LOVE IN THE 阳光谷

How is your weekend?

The Game is over, the dream should continue, just not sure how the world will be.

It is really a unique year, dream is dream, seriously enough, reality is reality, please YES on Proposition 8 on CA Nov. Ballot.

Back from 天使城，I lost my voice due to my two angels (don’t worry, my heart is still with me),　though only four days, we have enough good stories to memorize. We 上Getty Center 山, 下了Santa Monica Beach 海, Disney童话世界里游荡了两天, 过桥园香香辣辣痛快了两遭。还没耽误了欣赏世界那头的精彩镜头。
美啊！

这周末也很惬意。On Saturday, The Men’s Team went to the tournament again, 在我的力劝下闲暇人等同意上车，Sunnyvale阳光谷中Scarborough fair我们又光了一趟，尝遍了每个摊位的香甜桃李，买了一大抱。坐在泰国餐馆门前的阳伞下，清风拂面，看满兜新鲜蔬果满怀鲜花的人们笑容满面地走过，难道真要把异乡住成故乡不成了吗？点了美美的菠萝饭和泰式炒粉，和小妹妹一起美美地吃，公婆两位大人终于同意还是比在家闷头学英文要美丽有趣的多，还用说吗？临走还偶然进店中欣赏到美轮美奂的水上芭蕾。
美啊！

今天又是轻轻松松的一天，小青小松跟着小爸爸party去了，模范爸爸哎！小妈妈也再模范一把，带公公婆婆大人去逛商店。舒服哎，试衣间不用火急火燎着出来，也不用担心回身小身影在衣架间消失的无影无踪。然而两位大人什么也相不中，结果变成是陪我逛了。回来还没错过如梦如幻的艺术体操。
美啊！

Open your heart, you get loVe; Turn down your heart, you will be lonely. That’s what I told my math class students, the moment I mention this, they all nod nod, assuming they all understand. And hope they all get it in their heart. (math class? Not only fun math, we also talk about poems and something about LOVE, that’ s another story. If you are interested, we can talk later)　
多年以后，祝愿他们也能在纷繁的无奈世中找到阳光谷地, 拥有一分好心情。

The coming long weekend, are you going to the Sand Sculpture Beach with us?

后院故事 Backyard Story

早春，接来小黄小黑小赫们，希望在小兄妹的童年留下一点生生活活的记忆。同时也满足一下自给自足的虚荣心。起初，还是在室中听他们唧唧唧唧的不停，午后奶奶会把他们搬到阳光下享受享受。渐渐的它们退了绒毛，变成真的小黄，小白，小赫，小黑，还有一只最后从朋友家带回的小小黄。后院从此成了他们的领地，厅中的落地门前也多留了小妹妹的身影，她总是坐在那里看他们跑啊，刨啊，她很开心，我们更开心，各做各的梦。

小白的头上嘴下渐渐红红的有了威严，其他几个亦步亦趋，还蛮和谐的。小妹妹暑期学校的小朋友很感兴趣，爷爷还赶制了临时车厢，我们带了小白和小黄出去遛了一趟。回来奶奶就说剩下的几个不吃不喝失魂落魄的。

真的？还不至于如此吧？不过毕竟从小一起长大的啊，谁都一样啊。

每个人都时不时唠叨几句各自的梦。幸福感油然而生。

幸福的不光是我们，他们也幸福的很呐。他们吃国宝米，唉，我生长在“高粱肥，大豆香“的长城外，大米有名的啊，却还断不是吃大米长大的啊。他们吃西瓜，吃鲜草（和嫩虫？）。反正不是一般的幸福。

突然一日夜间，听到动静还没反应过来，第二天早起，就不见了小小黄，那只最老实，最忠厚，最勤恳，最无声的小小黄，遍寻不见，只落下几羽雉翎，不得不接受事实。和平谷幸福的生物多得很呐。破了各人的梦，各伤各的心。小妹妹每日多多坐在门前看，也许她还会回来？小爸爸懊恼，怎么听见声音没反应。爷爷小声咕咕嘀嘀：我没吃到，被他吃掉了！

小心加小心，黄梁美梦还未醒。

那小白，没心没肺的，抬头挺胸，红冠日冲。渐渐的管不住，清晨开始了啼鸣！嘿，这真是如何是好，他还没完没了地，晨必啼，日也鸣，一天呼唤几多声！终于惹恼了所有怀梦的人，抗议有什么用！动手，忽一日，一切恢复了宁静。爷爷您慢下桌，细细品。

也没再见那剩下的小黄小赫小黑凄凄惶惶呐，也许他们没在意？

真的？不至于如此吧？毕竟从小一起长大的啊，谁这样啊？

这下爱做梦的接着做长梦。梦断了的接着续美梦。

如何向小兄妹交待啊？他们找了几天了！义不容辞，护梦！

小白去找小小黄了，他们从此永远幸福唧唧在一起。。。

还没下蛋蛋哪，《未完待续》

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

There is a song by Tony Bennett called
“ I Left My Heart In San Francisco”,
in the song he sings:

“High on a hill, it calls to me
To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars
The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care

My love waits there in San Francisco
Above the blue and windy sea
When I come home to you, San Francisco
Your golden sun will shine for me”

San Francisco is not my hometown, but it’s the best loved city
in my heart, for its blue and windy sea, for its golden sun,
for its scenic streets and beautiful windows, for its dreamy
bridges with white yachts sailing by.
Whenever we have chance(means no kids classes,
light hearted, or friends visiting, or just for a beautiful day),
we will head to San Francisco, our favorite city, before,
its only us two, then we three, now we four,
or six with grandparents.

Lombard street is a must drive each time, we visit there all the seasons, shine or rain.

Coit Tower, not first time, we love to be lifted high to see all the bridges in the sea.

(This is a picture with the tower in the moonlight)

Another must must stop is The Art Palace, rain or shine.

Today is such a nice day, so many photographers and young couple( to be ).



They may not agree they are among the luckiest!

Today, after all these and a yummy lunch, we headed to
another spot newly found(read from Mercury News),
the Mosaic Stairway, quietly stands in Sunset district.

They all fell asleep on the way there, we woke them up to climb
the stairs, the girl refused her steps, at least the boy is in the
picture with his happy face. Don’t miss it, next time when you visit the city.

Hard to say goodbye...
This is way not the end, on Sunday, the Men’s Team went to another Chess Tournament and came back with a purple trophy. We girl’s team went to a mini-golf birthday party for Bo’s daughter.
Early night two other girls visited us, actually visited the chickens in our backyard. Now they are begging for their pets, Sherry, sorry, off work headache for you.
Finally someone closing her eyes, someone reading quietly on bed, someone calculating last month’s expenses, I feel so lucky, I can look up my pictures and type in my memories.

How is your weekend?
Happy journey back to reality, happy Miss Monday!