溫心小屋
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周六8/22
中午12：30才出門。驕陽照耀著大地，空氣幹燥熾熱，感覺颶風伊薩耶重襲東海岸前持續著的惱人熱浪再度襲來。廣播裏說這個夏季被HOT WAVE襲擊，溫度比往年高，持續的時間比往年長。 我原本不是個關注天氣的人，今年因為開始關注自然了，所以也開始留意天氣溫度，才發現四季裏的風雨陰晴。
正午時分，路上幾乎沒人，路上隻見到兩個像是專門挑選在烈日下挑戰自我的跑步者。林裏的所見，讓我心驚。才隔一日，林子像變被變了魔術似的，一下子稀梳得不成樣子。林間的樹木下的落葉積實成了厚墊子。原來大隱於林木後的那片草場盡現。原來隱於林葉後的景象暴露出來，一覽無疑得沒了密秘。人類和自然如此相似，從某個年齡開始，衰老的速度便加速了。
林稀了，現出了林間多處被從腰間吹斷的樹木。難以想像著兩周前的那個傍晚，我呆在舒適的家中看書寫字，大自然裏卻是狂風怒號，樹搖枝折。植物被摧殘，小動物們又是如何躲避這場浩動的呢？
趣塘裏的水又淺了，一棵老木橫倒在水塘邊的黑泥中，棕灰色的樹幹被黃綠色的水草和夏萍襯著，強烈的色彩反差，讓老樹斷枝得更顯滄涼。我多希望此時能有一隻小鳥飛落到老木上，再不然有一隻烏龜爬上去，甚至是一隻蟾蜍跳上去，那感覺便會不同了。自然界中各物種的存在都有其存在的美意，就好像人們總是為美麗的花朵，高大的樹木歡呼，我卻也時不時時地會被那些生在大小樹木下的苔鮮，菌類，及其它伏地生植物所打動。
趣塘如此，小溪又會是何模樣？
溪水幹涸了,現出了棕灰色的溪床。我靜靜地立在跨溪的小道上，望著溪床。看著溪底那兩塊沒有一點水澤的棕色大石，我心生悲憫。我懷想著舊時它們被清靈的溪水輕輕撫過的時光，想著何時那美好的時光會再度歸來。
沒見到BLUE HERON的身影，但我仍心心念念著它，我決定去看看它是否會在那處路邊的隱塘。於是我沒有折返頭，從2號出口出林回家，而是背離返家的方向，繼續向前，朝3號出口走。
快到3號林口時，我心中又是一驚！這裏的樹木就像條破棉絮，棉絮被撕扯後，一處處的大洞，現出了林外一灰一白兩處房子。路邊的一隻小鬆屬，見我經過，忙著往林裏跳，但已沒了隱藏。少了樹葉作掩護，現在至明年春天這段時間，鬆鼠，野兔，花栗鼠們一定會更加警惕天上的飛鷹了。前輩們一定教授了它們自然界中的生存技巧。
讓我驚喜的是，隱塘裏立著一隻BLUE HERON。隻是今天，塘麵一下縮小了許多。它獨立在淺塘裏，望著那片失水了的黑色塘底。同樣的藍鷺，同樣的池塘，我的心情卻是不同了。心懷淒愴，我又望了一眼藍鷺和黑澤，轉身離開。
I haven’t gone out for a walk until 12:30. Unexpectedly under the brilliant sunshine, I am feeling the same dry and hot air as I did before hurricane Isaias which hit east coast in early Aug, caused huge damages, leaving hundreds of thousands people without power in CT. In the past more than two weeks, the weather was pretty pleasant with the highest temperature between 70 to 80F and occasionally drizzling rain. The Tropical Storm finally ended the hot wave which had been lingering here for almost three weeks .One day, two days, three days… I have been counting, and thinking the continued pleasant days reassured my predication. But now I realize I was wrong, the hot wave is more determined than I expected, it comes back again.
I always know weather is a safe social topic with anyone. But I never knew listening the weather forecast from a meteorologist in NPR can be pleasant till this spring when I started becoming more aware of and feeling closer to the nature.
On the road and in the park, there are few people, two runners seem like challenging themselves by running in the fierce heat of the midday sun. Scenes in the woods are stunning. Only one day, the woods has changed dramatically, it gets much thinner, like being magicked. The fallen leaves on the ground in between the trees layers up like a giant bouncy cushion. All of a sudden, the ever-hidden scenes in the woods are revealed to the outsiders, the ever-existed feeling of mystery to the wood disappears. Human Being is so similar to Nature, at a particular age, the speed of aging gets accelerated.
The stream dries up, the brownish grey streambed is completely exposed in the air. I stand on the trail, look at the two big stones on the streambed, thinking the good time when they were caressed by the smooth water flow, thinking when will the good time come back again?
Blue heron’s elegant body and behavior has been lingering in my mind, won’t go. The obsession changes my mind. So instead of going home directly, I am going to visit the Hidden Pond from the road behind the woods, to see if I can see it there.
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萬聖節前的兩三場秋雨秋風帶走了絢麗繁華的秋葉，還好昨天萬聖節天氣轉晴，陽光明豔，讓孩子們可以高高興興地出去討糖過節。廣播裏說今年美國每個家庭用在萬聖節消費上的支出是100美元，而有孩子的家庭則是150美元，比過往的年份都要高。初聽這有點不合理，再想又覺得合理。去年疫情，人們沒過成萬聖節，今年算是報複性反彈？等車子供應正常時，想必也會是一飛衝天。小孩穿著戲裝和另外四個男同學去逛了，對於青年少，要糖不是他們的目的，穿著戲服遊蕩才是目的。不幹壞事，開心就好。不像有人說“青少年偷車對社會危害不大”。小偷不管，將來就成大偷。看看書店的架楣上也有豎著PARENTING標簽的，不知書裏都寫了什麽.
在網上看了GENSHIN CONCERT 2021，好看好聽。越發明白為何在西方青少年中刮起了亞洲風。也順帶學了曆史知識，知道日本有過鎖國的曆史時期。
MALLARD DUCK:
mallard ducks are widely seen in Northern hemisphere. usually the male duck has a dark green head and female has brown one, but I saw this with purple head, don't know why. 通常情況下，FEMALE 是棕色的頭，MALE是綠頭，但也有像今天見的這種紫頭的。不知是何原因？
