暖冬cool夏
这里一年四季温暖如春，没有酷暑没有严寒......
补记，三月的最后一天，南加有一个城市发生了枪击案，至少四人死亡，据说是认识的人杀的。这世道不太平了!
Nine selected spring pictures were posted on Wechat Moments on 3/29. I purposely pointed out the striking contrast between the last two pictures: a bare slope taken in this March versus the same slope clustering with vibrantly blooming lupines shot two years ago.
3/27/2021
3/23/2019
A friend of mine living in Florida asked me why there is no flower this year. I explained that unlike many other places where spring may never fail to bring forth new life and abundance, our spring hinges on much last winter’s rainfall. Our mountains are green for about a month or so before the meagerly stored water under the surface ground dries up. The ensuing heat and drought only hastens the return of dull valleys, where only drought resistant plants or deeply-rooted oaks survive the rest of the seasons. When there is a copious rainy winter, the decade-long seeds could be shaken up from their dormancy in the underground, and in turn ushers in a rich spring. 2016 was a good year, as I witnessed, when even the flowers in the desert like Death Valley were in its rare spring super bloom. But more often than not, we are faced with lean years, when the limited rainfall stunts the growth of wild flowers and oats, and to survive they have to race against nature to seed for the next generation. It is a test of resilience.
3/27/2021
对比3/23/2019 同一个山头，远眺同一个山顶
3/27/2021， 当然还是有些草的。
This is the shade we rested under after a sweltering hike in the sun. While we were enjoying the breeze there, from the empty trail appeared a young man and his unleashed dog. The dog was panting hard, its long tongue hanging down outside the mouth. He disobediently walked off the trail towards us, defying his owner's instruction of "no rest". But that resistance only lasted for seconds before the dog trudged back to the sunny trail towards its next stop. Leashed or not, the dog is at its owner's hand. If I were the owner, I would have let the poor dog rest in the shade:))
We met the new neighbor Paul on the driveway last Saturday as we were driving home from the hike. He was on his roller skates, with a helmet and knee pads tightened around his head and knees. As he walked out of the then Tom’s garage and approached us, my guess that he is the husband of C whom I talked to a month ago faltered. Somehow I cannot match his young-looking face with C’s winkled one. He stopped to introduce himself that he is a nurse and that he is C’s husband. Then he tried to explain to us that to be on roller skates is to maintain his brain elasticity, as he is sixty years old this year. We both wowed, and in unison, complimented him for looking so young. But was it the reason he told us his age?
Yesterday afternoon, I got my first shot of Pfizer vaccine at a temporary walk-in site, after waiting in line and going through the process for about two hours. Last night, the left arm was so sore that I cannot lift it to cook or to wash. Luckily the soreness abated after 24 hours with no other immediate side-effects or symptoms.
暖姐该打第二针了吧？听说第二针后反应较大，还望多保重。
我也才知道鲁冰花有很多颜色的，而且形状也不尽相同。愿一凡那里早一天春暖花开! 谢谢一凡临帖!
谢谢魏薇阅读，周末快乐!
暖冬周末快乐！
谢谢菲儿关于打疫苗的帖子，很有用，打第二针时会很注意的，希望大家都能很快打上，美国能从此全民免疫。菲儿应该有出游的计划了，我没有的，期待着菲儿的旅行大贴。祝菲儿春好!
说到没感觉，怕没打，我还是第一次听说，这次第一，第二针打下去的时候，特别是第一针当场几乎没有感觉，说明护士技术技术高啊：）恭喜暖冬，没预约就打上了，排了队，晒了太阳要注意休息，特别是第二针后，保重！
很快你就可以到处得瑟了。
我今天就已经恢复"双臂老太婆"的身份了，傍晚都开车出去买菜了。就不指望双臂贤夫了，自己有健康，手脚最重要，长在别人身上的不听使唤的。谢谢阁阁来访，祝四月春好!
这个lupine有个很好听的中文名，鲁冰花，第一次看见是在女儿上高中的学校山坡上，喜欢极了，后来又得知它就是歌曲中唱的鲁冰花:)) 看来这花需要水分，今年只看到零零星星的几朵，很怀念从前，所以特意去找出来了。祝大漠四月春好!
正确称呼是“独臂贤妻”。不厚道地提醒暖冬一下，如果你在接下来的一个月都抱怨“胳膊疼”，很有可能培养出一个上得厅堂、下得厨房的双臂贤夫。
那两张lupine看着让人心醉。
南加没有北加绿，今年差太远了，太干了。不想了。
没有"俏"， 没有"情"可以打骂了，老了:)) 惯不惯都一个样的。秋水四月春好!
山好像比前两次绿了些，也能看到小花了，四月份应该还是有些看头的：）
你家某人太有趣了，这也算是打情骂俏了吧，哈哈。趁机让他多干活，别惯着：））
"独臂老尼"-哈哈哈。你先生幽默。
小小，我打的是pfizer,据说剂量小一些，不过你有学医的女儿，知道的肯定比我多。我的第一针除了胳膊痛一天没有什么其他反应。我们这边听说4/15左右就彻底放开，都可以打了，小小留心一下自己附近的进展。我昨天也是碰巧朋友告诉我的。
某人就是喜欢开玩笑，平时不干活的，离模范差之千万里的。南加今年还是太干，我也是留些纪念在此，将来可以看。小小那边如果附近有大山会好一些，疫情好一些了也出去走走吧，享受这短暂的春光吧。谢谢小小!
哈哈，暖冬对家人的称呼太逗了，某人：）） 暖冬夫妻感情深厚，某人主动承担家务，打球时还把一只手放口袋里，以示公平，很谦让你呢，模仿丈夫，幸福的暖冬：））
爬山的pp拍的很棒，虽不像北加那么青山绿水的，但也是野花盛开，春意盎然，走在大自然中，心情舒畅！