Monday, May 11, 2020

Happy Mother’s Day



Happy Mother’s Day 
5/10/2020


Happy Mother’s Day for all you mothers and fathers!

Morning hour sent in a small chirping sound
from the tree outside my 3rd floor window
A young bird of the same feather 
The pair I caught a glimpse of earlier last month

Here are two shots of the young bird hopping from one tree branch to another
outside the window


It turns out to be a mango tree now it’s fruiting time.













Below is a photo shot in early April
A pair of song birds, commonly seen in Taiwan 
resting on the tree top side by side 
A profusion of flowers coming out from tree branches 


Three young swallows  
waiting impatiently in their nest
under the qilou of a marketplace 
Mother swallow swooping back and forth
all morning 
Delivering breakfast straight to the open mouths
of these hungry young birds


A baby deer was born in the backyard 
left inside the yard surrounded by wooden fence
At dusk, mother deer came back 
to nurse her baby
Several nights in a row 
Until it was strong enough to jump 
over the fence to join her










A few months later
Mother and fawn were detected grazing in the green pasture 
an intimate moment of mother and child


Mother and child 
A sketch 
in
Pen and ink




Grace 








Saturday, May 9, 2020

Life in the time of pandemic series #4 巷弄裡的花花草草

Life in the time of pandemic series # 4

巷弄裡的花花草草
5/10/2020


買菜為每日固定課程,拖著滿載食物推車歸宅途中(上)



途經法國麵包店
濃濃的咖啡香
從門縫溢出

還不到咖啡時間
先將食物送回
    家中越籍照等著作飯( 右 )







咖啡館窗台一字排開
擺了十數個盆栽
窗內座椅半邊不讓坐
社交距離已成
現實生活中常態
 巷裡一家小醫館台階邊
茂茂密密地長著
開滿粉色花朵的一株小草
一年又一年
候鳥返家途中
眼看著它從小小一根野草
茁長壯大花朶怒放
一點都不輸給鄰家仔細經營的盆栽


家門前的盆栽( 右 )             
店家門口的綠色風景線 ( 下)


牆頭冒出紫藍色花朶的藤條探出頭來
向著路人招手


在便利商店試圖預約口罩
這是口罩實名制 3.0 新增服務
跑了三趟,只因無台灣手機  電腦程式拒收
最終回藥房買到新增數量的口罩 
返家路上
走著走著 轉角處 
眼前一亮
一個小花圃 不知何人栽植
不同顏色大大小小的花朵*
朵朵燦開的笑容向我拋來春天的心情

上网查知此花俗名为 Strawflower


















Grace