Oct 4, 2007

宅女生活-加州陽光

2007.9.24
終於正式成為宅女一族! 什麼事也不作的專心的享受生活。每天的生活步調整個的緩慢了下來,發現自己除了灑掃庭除的家務以及規律的運動以外,每天重點的只挑一件事情作,也能將日子過得充實! 看本書、作個新口味的派、拜訪個朋友,或寫寫東西就能將一天打發完畢。 九月中來到加州居住也當宅女,在風光明媚的Monterey 蒙特婁住下,這裡位於舊金山和洛杉磯之間,鄰近有許多有名的觀光景點例如Monterey 海灣(友人把這裡取名為”夢灣”)、Carmel(有錢人去的觀光景點,聽說有很多的美女俊男在這裡釣有錢的凱子)、Big Sur等等。我住的公寓緊靠著森林公園的山丘邊上,另一邊則臨高可以俯視整個美麗的蒙特婁海灣。

這裡九月的平均溫度約攝氏17度,窗外艷麗的加州陽光每天吸引著人走出屋子去曬太陽。放眼望去是一望無際的湛藍天空,朵朵白雲悠悠飄過;而陽光下的樹木、花草和造型每個各不相同的屋子都在陽光下閃閃的發著光。有時午後沿著屋後的森林上坡漫步走上一個小時,一邊吸收芬多精一邊對著路邊家家造型不同的房子品頭論足;有時則下山坡去走上個50分鐘到蒙特婁市中心及觀光海灣區逛逛,在漁人碼頭(蒙特婁也有個小型的漁人碼頭)也像個遊客般的坐在海岸邊看海邊聽海鷗和海狗占地盤的吵架聲。這裡的日子沒有大都市的繁忙和高樓大廈的擁擠,天天氣候宜人幾乎都是好天氣。

豐沛的加州陽光下盛產著蘋果、葡萄、白桃、草莓、萵苣、朝鮮薊等農作物。開著車幾十分鐘就可以看到廣闊的果園和菜園。直接到農場附近的商店買蔬菜、水果,可以吃到超新鮮又便宜的蔬菜、水果。一大盤超大顆的草莓只要台幣約50元,重重的一大袋無子葡萄只要台幣約100元,五根多汁超甜的玉米只要台幣30元… 呀,美好的加州陽光。

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

.....you quit your job????
很久沒連絡了,有點搞不清楚狀況......
不過我倒是在這禮拜離開了EMG
anyway it's good to see you living the good life in California
有空多寫一點, I like your article

Jill said...

Thanks Kate, finally you leave that strange place. Wish you all the best for your next job. Yes, I am not working and just enjoy my life now.. Keep in touch..

ellen's attic said...

hi, jill,

i can imagine your really relax life in LA just as i had in Biei....

just spent two days of leisure time at Biei, enjoyed my hill cycling daily, i think i finished all the hill trails around Biei, and stayed at my all time favorite pension 'kumpush', the beauty in serenity and tempo of slowness here just turned me to be a happy day dreamer for past two days just like you :)

it's a lovely pension filled with music everywhere, anytime. jazz music 'moon river' played by Don Friedman is our background music while we were having dinner last night.

btw, happy Chinese moon festival to another traveller, but now is a housewife :)

ps. back to Sapporo today...