冷冷清清的感恩节 (A quiet Thanksgiving)

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今年的感恩节,女儿去UK/Scotland玩,我们俩既没有朋友请我们去吃饭,也没有邀请人来家,更没有去看望任何人。两个人的日子冷冷清清,安安静静。这或许将是今后生活的主旋律吧。人生其实就是一步步走向沉寂的:)

倒是买了只火鸡,一卸六大块,卤了一大锅。拿了一盘切好片的鸡胸脯和一只很大的鸡腿送去给邻居A。剩下的除了两只翅膀带一点点鸡汤冰冻起来,四天里,两人风卷残云一扫光,汤汁做汤下面,鸡肉下饭。某人赞不绝口,说我的火鸡肉是所有他吃过的火鸡中最好吃的,又嫩又juicy。某人很挑的,得此称赞不易。

因为春节要回家过年,黑五早上一个人去淘货。去了一个outlet, 九点钟就见Nike的门外队伍如长龙,parking lot满满的找不到parking位。开远了些,总算有一个空一点的parking lot, 停好车,兴冲冲的,好像要撸起袖子大买一场的样子。去了Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy H, Calvin Klein内衣内裤店,Banana Republic。12点多。拎着大包小包出来,发现早上自己停车的parking lot 也是满满的没有停车位了。回家路上又拐进Costco,买了点东西,加了油。回家已一点多。这次Tommy H的deal比较好,买了不少,可惜买回来的东西被某人嫌--男士衬衣怎么可以没有口袋的,领子圆鼓隆冬的好土。。。下午四点多又去退货,想顺便再淘一把。原以为天快黑了,人会少些,却不知依然找不到parking位,队伍还是很长。就这样东排一下队,西再瞧一眼,一晃晚上八点多。被人催着回了家。

一天站下来走下来,脚后跟后来疼得厉害。被某人在一边念叨,为了省这几两碎银,花这么多时间,不值!

这个感恩节最高兴的还是自己动手,把一个煤气灶上最大的炉头给修好了。求人修,每次都要先被人教育一番,“做饭做菜不要溢出来,你看你把炉头给堵了,火苗才这么小的”。结果光听人教育,不见人修。最后还是“自己动手丰衣足食”,上YouTube找类似的录像看,再实践,bingo! 

眼看四天的长假(某人三天,黑五还上班的)要结束了,总觉得这假过得太不像假了。周日下午快四点了,拉着某人去山顶看日落月升。

刚到时,月亮被云层遮住了大约半个小时,等它最后破云而出,那张圆圆的脸盘已挂在了半空。日落也是,因为云层,虽然没有十分的惊艳,却有满天晚霞被黑云缭绕的美。它们肆意地在天空挥霍着变化着,一会残阳如血,一会如水墨泼洒,一会轻纱曼舞, 一会凝重从容,仿佛在离别之际,要把它所有的妩媚妖娆全部奉献给天空,奉献给山川,奉献给喧嚣红尘中的世人。

 

 

 

 

下面这张手机拍的

到了我们的人生要谢幕时,我们会如何?

站在一边是月亮一边是落日,脚下是幽静辽阔海面的山顶,内心深处好像被一双手抚慰了一下。真希望余生的每一天都能如此这般的岁月静好!
感恩岁月静好的每一刻!

 

On Black Friday, I went shopping. The outlet was thronged with holiday shoppers. The parking lot was fully packed. I joined the eager shoppers lining up to get in and check out. With heavy bags of seemingly great deals, I left the mall at noon, only to return in the late afternoon to shop more:) The mall was still swarmed with people, who waited patiently in the long line in the approaching darkness and cold. I came back home after 8 pm with sore heels, but hands full.

Towards the end of a quiet Thanksgiving, we went to the Top of the World to watch the moonrise and sunset. The Top of the World, though the name may sound riveting, is actually only the top of a mountain that is adjacent to the sea on one side, overlooking the city on the other. The top comes at the end of many uphill twists and turns of a mountainous road, which we found years ago when we hiked regularly. 

On November 26th, the moon is forecast to rise at 4:11pm, while the sun to set at 4:43pm.  We arrived around 4:20. The moon was nowhere to be seen yet.  It must be shrouded behind the thick clouds. Luckily the sun was much stronger, the rays of which soon suffused over mountains and the skies, painting here and there on the sky canvas like moving strokes.  The connected rugged mountains and peaceful sea, like the background of the painting, complement the beautiful sunset. They waited hand-in-hand to be bathed in the final golden touches before retreating to the darkness.

It's standing there, under the heaven, in the nature, that made me feel being away from the hustle-bustle of the city life beneath, from the running cars that glared by down in the valley. The moon finally broke out after about half an hour. The full moon, round and silver, contrasted the pink misty skies on the other side,  the beauty of which beggared description.  

 

 


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Breath-taking sunset. Love "beggared description." -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 10:50:26

Thanks, my friend, for reading and compliment:). -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:06:22

Enjoy the peace and quiet. It's a blessing. -waterfowl- 给 waterfowl 发送悄悄话 waterfowl 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:12:16

嗯嗯,It's a blessing! 谢谢! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:49:24

多么充实的感恩节!我这几天也是忙于买各种东西。包括今天cyber Monday还在下单。:)) -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:47:42

谢谢盈盈提醒,我今天也再上网看看,扫扫:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:52:44

“站在一边是月亮一边是落日,脚下是幽静辽阔海面的山顶。。感恩岁月静好的每一刻!”喜欢这个感悟。照片拍得很棒。 -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 11:49:05

谢谢盈盈mm阅读和喜欢!人生在一步步走向沉寂:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 12:53:17

You're an excellent essayist in both Chinese and English. -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 15:18:41

You made my day!谢谢Go兄谬赞!早上发后,又加了一段又修改,刚刚又发现一个错. longwaytogo. -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 16:06:02

Thanks to your bilingual post, now I know there're -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 16:45:29

Black Friday shoppers enjoying themselves so much while -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 16:48:24

enduring their chores. Let happiness be contagious. -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 16:51:28

Did I mention that a day could end so beautifully at sunset? -renqiulan- 给 renqiulan 发送悄悄话 renqiulan 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 16:53:43

Isn't it beautiful that we can end the day like this! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 19:28:37

Sunset is daily, but we live only once. How could we end? -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 19:29:13

现在大多是网上购物,不那么辛苦了。:) -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 18:47:05

今天看了看, 没买:) 等圣诞新年吧! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 19:42:57

Shoppers do enjoy shopping great deals, as if making money:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 19:35:10

Beautiful! Can’t see enough ocean, sunset… -天玉之- 给 天玉之 发送悄悄话 天玉之 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 18:49:41

That's why we frequent the place:)) Thanks! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 19:35:38

Good pictures, beautiful clouds! -卫宁- 给 卫宁 发送悄悄话 卫宁 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 20:32:45

谢谢卫兄! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/27/2023 postreply 21:34:02

宁静又从容,照片很美,我喜欢一个人安安静静出去拍,人一多我就拍不好:-) -Oona- 给 Oona 发送悄悄话 Oona 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/28/2023 postreply 07:32:45

谢谢Omm点评,我也是个喜欢宁静的人! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 11/28/2023 postreply 08:35:50

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