INVITATION

For a whole summer, I was away from Ice Lake. When I go back in September, I am stunned at its beauty. Canadian geese, en route from Alaska to Mexico, stop to feed here. Many of them, young and old, stroll leisurely on the grass. Sunshine is the color of harvest wheat, tinting everything with golden threads. Ice Lake is like a beautiful painting. I found six turtles sunbathing on a piece of log today. The water is of dark green, reflecting the highlands around the lake, and the feel is cold. At Ice Lake there are only songs of the birds, sounds of the wind. Ice Lake is a pearl in the busy city. I wish I could live close to it so that I could appreciate its beauty everyday.

Just watched the Winged Migration . What a wonderful documentary! I always love to see Canadian geese in the spring when they are back to Ice Lake. I will never forget the day I saw them flying to the south. It was on the way to  Pittsburgh , on the open landscape, I saw thousands of them, led by a leader, in Vs, up and high, honking, let us go, let us go... There are lots of them at the Ice Lake. Each spring they show up, bringing along ducklings, and in autumn they fly away. I can not imagine what hardships they have to endure  throughout  the whole trip. I admire them for their courage. They are beauties of nature.

How wonderful it would be if dreams could be true. I have so many colorful dreams, some are extremely beautiful. I had this dream when I was very young: the desert is orange, the ostriches are white, the sky is blue and far away on the horizen, pink flowers bloom on trees. 母亲给我一条项链，链坠是块心形的玻璃，我给她起名一滴泪。一夜我梦见一滴泪真的化成了泪水，滴入湛蓝的海水中，落在银色的海沙上。最美的梦是梦见会飞，梦见自己被追逐，面前横着一堵墙，我使劲向上跳，突然就飞了起来，飞入高空，瓦蓝的天空就在头顶，脚下是碧绿的田野，白云从身边擦过，伴着风声，我似乎飞得速度很快，停下来如急刹车一般，空中颇有寒意，梦中的我还在想这下回家不用买机票了。飞行的梦连着做了几日，再没有回来。 梦中常常去同一个地方，而现实中我从未去过这些地方。有几次梦总梦见两个岛屿，从飞机望下，一南一北，一条窄窄的海峡分割。岛屿很大，如同澳洲，绿树覆盖，气候寒冷，记得自己来到南岛住下，还有一个狭小的海湾，细节都很模糊，但是这个梦却让我非常想去挪威和瑞典。也有几次梦，梦见一个海湾，岸边都是青白的岩石，岩石把海水分割成一两个池塘，碧蓝的海水，深深的，我在里面畅游，象鱼一样，不远处还有鲸鱼在喷水。海水很冷，可我却非常开心。又有几次梦里一个校园一样的地方，从校园出发跑步，穿过碧野，然后翻过一个耸立的小山。还有几次梦见一条小路，引着我去一个仙境般的地方，有小溪有野花，非常美丽，可惜细节都忘记了。这些梦里我都是一个人，没有家人，没有同伴。有时我梦见回家，需要翻越雪山，需要赶夜路，需要靠着双脚疾奔，那些情形历历在目如真的一般。 真希望今夜能回到那两个岛屿，也许那是我的归宿。 2025年续：岛屿的梦没有再现，海湾和鲸鱼的梦又出现过几次，场景中出现泳池，似乎与海连接。跑步越山的梦也出现过几次，几乎笔直的山，有寺庙，有时有雪。