A Glance at Sacramento

A glance at Sacramento

June 27 ,2014. On the way from Lake Tahoe to go home, we stopped by a beautiful city ,Sacramento,Which located on the central of California, the Capital of the State California. We visited the white spectacular government building and the grand square filled with giant woods that the trees grow stretching freely and reaching for the sky different from the artificial woods of European palace, a symbol of freedom in pressed us.

August 5,2017,Saturday.We stepped on the land again to visit Fairy Tale Town of the William Land Park. On the downtown we needed a restaurant for lunch and a parking ,when our car drove into the public parking building and were surprised at the scene that just a few cars parking in the wide space ,so empty with a little unsafe feelings ,we returned to the outside and wondered if the people are going?

The Fairy Tale Town with Sacramento Zoo and Funder Land Park in the William Land Park ,it's including the King Arthur's castle and Knights of the Round table ,Cinderella's pumpkin carriage ,Treehouse,Barn and Donkey,Three Pigs and steaming train.......,due to our grandsons are too little to read Andersen and kaolin 's Fairy Tale, so that they couldn't realize the meaning of the king,the queen,the prince ,the princess and the throne and didn't feel exciting like to go to San Diego's Lego Land, maybe the new generations more interesting in technology produce instead of dreaming the noble life.

A glance at Sacramento,it's a beautiful city and need more active business to carry all of the power.

沙加緬度匆匆來去 

二O一四年六月二十七日，從太浩湖返家路上，我們曾經在一個美麗的城市沙加緬度停留，它座落在加利福尼亞州中部，是加州州政府所在地。我們拜訪了這座白色壯觀的政府大廈和種滿巨樹的庭園廣場，樹林枝葉茂盛自由伸展高聳入雲，大大不同於歐洲皇宮庭園景觀修剪整齊人工化，象徵自由予人深刻印象。

二O一七年八月五日，星期六。我們再度來到此地旅遊威廉公園的童話故事城。在市區中心我們找餐廳吃中飯和找停車位，當我們的車開進公共停車場的建築時，驚訝於所見場景，這麽大的停車場祇看到極少數幾輛車，空曠的感覺讓我們感覺不安，我們退出到外頭，並奇怪人都到那兒去了?

童話故事城和動物園，遊樂園都在威廉大公園內，它包含了亞瑟王城堡和圓桌武士桌，辛德莉拉的南瓜馬車，童話故事中的樹屋，穀倉，驢子，三隻小豬和蒸氣小火車⋯，由於我們的孫子年紀太小尚未讀過安徒生童話和格林童話以致於不瞭解國王，王后，王子，公主和王位的意義，完全沒有像去聖地牙哥的樂高樂園的興奮之情，也許是新一代的兒童對於科技産品的興趣遠高於對貴族生活的憧憬夢想。

匆匆來去沙加緬度，感覺這是個美麗的城市，尚待有活力的工商業注入活水提振經濟。

The Forest Is Precious

The Forest is Precious

About thirty years ago,we were badly shaken by a forest fire on the street of Kukuan .The fire was burning all the night, they said ,the fire fighters praised that the fire was controlled in the limited area, though the nightmare always gave me a thrill.

June 23,2014 ,we made a trip to Yellowstone National Park and surprised that the hills were covered with little pine trees ,the guider said that in 1988,the forest fire in Yellowstone had damaged 26% of the park trees and the pole pine trees grow slowly. So terrible !

Watching the program " The New Silk Road."on  the CCTV ,showed about the Chinese archaeologists who found out a great graveyard of a thousand tombs over 1600 years ago on Du Land of Qinghai Province .All the tombs were built with a layer woods of Cypress tree on a layer of stones and the nobler man used the bigger and more woods,based on the fact to suspect that the palace buildings would use the more giant

woods. Due to the Cypress tree grows slowly ,the circle is 15 cm in diameter needing 200 years and 60cm in diameter needing 2500 years. We could suppose to 1600 years ago,the Tsaidam Basin was covered the plenty of thick forest instead of the wild and dry plateau now.

Don't let the history repeat itself, we are reserved and take things very seriously to protect our forest and friendly environment.

