2024-06-11 National Making Life Beautiful Day
【When I did not have you (Quando eu não te tinha)】 Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) When I did not have you I loved Nature like a recluse as calm as Christ… Now I love nature Like a monk as calm as the Virgin Mary, Religiously, in my own way, as before, But in a different way by approaching life more.
I see better the rivers when I go with you In the fields to the edge of the rivers; Sitting by your side noticing the clouds I fix on them better, You do not take Nature away from me … You changed Nature … You brought me Nature to the foot of myself.
Because you exist I see you better, but the same, Because you love me, I love you in the same way, but more, Because you made me hold you and love you, My eyes remained focused lingering more Over everything.
I don't regret what I once was Because I still am. I only regret not having loved you before. Put your hand in mine, Let's be quiet, surrounded by life. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《擁有你以前》】 (葡萄牙)費爾南多·佩索阿“旅行者·角色” (1888生—1935卒) 擁有你以前， 我熱愛自然，就像安靜的修道士熱愛基督…… 現在我熱愛自然 就像安靜的修道士熱愛聖母。 我的虔誠一如既往， 但顯得更誠摯更親密。
當我和你一起穿過田野來到河畔 我看到的河流更美麗; 坐在你身邊看雲，我看得更清楚—— 你不曾把自然從我這裡帶走…… 你不曾改變自然對我的意義…… 你使自然離我更近了。
因為你的存在，我能更好地看見你，但你是同一個人， 因為你愛我，我同樣愛你，但我愛得更多， 因為你選擇了我，讓我擁有你而愛你， 我的眼睛在凝視萬物時停留得更久。
我不為以前的我而後悔， 因為我還是同一個人。 我只遺憾以前不曾愛你。 把你的手放在我手裡， 讓我們保持安靜，被生活環繞。
【注】離開加那利“狗”群島(Canaries)後，我們連夜直奔我們連夜直奔同樣位於非洲板塊上、屬於葡萄牙大西洋地區的馬德拉“木材”島。這裡氣候溫和，山巒青翠，熔岩與黑沙相間，被譽為“歐洲的夏威夷”。最具地域特色的當屬渡槽(Levada)將西北部的水源輸往南部乾旱區，至今仍是島上獨特的風景。 馬德拉島尤以葡萄酒、珍稀動植物聞名。史前月桂樹林規模宏大，1999年列入聯合國科教文組織《世界自然遺產名錄》。那些月桂樹已站立數百萬年，比人類早得多。它們見過第一批渡槽鑿進岩石，見過第一批葡萄藤埋進土壤，而今仍在原地，枝葉低垂，像一部尚未破譯的日誌，正以樹皮的紋理繼續寫着自己的時間。 我站在一條渡槽旁，看水流沿石砌凹槽緩緩下坡——不急，不停，以16世紀囚犯鑿出的路徑，向更低處輸送水、輸送時間、輸送那些被遺忘的名字。黑沙灘在遠處閃亮，像一座被磨碎的火山的遺言，正躺在海浪邊緣等待漲潮。我沿着渡槽走着，像一條臨時學會的水流，穿過那道尚未閉合卻已被信任的門。門後沒有新大陸，只有月桂樹冠漏下的細碎光斑，落在我肩上，不重，卻足以成為我體內下一段渡槽的起點。我將沿着它繼續下行，以水的速度、月桂的耐心，在熔岩與青翠之間，找到屬於自己的坡度和方向。 Today in History(歷史上的今天):
2024: Lava Pool @ Porto Moniz, Portugal(葡萄牙風車港·熔岩泳池) 2024: Camara de Lobos, the Pearl Portugal(葡萄牙大西洋明珠·海獅窩鎮) 2015: Sixth Grade Year-End Awards Ceremony(初一年終頒獎典禮)  Cliff Bay in Funchal, Capital of Madeira Archipelago
(馬德拉群島首府豐沙爾“茴香”城·懸崖灣)  Ponta do Lazareto for Isolation Sailors, Travelers, or Slaves Suspected of Carrying Contagious Diseases in Funchal
(豐沙爾城隔離站·用於隔離17—19世紀期間疑似攜帶霍亂等傳染病的船員、旅行者或奴隸)  Igreja de São Martinho de Funchal or Church of Saint Martin of Funchal
(豐沙爾城·聖馬丁“戰神”教堂)  Ponta do Garajau or Point of Seabirds in Funchal
(豐沙爾城·海鳥角)  Garachico or Small Island Parish in Funchal
(豐沙爾城·加拉奇科“小島”教區教堂)  Ponte dos Socorridos in Funchal
(豐沙爾城·幫助者大橋)  Vitoria Santa Rita Parish Church in Funchal
(豐沙爾城——維多利亞“勝利女王”·聖麗塔“珍珠"教區教堂)  Cathedral of Funchal in the Center of the Sé Parish Constructed under the Orders of I of Portugal, Duke of Beja, Dating back to the 15th Century
(位於民政教區中心的豐沙爾城大教堂·根據葡萄牙“神與我們同在”一世、游牧族公爵的命令建造而成，其歷史可以追溯到15世紀)  Funchal Port (豐沙爾城碼頭)
 Fortress of São Tiago do Funchal in 1614
(建於1614年的豐沙爾城“願上帝保佑”使徒堡壘) 
Viaduct of the Via Rápida in Funchal (豐沙爾城·快速公路高架橋)  A bridge spans north and south, turning a natural barrier into a thoroughfare.
