林豐蓉 Grace Liu
北一女初高中、臺灣大學外文系、馬里蘭大學圖書館資訊學系畢業,在公共圖書館領域工作二十年,退休多年。千禧年間旅居香港六年,返美後草創電影社 Movie club 歷時十載,2016 由實體影社轉為雲端聊天室迄今。目前以繪畫、攝影及撰寫部落格為主要日常活動,從讀書報告、影評到如今的圖與文短篇分享於不同友人群組。
前言(Preface)
The house we lived in for 40 + years and the surrounding scenes in nearby area would be left behind and engraved in our memory lane once we move away.
Yet, we still roam those hills and fields in our memories as years go passing by, and in the mind’s eyes, the sounds and sights have transpired into an invisible asset and weightless to us, hence without burden through the rest of our life.
Here are the different sites I’d like to show you in each of our short tours as I remembered them in the recent past :
在此權充導遊,願與您分享一些近在你我身旁,卻不受人注目大自然中的美麗小天地:
#1 On the Trail 步道上
天暖晴和之日,總愛在清晨的步道慢走。主要目的自然是健身,再則舒緩連日陰雨的晦悶。數十年來走在居家附近步道上,每一回彷彿都是新路,每回所見殊異,感覺也自不同。
𢹂著 iPhone 以代目,一路從雲光幻化看到草叢中的小生命。步道旁一條小溪流蜿蜒流注不到一里路的公園小湖,麻雀雖小五臟俱全。鹿躍山間,水鳥亂飛;白鷺、蒼鹰、鵲鳥忙著築巢;白尾灰兔(cottontails) 和長耳大野兔(jack rabbits) 競走;松鼠四竄、螞蟻搬家,各司其職。就我一人閒著,還替它們錄像寫生,記錄這些天下小事。
Collage of photos of the same trail I walked on year after year
Flora and fauna on the trail
自然界的生物中除了禽類及野生或豢養動物,人類生活週邊尚有一些蟲豕和其他物種,牠們在整體自然界中亦負有維持生態平衡的作用。
#2 湖畔風光 Scenes around the lake
鷹翔遠空 白鳥點水
Wild birds call it home here around the lake
同一風景在不同季節不同時辰的光影變化
A feast of light and shadow at different hours of day or season
秋天的落葉 Autumn Leaves
心形楊樹葉片落滿一地,湖邊拾得一節斷裂枝葉,攜回家做勞作材料
Yellow heart shaped cottonwood leaves covered the ground by the lake.
Picked a twig with leaves intact home for my art projects
湖畔秋色(拼貼圖)
對坐楊樹下的一對男女為剪紙小人,樹冠為湖畔楊樹秋天的黃色落葉,樹旁長草為乾燥後的天堂鳥花心梗子。
#3 Inside and outside of my home 牆裡牆外
Outdoor scenes 牆外風景
Fruits of labor 分享辛勞的成果
二十年前後院種的一株小柿樹,數年來每值深秋橙黃葉片即開始一片片飄落,露出一粒粒飽滿的橘紅柿果。去秋某午後幾位友人相約前來摘果,滿載而歸不亦樂乎!
Backyard persimmon tree (watercolor)
一群加州鵪鶉急步穿越後院短籬 (watercolor)
Troop of California quails passing by on top of a low fence
兩頭野鹿在籬牆外探頭探腦 (watercolor)
Two deer poking their heads from outside the fence trying to feast on fresh growth of green shrubs inside
賞名花 - 銀波白山茶 (Silver waves camellia)
Viewing and admiring beautiful flowers in bloom
山茶喜陰涼因此植於內庭 但仍需要陽光
for planting : Camellia japonica is less sun and heat tolerant, and will be happier in a cooler, semi-shaded location
內院中的珍品銀波白山茶已然盛放,剪枝插小玻璃瓶,屋中擺放供人欣賞