森林是珍貴的

大約三十年前，我們曾極度驚恐的站在谷關街上看熊熊烈火焚燒森林，整夜火光衝天。據說消防人員慶幸森林大火被控制在有限的區域內燃燒，雖然如此，那場夢魘常讓我一想起就不寒而慄。

西元二O一四年六月二十三日，我們到黃石國家公園旅行，非常驚訝所見山頭覆蓋的是一片小松樹林，導遊説在一九八八年黃石國家公園曽發生森林大火，燒毀了百分之二十六的森林，松柏樹長得很緩慢。好可怕！

看中國中央電視台的節目「新絲綢之路」，報導了中國考古學家在青海省都蘭發現一千六百年前古墓地，估計有千座墓葬。所有的墓穴都是一層石頭上疊一層柏木頭。層級越高的貴族堆疊的層次越多，使用的木頭越粗大。基於這事証推論宮殿巨室建築會使用更巨大的木頭。根據柏樹生長緩慢，年輪直徑十五公分的柏樹需生長二百年，直徑六十公分的柏樹需生長二千五百年。如此推論，一千六百年前，柴達木盆地應是覆蓋大量茂密的森林，而不是今日所見乾燥杳無人跡的荒野高原。

不能讓歷史重演，我們得謹慎保守嚴肅的看待森林保護和友善環境這件事。

Talk about Foster City (3)

Talk about Foster City (3)

Foster City is a young and beautiful city, near by the Medium Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area.

It's fun for names here, there are main roads named Beach Park Blvd, Shell Blvd and Edgewater Blvd, the neighborhoods called Boats, Fish, Birds,Whale Island, and a famous Preschool named Sea Breeze ,and the rent houses called Beach Cove, Shell Cove, Sand Cove, and the athletic park named Sea Cloud Park and a Marina Super Market in the Marina Plaza, we live in Harbourside. I wonder if the land was the sea long long ago.

The Fourth of July, Independence Day, our neighbors hung up the American flag in front of the door in the early morning, and said that the original residents were navy families ,recently the rising real property price up and up, they sold the houses and moved out to the other States or nursing homes. Instead of moving in are young couples of Silicon Village engineers, especially Asian immigrations. 

July 4, 2015, we joined a great party to the Central Lake Park, many people made camps, picnics,cruises and barbecues around the park to celebrate Independence Day from morning till the fireworks show brighten in the night sky. So splendid moments of rich and glorious days in the city ,all people came together from any corner of the worldwide becoming the country of America.

In Foster City, every day is sunny day, warm and steady weather and fresh air suitable to live and to bear the children . 

談談福斯特市（3）

福斯特市是一個年輕美麗的城市，近舊金山灣區的中半島。

這裡有許多地方取名很有意思，主要道路名為海灘公園大道，貝殼大道和水邊大道。社區名叫船，魚，鳥，鯨魚島。一個著名的學前幼兒園名是海風輕拂。出租房區叫海灘洞，貝殼洞，海砂洞。運動公園叫海雲公園。碼頭廣場有家碼頭超市。而我們住的社區叫海港邊。我懷疑這塊土地很久很久以前是海洋。

七月四日美國獨立紀念日，我們的鄰居大清早就在門口掛上美國國旗，談起這兒的原始居民是海軍軍眷，近年來房地產價格一直上漲，他們賣掉房子搬到別州或住到養老院去了。取而代之的是矽谷的科技工程師年輕夫婦，尤其是亞洲移民。

二O一五年七月四日，我們參與了一個盛大的聚會在中央湖公園，許多人繞著公園舉行露營，野餐，遊船和烤肉，慶祝獨立紀念日從清晨直到煙火秀照亮整個夜空。多麽燦爛輝煌的時刻，展現了這個城市的富裕繁榮。所有人來自世界各地任何角落𣾀聚到這兒，融合成美國國民。

在福斯特市，毎一天都是晴天，晴朗溫暖穩定的氣候和清新的空氣，適宜居住和養育小孩。

Shakespeare Festival in Ashland (莎士比亞節在愛許蘭)

Shakespeare Festival in Ashland 

Last June, we made a trip to Crater Lake ,Oregon and by the way stayed in a beautiful city -Ashland ,to enjoy an unforgettable noon, we had a nice lunch and watched a musical comedy,"The Cocoanuts." Which a music and lyric Play shows Florida Hotel Cocoanuts. The story is a going bankrupt hotel near a development land and living into some  people who focus on the developments.My poor English didn't understand the sense of humor and play on words, just shared with the atmosphere delightful and laughingly.

In downtown Ashland, we were through the woods of the park where many families lay on the grass in the sunshine or were fishing and playing by the creeks,and the others were relaxing and delicate on a picnic. They were the audiences driving a long way from everywhere .Due to there are many theaters,especially three of them play Shakespeare from February to October every year.

