暖冬cool夏
這裏一年四季溫暖如春，沒有酷暑沒有嚴寒......
很多年前看過一部電影，電影的內容記不清了，可依稀記得一個畫麵: 當小船遠去, 靜靜的河麵上突然從遠而近傳來了歌聲, 漸漸在整個河麵上蕩漾開來。 那一刻, 那景那歌走了心, 刻在了腦海裏。後來知道那首電影插曲是羅大佑的歌，再後來又聽秋水唱，好聽極了。今日也來試試，這是我第一次唱羅大佑的歌。
現代版的船, 和頭上不戴花的"妹妹":)) 昨日攝於一個海灣。來稿
荒野中飽滿、嬌豔欲滴的紅果子。
樹已經空心了，樹結清晰可見。
9/9/2021: Submerging myself in the bath tub around 10 pm, I was watching a show over the cell phone, when I heard a rumbling sound, a sound in my distant memory that resembles thunder. I turned down the cell phone, and asked him in the next room if he heard something, and if that was a thunder, a very rare weather phenomenon we ever experienced here. My suspicion was soon confirmed as another deafening thunder banged afar. I was scared and hurried out of the tub, putting on clothes as if cladding myself with protections. Quick rain soon followed, but it only lasted for a few minutes. But the lightning lingered in the sky, flashing amid the dark night clouds.
9/10/2021: However, the rain did not relieve us as expected and the monsoonal weather continued. Friday night, I dozed off in front of a TV, and when I woke up, I heard muffled music floating in through the open window. Was there a concert or a party somewhere? Alone in a T-shirt and a short skirt, I walked out the door. It was almost 10 pm. The day heat abated to the cool night air, and it was moonless. The neighborhood was quiet, except for the buzzing sounds the lawn sprinklers in the common areas were making as they oscillated and gushed water to thirsty lawns and bushes. I walked to the direction of music, stepping down occasionally to the driveway to evade the possible spider web under the low-hanging trees. As I turned around the corner, a row of myrtle trees in the central divider greeted me with their blooming bright purple flowers. Though no other people were seen outside at the hour, cars were still on road, whisking by to and fro. The street lights lined up uniformly on every porch or post shone the dim lights. Walking in a safe and familiar community somehow no longer made me feel safe, however inviting a serene night like this was. I turned back home after a few blocks’ walk.
9/11/2021: I woke up before 7 am in the morning, as I remember to call my brother in China. He was relentlessly on the business trip, weekdays or weekends. I rarely contact him nowadays, but tasked with some inquiries that dad entrusted me with, I had to make the call for some information, so that answers could be given to ease Dad afterwards.
After a late breakfast, I suggested going out for some fresh air, as we holed up at home for so long. We drove to a bay not too far. The sea breeze was soothing, so was the sight of people kayaking on the narrow bay. But as we hiked along an inland trail, bare and blisteringly dry, our enthusiasm soon fizzled. Later we found that it was 93F outside, and obviously we chose a wrong day to go out.
歌詞:
突然覺得這歌要是換成搖滾唱法而且用煙嗓唱也應該很帶勁的。
知道羅大佑最初是當醫生的，跟聞香一樣，所以有才的人就是有才，做什麽都行，都能做好，聞香也一樣! 聞香周末快樂!
你知道嗎羅大佑原來是醫生。
問好！
The thunders were very frightening the other night, as if to split the sky. The weather here cools down now. Actually when I am sitting in front of an open window, I feel cold without a jacket:)) Let's hope that rain will come in due time and that the rainfalls are bountiful enough to quench the parched land. Thanks again, my friend.
The memory of last summer's incendiary dry storms still fresh, we are lucky to have had none so far in the Bay Area. In fact, we are promised some rain in a few days. Cheers!
過來點讚暖冬美妙歌聲，跟讀英文日記！：）
你們那裏那天沒有打雷啊，我們這邊雷聲太可怕了，來這裏二十多年第一次聽到這麽響的雷聲，所以特意記下來。謝謝小小百忙中來看我，常常惦記著，小小新周快樂!
佩服暖冬英文寫日記，前幾天，傍晚在公園運動時也看見遠處天邊閃電，可等了半天沒聽到雷聲，可能離我們遠了一點：））
那晚的雷聲這麽大，真是嚇到了，連澡也不夠泡了，生怕等下出什麽意外，衣服都來不及穿:)) 這邊幹旱，所以原本是很少有驚雷的，最近比較humid，這個周末還挺熱，今天終於涼下來了。
現在回國難啊，但願明年能回去，Oncemm一樣惦記回去看媽媽吧。我老弟工作很忙的，我周五晚上微信他，又在出差的高鐵上。我們現在有個觀點非常一致，就是人各有命，富貴真是有天命的。祝Oncemm新周快樂!
要謝謝秋水的版本，因為喜歡你的甜美悠揚的天籟之音，才想起來自己也試著唱唱，我的唱歌興致時高時低，每多唱一首歌都為自己高興，每一首歌裏都會留下記憶。這類歌應該是比較適合我，但這個version唱得有點單薄，少了點穿透力。謝謝秋水的點評和誇讚，新周快樂!(對了，烏鎮我都沒有去過呢)
對了，那天的雷聲太恐怖了，很響，比我記憶裏任何江南的雷雨天都要嚇人。北加沒有打雷閃電就好。
堅持用英文記錄生活，真好！我都多久沒有聽到雷聲了，前兩天睡覺不知道是我夢到了雨聲還是夜裏真的下了雨，醒來拉開窗簾，陽光普照，地麵幹幹的：）看著暖冬水上片片聽著暖冬的船歌聲，我想到前年回國去的烏鎮了，隻能是夢裏水鄉了~~~不囉嗦了：）問候暖冬，新周愉快！