暖冬cool夏
這裏一年四季溫暖如春，沒有酷暑沒有嚴寒......
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秋高氣爽。盡管南加的天氣永遠豔陽高照，秋的早晨還是有一絲涼意、一絲秋意的。
周六上午，我和LD來到市區水廠邊上的一個公園。這個公園很大，密密麻麻、歪七扭八地種著些不太有人打理的耐旱的樹和植物。人工挖的水塘稀稀地布列其中，平靜的水麵，棲息其中的水鳥，和那池塘邊高高成片的蘆葦，算是給人帶來些生機，和視覺上的享受。據說這些水塘的植物是用來過濾水中的金屬，水經過一個個水塘進行不同過濾處理，流回水廠消毒後再重新被使用。
這個公園好久沒來了。四周遠處新建的大樓不停地在提醒我們城市發展的腳步。我們走在土路、石子路上，沿著彎曲的小徑，時而沐浴在溫暖的秋陽中，時而走進蔭蔽的樹林裏，頭頂，秋風中金黃的樹葉，腳下，沙沙作響的落葉，還有永遠的藍天白雲。生活是美好的。
走著走著，LD突然停住，一把抓住我的手，原來前方幾步之遙的淺水塘裏站著一隻白鳥，它通體雪白的羽毛，細長黑色的尖嘴，細長黑色的腿，專心地盯著水麵。我們屏住呼吸，看著它，隻見它伸出一隻綠黃色的腳爪，往水塘中的泥裏戳幾下，然後又換一隻腳再去泥裏抖幾下，不時，有小魚上當，成了它的盤中餐。看來它今天運氣不錯，還逮到一隻小龍蝦，幾番折騰後，吞下了肚子。我回家後，上網查了，得知這鳥名叫雪鷺(snowy egret,而且照片中的這隻應該是母的)。雪鷺漂亮的羽毛曾被人風靡追逐，用於服裝帽子的點綴，十九世紀差點被捕殺到瀕臨絕種。
拍了幾張雪鷺的照片後，又巧遇大白鷺 (Great egret) 和藍鷺 (blue heron)，都是在兩個拐角處，被LD一個急刹車攔住我，才得以近距離觀其美貌。想起那句名言，人生的驚喜有時就在不經意的拐角處。True.
歸途中，第一次見到掛在樹下的大大的蜂窩。無法想象這巨大的蜂窩出自小蜜蜂之手。它們像大建築師，為建自己的棲息處群策群力，才得以在精美的家園裏安居，繁殖下一代。
(最後兩張，倒了，一張是大白鷺，一張是蜂窩，對不起，要側過來看)
In this ever-growing busy city, there is a park next to the Water District, in which ponds were dug and plants were utilized to filter the metals out of water before it went back to the water factory for further processing. This past Saturday, we visited again for a two- hour walk.
The autumn morning was breezy, crisp and cool. We were greeted by five or six turkey vulture circling in the sky at the entrance. It was a quiet morning, and there were few visitors. We walked on the zigzag dirt road shaded by drought resistant trees and bushes on the sides, with ponds sparsely nestled among the bushes. Birds and ducks were either leisurely resting or busily probing for food in the water. My husband led the way, and more than once he stopped me abruptly as he spotted egrets and blue heron in the front.
There, in a small shallow pond right next to the trail stood a white bird, who was attentively looking at the muddled water. My husband took out his camera, and zoomed at the bird. It was a female snowy egret, with pure white feathers, a slim long black bill and a pair of slender legs. Apparently, she was very concentrated at her food prey, oblivious to whoever was watching her only one or two yards away. The egret looked so smart, as she rotated one foot and then the other to stir up the mud for food. When the prey fell to her tricks, she struck with her long slender bill to catch it within a flash. It must be her lucky day today, as not long, a fat craw fish was flushed out of water and swam to the surface. She snapped it with its beak, and after disarming the claws, she gobbled it down her long narrow throat. She finished her meal contentedly with a sip of water, just like we sometimes end our dinner with a little soup.
When we came to a bigger pond towards the end of the walk, we saw some birds perching on the distant island in the middle of the placid pond. They must be migrating from the north for the winter. Then A big pelican caught our attention, as it hovered above the water and plummeted to catch its prey. The dive was quick, straight and beautiful, splashing the water around.
On our way back, we saw a giant beehive hung over the tree. Hundreds of bees were humming around the white beehive they constructed, creating an amazing scene. The nature is just a wonder!
哇，你們真幸運，居然看到蜜蜂巢了！我在後院想吸引這樣的蜜蜂，但還沒有成功。
暖冬周末快樂！
我發現隻要是音樂和動物的貼，城裏就觀者有限，可能因這代人小時候沒接觸過，可喜歡的人也是固定的。
人生的驚喜有時就在不經意的拐角處。True！True! True!
疑問：暖冬您是先寫中文的呢？還是先寫英語的？哪個思維在先？