Ashland, a city in the State of Oregon near the border of Northern California, hosts Shakespeare  

Festival every year. The Festival has grown from a summer outdoor series, during the Fourth of July celebration in 1935, to a season that stretches from February to October and has become an award-winning and internationally-regional theater company. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has become the largest regional repertory theater in the United States.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) wrote many plays and often was called the English national poet.

莎士比亞節在愛許蘭

去年六月，我們到奧勒岡州的火山口湖旅遊，途經一個美麗的城市愛許蘭，停留並享受了一個難忘的下午，我們吃了一頓豐盛的午餐並看了一齣音樂喜劇「可可豆」，那是一個音樂抒情歌劇表演佛羅里達州旅館可可豆，故事是一個即將破產的旅館，因為靠近一塊開發土地，而住進一些關注此開發案的房客。我的英語程度無法理解其幽默風趣和雙關語，僅能分享歡樂的氣氛和哈哈大笑聲。

在愛許蘭市中心，我們穿越公園的樹林，看到許多家人躺在暖暖的陽光下青草地上，或在小溪流邊垂釣玩水，也有許多人輕鬆愉快的野餐。他們都是從各地一路迢迢開車來的觀衆，因為這裡有許多劇場，尤其，其中有三家劇場每年從二月到十月演出莎士比亞名劇。

愛許蘭是個小城鎮，位於奧勒岡州靠近北加利福尼亞州的邊界，每年主辦莎士比亞節。這節慶始於一系列的戶外劇場演出，在1935年七月四日慶祝國慶演出一季，而逐漸發展成二月演到十月，演出得獎劇目，已然是有國際知名度的地區劇場公司。奧勒岡莎士比亞節已發展成美國最大的地區性劇場寶庫。

威廉莎士比亞生於1564年卒於1616年，寫了許多劇本，一般稱其為英國國寶詩人。

Finding the Footprint of Mark Twain（發現馬克吐溫的足跡)

Finding the footprint of Mark Twain

On the way home from Yellowstone National Park to California ,we were so excited to find the footprint of Mark Twain at Virginia City in Nevada.  

In my pupil time ,"The Adventures of  Tom Sawyer." "The Prince and the Pauper." and

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."were popular comic books. The interesting stories attracted me to read the literature of Mark Twain. And then ,every characters actives in Japanese cartoons which keep company with my children and grandchildren's childhood time. 

A signboard was curved the golden words on a building,"Mark Twain who creatly enriched the literature of the west, started his career as a writer in this building in 1862 on the editorial staff of the territorial enterprise. " Mark Twain ( November 30,1835- April 21,1910 ) was an American author and humorist.

Following the footsteps of Mark Twain, we visited to Virginia City where was known of early gold and silver mining town ,there are many original buildings, in my deep imagine that the jades put in a Rock Shop,though in Taiwan a beautiful Jade is regard as a Jewel .

It's a silent little town nearly abandoned. People are hardly to remember the past glorious time.

發現馬克吐溫的足跡

從黃石國家公園回加利福尼亞州的路上，我們很興奮的發現馬克吐溫的足跡，就在內華達州的維吉尼亞小鎮上。

在我還是小學生時，湯姆歷險記，乞丐王子和頑童歷險記是非常流行的漫畫書，有趣的

故事吸引我去讀馬克吐溫的文學作品，後來毎一個人物都活靈活現的出現在日本卡通影片中，它們持續陪伴著我的子女和孫子女的童年時光。

一塊刻著燙金字體的金屬牌釘在一幢建築物上，寫著「馬克吐溫創新豐富了西部開拓時代的文學，他的作家生涯始於這幢建築物，1862年當時他是州報業的編輯工作人員。」馬克吐溫生於1835年11月30日，卒於1910年4月21日，為美國幽默作家。

我們踩著馬克吐溫的足跡拜訪維吉尼亞小鎮，這裡曾經是早期金鑛銀鑛區的市鎮，迄今仍然保有許多原始建築，我印象最深刻的是玉放在名為石頭店內，在台灣，美麗的玉是被視為珠寶的。

它是一個沉默的小鎮，繁華落盡似乎被遺棄，人們很難回憶起它往日的榮光。

Visiting to Napa Valley（拜訪納帕山谷)

Visiting to Napa Valley

Last year ,we were shocked by the news in Taiwan that Napa Valley had an strong earthquake at 3:20 August 24 ,and lost lots of the wine which was estimated over US one billon dollars. 

