回黄轉綠, 春意漸濃

回黄轉綠, 春意漸濃


下了幾場冬雨, 大地回黄轉綠; 接著陽光普照, 處處花開, 春意漸濃。

在 Palo Alto 孩子的家住了幾天, 屋前屋後, 庭院草坪, 看見果花, 茶花, 野花, 競相開朶。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

即使野花也迷人

 

 

今天下午回家的路途，照例經過金山大橋。

 

 

 

又見

 

海藍帆逾白

 

無雲山亦佳

 

 

 

回到 Sonoma-Napa country road 的 rolling hills

 

 

漫山遍野的油菜花

 

 

春天還沒正式報到, 早已處處花開, 春意漸濃。

 

 

Yeh Tze (葉子)

 

金山"合約"

金山"合約"

在美國, 昨天是 President Day, 國定假日, 金山灣區風和日麗。

台灣來了一位 ex-"President", MCL.

MCL 是我1968台大醫學院的同學, 曽任大學校長 (University President).

最近他偕夫人來舊金山與女兒家人團聚, 也跟在灣區的同學聯絡。大家合約在金山敘舊, 因此在這兩千一六年的 President Day, 有個歷史性的金山"合約"。

灣區同學 YHL 跟他夫人, 就像是一對樂天開朗的情侶, 每次與同學聚會, 總是那麼熱誠, 這次也特地為大家安排一個美好的一天。

我們在 Point Lobos 有百年歷史的 Cliff House 會合

 

 

在 "Sutro's" 餐廳，聽海浪滔滔, 看浪花滚滚

 

YHL 夫人早已訂座安排

 

 

 

Lands End Lookout , 海㬌無限

 

 

  

"金山合約" 的三臣頭

  

金門橋在後, 人證物證, "金山合約" 有圖為證

 

先來個小憩， 再續登高

 

是日風和日麗

 

Cypress trees along the Lands End Trail

 

翠柏常青

 

Lands "end" here

 

來到 Legion of Honor

 

Rodin's Thinker

 

 

 

走在海岸崖邊, 凛然堅定的的松柏樹下, 我想起詩人Jim Powell 的 "Point Lobos Outlook", 以及我幾年前曾在自己的部落格的一篇 post, "Cypress On The Cliff, Uncompromising":

 

 

Monday, August 29, 2011

  

"Cypress On The Cliff, Uncompromising"

Lands End

 

In one of his poems entitled “Point Lobos Outlook”, Jim Powell,

an American modern day poet, had his poetic description of the

Monterey Cypress at Point Lobos on the California Central Coast

that is known to be one of the most beautiful coastlines in the

world:

 

"Persistent at the brink, the cypresses

lean away backward to receive the winds

prevailing on this spot, balancing

resistance and compensation in the open-weave

basketwork of their limbs:

weight braced facing a single way

against an invisible pressure from ahead

in veering weather and when the air falls quiet

steadfast in the same stance, a posture of defense

by success, then habit,

……………………………………………… "

 

There is also a place called Point Lobos, which is at the tip of Lands

End, the outermost reach of San Francisco Peninsula. It has been

one of our favorite scenic places to visit since we moved to the Bay

Area three decades ago. It is the grove of cypress trees on its cliff

that has impressed me the most all these years.

 

Only the past year or so, we have made a total of four trips to this

place with our visitors (classmates or family friends, from out of state

or abroad). During each visit, I particularly drew their attention to

the stern, uncompromising gestures of those cypress trees on the

cliff, "leaning away backward to receive the winds, balancing

resistance and compensation in the open-weave basketwork of their

limbs .................... .", as nicely depicted by Powell.

 

Yeh Tze 

春天的腳步近了

春天的腳步近了


盼望著，盼望著，春天的腳步近了。

走出門外 , 一切欣欣然張開了眼。

太陽的臉紅起來了

 

茶花開了

 

蝴蝶飛來了

 

熱氣球也升起來了

 

後院梨常青白花盛放

 

我家附近有山坡, 山坡上面野花多

 

 野花都金色

 

春天的腳步近了 

 

 

Yeh Tze