評論 : 剛爬完山，今天這裏很熱，80多度。謝謝你的input,畢竟是專家，詞匯都不一樣。遊士周末愉快！

[彩煙遊士]

An Opuntia plant is its own ecosystem with producers and consumers.

暖冬周末爬山快樂！

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '獅子羔羊' 的評論 : 獅子來了，問聲好!又重讀了一遍，找出你說的名詞動用，words such as "blanket, carpet, pepper"在此都動用了，pepper動用，也才學會不久。謝謝獅子的美言和喜歡。TGIF.

[獅子羔羊]

好美麗的花，好藝術的攝影，好漂亮的文字。名詞動用特別生動，讀起來好享受。

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '7grizzly' 的評論 : Hi, my friend，it's always nice to see you around. Yes, I like the pictures too. The cactus is so resilient that it is very commonly seen here, with the fruits later in the season. I wish I knew how to eat them, as the tuna (Spanish Word for fruits) is used for type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, etc. I may have watched Lion King many years ago with my daughter, but totally forgot there was such a scene :-)) Thanks for your visit.

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '夕陽影裏一歸舟' 的評論 : 歸舟妹妹好！You are right that beauty is in the eye of beholder. I never tried the fruit, although I know it is good for diabetic persons. I am scared of its thorny skins. Thanks for your visit. Looking forward to your English essays.

[7grizzly]

Cactus looks great in your picture. It must be good to eat ;-)
It also reminds me of a hyena in the movie Lion King falling into prickly shrubs ...

[夕陽影裏一歸舟]

As beautiful as your words! The nature never fails us, it also waits for the eyes to find its charm.

Have you tried cactus fruit?

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '菲兒天地' 的評論 : 菲兒好，就是就是，believe it or not, 這是後來加上的，覺得寫一篇文章總有有點主題。謝謝菲兒喜歡。

[菲兒天地]

Last sentence is the highlight! beautiful pic too!

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 'FollowNature' 的評論 : 謝謝新朋友，你的留言很有啟發，也喜歡你的筆名。謝謝。

[FollowNature]

讚.Mother nature is mother.

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 'Once-always' 的評論 : mm來了，謝謝你的喜歡，要堅持寫不容易，畢竟不是自己很喜歡做的事。我特意去查了，為什麽叫prickly pear, 好像也沒有找到確切答案，有可能是花(mm的感覺和想象力就是好)，也有可能是它後來結的果子像梨狀。花確實很漂亮的，這些都是去年拍的(現在也已經開始開了)，還有不少照片，昨晚不想找了, 就貼了這三張。仙人掌花是墨西哥國花。謝謝喜歡！剩下的日子快樂！

[Once-always]

暖mm，中間那朵花是Prickly Pear的嗎？讓人驚豔！一開始還覺得奇怪為什麽叫Prickly Pear看了這朵花明白了，真的就是pear的金色。好漂亮。
一直喜歡你的英文小記，暖mm常常從nature中悟出一些哲理，嗬嗬。東岸還是一天夏一天冬地交替著，估計快到五月花了。can't wait！

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 '山韭菜' 的評論 : 謝謝韭菜喜歡，等你明天的佳文喔。

[暖冬cool夏]

回複 'erdong' 的評論 : 是的，那一串像不像小腳丫啊？謝謝邇東來訪。

[山韭菜]

圖片漂亮！

[erdong]

這兩天忙些沒上來，暖冬發了好幾個帖子了！
仙人掌花拍得好棒啊！