Relaxing in Napa Valley Winery and enjoying to taste red and white wine was an amazing time,and appreciating the grand view of the vineyard with a birds eye from the cable car was unforgettable. Napa Valley is located in Northern California, since 1885 developed into many wineries and a large town attractively to the tourists and people expert in wine ,especially red wine famous in the world.

 Going down town Napa is a historical experience, though there are full of Victoria styles building ,beautiful and elegant standing for over hundred years. Napa Valley Wine Train run around the area still steaming ahead.

Today, we visit the famous scenery once again and admire the beauty recovering soon from earthquake.

拜訪納帕山谷

去年，我們在台灣聽到納帕谷地在八月二十四日凌晨三時二十分發生強烈地震，酒莊損失估計超過十億美元，極度震撼。因為曾經輕鬆的旅遊納帕山谷的酒莊，享受品嚐紅葡萄酒和白葡萄酒，是很美妙愉悅的時光，從纜車上鳥瞰欣賞整個山谷壯麗的葡萄園景觀，令人難忘。納帕谷地位於加利福尼亞州北部地區，從1885年就發展出許多酒廠酒莊和大城鎮，吸引了許多遊客和精於品酒的人士到訪，尤其它的紅葡萄酒世界知名。

到納帕市中心逛逛感覺彷彿走入歷史，這兒充滿維多利亞風格的建築，美麗典雅的挺立了超過百年歲月。納帕谷地的酒鄉火車仍吐著蒸氣努力繞著酒鄉跑。

今天我們再次拜訪這著名的景點，欣賞它從地震後迅速復元的美麗。

A Passionate Little Boy

1A passionate little boy

Miles, a two- year- old boy ,was taught through touching the top of his mother's belly that he would be a big brother . Welcoming to the grandparents at the airport, he knows that the grandparents will company with him sometimes instead of his parents for a few months .He is brimming with his enthusiasm to share all his toys. He works hard to push several paper boxes and pull out the precious on the floor mixed and filled the room .

During the three independent days when his parents waited and stayed in the hospital ,he was so busy that he wanted to tell me how to work the washer and cooker and where are the equipment,he desired to be a helper.  He wanted to bathe and to clean his teeth and to go to the bed by himself even though making a chaos.  The next morning ,he took off the pajamas into a formal dress and waited a long time for his daddy taking him to the daycare and wondered something wrong .

The third day, he is so happy to see that his parents hold a new baby coming back home and he starts to help to hold, around and around the baby and do his best to pull the water mixing the milk into the bottle wanting to feed the baby .Nevertheless he is confused about every body stopping him and then crying loudly.

Miles feels getting unhappy and finds his parents loving the baby more and then he is sticking on his parents more to attract the notice and he is drinking the baby's milk with the bottle, no more eating meal with the chopsticks, he refuses to the daycare and refuses to go to the bed and makes troubles and noises.

The passionate little boy will be a lovely big brother and understand how to help correctly in learning.

一個熱情的小男孩

  小麥是一個兩歲的小男孩，透過觸摸媽媽圓滾滾的肚子，他被教導準備當大哥哥。在機場接來祖父母，他知道祖父母將陪伴他幾個月有時會代替父母照顧他，為表達盛情，他熱情洋溢的分享他的玩具，很努力的推來幾個紙箱，並在地板上倒出所有他的珍寶，整個房間一下子亂糟糟塞滿玩具。

在他父母到醫院待産和生産的三天中，他出奇的獨立，也忙碌萬分，想要教導我如何操作洗衣機和烹煮設備，他知道家中用品放置何處，渴望成為好幫手。他要自己洗澡，刷牙，上床睡覺，即使是越幫越忙，也是可圈可點。

第二天早晨，他換下睡衣，穿上正式服裝準備上幼兒日照中心，久等不到爸爸帶他上學，才感覺到有點兒不對勁。

第三天，小麥盼到看見爸爸媽媽抱了一個小嬰兒回家，他很快樂，開始想幫忙抱小寶貝，繞著嬰兒兜圈子團團轉，然後他去倒水和奶粉進奶瓶，努力沖奶要餵嬰兒，儘管做了這麼多，他很困惑為什麼每一個人都制止他把他拉開，他開始大哭。

小麥感覺越來越不快樂，並發現爸媽愛寶貝比較多，他開始黏住爸媽要求抱抱，為引起注意他用奶瓶喝嬰兒奶，不再用筷子吃飯，拒絕上幼兒日照中心，拒絕上床睡覺，整天製造麻煩和哭鬧。

這個熱情的小男孩，將透過不斷的學習了解如何正確的幫忙，而成為一個可愛的大哥哥。