“我幫你查一下氣溫。”坐在電腦前麵的某人看我換上舞隊的服裝說,然後提高了聲音說,“現在外麵87度,很熱,你還要去跳舞啊。”
我脫口說道,“我們的熱情更熱。”
時值周六(8/3)徬晚六點前後。我交待好某人的飯菜,自己胡亂吃了兩口,便推門離開。被夏日太陽炙烤了一天的地麵,散發的熱氣。當車子啟動車窗搖下,經過社區門口的林蔭大道時,溫熱的夏風裏頓時卷進一陣陣清涼,像幹涸的沙漠流入清泉一般,五髒六腑被撫摸了一把。
大公園偌大的停車場又是停著滿滿的車,如果不出門就不知道外麵的世界有多精彩,人們的夜生活有多豐富。大操場上,這邊拉著大屏幕,那邊旋轉著木馬。遠處足球場足球飛,近處沙灘場上排球揚。草地上有自帶椅子聽音樂會的,磚石鋪砌的廣場上有像我們這樣來跳舞的。今晚的廣場中央還搭起了大帳篷,披紅掛綠的彩帶掛下來,帶著幾分喜慶。原來一對印度新郎新娘正在這裏舉辦婚禮。
今晚繼續學跳《戰馬》,曾經很紅火的一支舞曲,非常動感,有著街舞的節奏和灑脫。當歡快的音樂一響起,身上的每個細胞好像立馬被喚醒,一遍跳下來,汗也隨之冒了出來。
印度婚禮不僅分散了我們的注意力,大喇叭裏的音樂更是蓋過了我們的舞曲。在欣賞完印度婚禮後,我們隻好轉身更換場地。華燈初上,不遠處的旋轉木馬亮著燈,隱約聽得見叮咚的音樂聲,也依稀可見馬背上孩子的身影。
東邊的晚霞開始粉墨登場,層層疊疊,粉紅的,紫色的,藍色的,瑰麗無比,然後再一點點變得深沉。這時的西邊天空卻還亮著。就這樣,我一個轉身朝東,又一個轉身朝西地跳著,仿佛置身於一個交錯變化的天地大舞台。
就這樣斷斷續續跳了兩個多小時。。。
8:30左右結束。此時,夜未央,月如勾,夏風輕拂,大地已經褪去了熱氣。流過不少汗的我,像卸去了體內一周的積垢,變得輕鬆起來,每個張開的毛孔享受著晚風的撫摸。
(早上跳舞和晚上跳舞的區別是,早晨是越跳越熱,看著日光線一點點侵襲著我們窄小的遮陰之處;而晚上,天氣則越跳越涼。如果說廣場舞也有舞台,那麽白天的布景是陽光和四周的棕櫚樹。夜晚,我們以天為幕,晚霞、漸漸暗淡的日光、月光便是舞台的布景。)
今年結的第二根絲瓜
火龍果欠收,辛苦的砍枝授粉,結果就八個不大的紅肉,兩個摘的時候給了鄰居:
不舍得疏果,結果長得小不點那麽大:)
8/7下班回家去Costco拐了一下,買來一代土豆,準備取其中幾個,記錄它們的生涯:從飽滿光潔--失去光澤--幹癟-- 發芽--入土--兒女成群:)
8/8:光潔如初
八月還迎來第二波曇花的生長旺季。初初數了一下有三十多朵曇花即將綻放。曇緣啊:)
“It’s 87F outside.” Em’s husband warned her as she was putting on her dance T-shirt.
“Our enthusiasm is hotter.” Em blurted out and stepped outdoors into the lingering heat waves. It was almost six pm. The ground was still sizzling. But compared with the humid 106F in her hometown back in China, this is a paradise.
The parking lot was fully packed. The well-planned great park is magnetic to city dwellers, reminding people of Central Park in New York. Surrounded by new facilities, such as football fields, a sand volleyball court, an ice rink, a sports stadium and the lawns here and there, the park is like a retreat for people to flock in the weekends and nights, for events, entertainments, exercises or just a stroll.
Parked her car a bit far away, Em brisked up her steps and cut cross the green meadow flanked by towering palm trees. The otherwise mostly empty central court was today occupied by large tents hung with colorful ribbons cascading down from the top. Drifting in the air was the merry Indian music. Men and women, young and old, dressed up in their flamboyant traditional gowns, thronged the tent inside. An Indian wedding was taking place.
Em joined the team and began her newly learnt dance—Galloping Horse. But soon the dance music was drowned out by the loud Indian music, mixed intermittently with DJ’s voices from the speaker.
By the time the dance was resumed in the back court, next to ta barn and the merry-go-round, the night was falling. While the west sky was still bathed in the late sunlight, the sky on the east started being painted with pink, orange and blue colors, in layers at the bottom but its hues suffusing all over. It was against such a backdrop that Em and her team danced. She danced, as if on a stage, her eyes glancing at the dimming background as the sky darkened.
But the street lights shone on.
It was until 8:30 pm when they called it a day. The heat was abated. The air was balmy. The night wind permeated Em’s body and soul. Looking up, Em saw the huge iconic orange balloon floating in the half sky, beaming in the dark its warm orange glows that silently beckoned Em a good-night as she walked towards the parking lot.
麥子七夕快樂!
覺得應該是晚上跳舞更舒服,出一身汗走在涼下來的風裏非常地心滿意足。
來晚了,我和大家一樣都像看暖冬翩翩起舞的倩影呢!美好的生活,令人羨慕!:)
你的火龍果授粉方法對不對?我是拿毛筆在底部的一大片雄花裏刷,然後再沾到一朵唯一的雌花上(伸出來比較高一點的),反複刷,而且一定要在它花開得還很旺盛的時候(比如當天晚上或是第二天清晨),如果晚了,它都快要合閉了,就沒有用。我今年有兩點忘了,一朵刷晚了,都沒有結果。你再試試。我的隻有紅肉的火龍果需要授粉,白肉的不用授粉。不知你買的苗是哪一種?黃色的我不清楚。祝好運!
我種的紅火龍果這些年也開花了,我照著油管的視頻對它們人工授粉,但沒有成功過,至今沒有收獲一枚果實,不知問題出在哪裏。冬妹妹有這方麵的建議嗎?
謝謝雲兒的喜歡,看見過雲兒跳舞的劇照,美美的!你們那裏的活動挺多的,雲兒也是多才多藝!
火龍果生長期也不是很短,今年因為砍了大量的枝條,所以沒幾個。謝謝京妞臨帖留言,周末快樂!
印度人晚上結婚? 下午? 這種水果應該是天容易高產的, 已經很棒了。 後麵的照片逗樂我了。
我昨天還在跟美語壇的網友說,寫英文提高很難,現在的水平還是停留在六七年前:) 你的AI打分給了我鼓舞,這是寫這篇博文的最大收獲。謝謝老朋友的熱心!周末快樂!看奧運比賽快樂!
如果以滿分為10分來評價,根據上述觀察,這篇文章的英文水平可以認為是相當高的,可能在8到10分之間。
哇噻!比阿三強。
讀到這句時,“像幹涸的沙漠流入清泉一般,五髒六腑被撫摸了一把。”,我承認,自己確實被洋溢在字裏行間的那種快樂輕鬆的享受給感染了。我能想象到,你在寫的時候,嘴角也正在抑製不住地微微上翹著。。。
欣賞好文!