(一橋飛向南北，天塹變通途)  Funchal Harbor w/ Replica of Christopher Columbus's Flagship "Santa Maria"
(豐沙爾城港停泊的“聖母”號船——克里斯托弗·哥倫布“基督徒·鴿子”首次橫渡大西洋旗艦的復製品) 
Close-up of a Replica of Christopher Columbus's Flagship "Santa Maria"
(克里斯托弗·哥倫布首次橫渡大西洋旗艦的復製品近景)  Reid's Palace, a Belmond Hotel in Funchal
(豐沙爾城·舊時紅髮宮殿、現為美麗酒店) 
Statue of Hanging Angel in Funchal (豐沙爾城·雕塑《懸掛天使》)  Houses vs Banana Plantations in Funchal
(豐沙爾城·居民區深入淺出香蕉種植園)
 Art of Nature, a Cinematic Exploration of Madeira Fanal Forest
(自然的藝術·馬德拉島燈塔叢林的製片探索) 
Levada Nova Waterfall (新渡槽瀑布)  Miradouro Molinas (磨坊觀景台)
 Boca da Encumeada or Mouth of the Summit
(山脊之口)  Valley View Hotel Encumeada Surrounded by the Green of the Mountains & the Slopes
(山口酒店的峽谷景觀·周圍環繞着綠色的山脈和斜坡)  Rosário Located between Encumeada and São Vicente in the North of Madeira Island
(玫瑰園·位於馬德拉島北部山口和征服使徒鎮之間)  Chalé Seixal w/ Ponta do Poiso Waterfall along Cliffs on the North Side of the Island of Madeira
(馬德拉島北側懸崖邊鵝卵石小屋與毒角瀑布)  Curral das Freiras, the Valley of the Nuns (修女谷)
 São Vicente Located on Madeira's North Coast, One of the Largest Valleys of the Island
(征服使徒鎮·位於馬德拉島北海岸，是島上最大的山谷之一) 
Levada, an Irrigation Channel or Aqueduct Specific to the Portuguese Atlantic Region of Madeira-Caldeirao Verde (馬德拉渡槽·僅用於葡萄牙大西洋地區馬德拉島—綠火山口的灌溉渠)
 Igreja Matriz de São Vicente
(聖維森特“征服”的馬蒂斯“聖母”教堂) 
São Vicente Parish Church Built in the 17th Century w/ a Mannerist Portal on Its Main Façade, Magnificent Paintings on the Ceiling, & an Altarpiece in the Gilt (聖維森特教區教堂·建於17世紀，主橋上有風格主義門戶，天花板上有宏偉的繪畫和鍍金祭壇畫)  Igreja Matriz @ Prazeres/Pleasures
(快樂鎮·馬蒂斯教堂)  Tabua Located on the South Coast of Madeira
(塔布阿“木板”鎮·馬德拉島南岸)  Igreja Matriz @ Serra de Agua
(阿瓜“水域”山脈·馬蒂斯教堂)  Chapel of São Vicente do Calhau/Rock
(岩石上聖維森特禮拜堂)  Beach @ Porto do Seixal (塞沙爾“鵝卵石”港·海灘)
 Igreja Matriz do Seixal (塞沙爾馬蒂斯教堂)
 Seixal Covered by Large Basaltic Pebbles
(塞沙爾城·被大型玄武岩卵石覆蓋)  Sculpture between Ribeira Brava & the Center of Ponta do So
(蓬塔杜索爾“太陽角”城·洶湧溪流與市中心之間的雕塑)  Grand Dining of Oceania Marina
(“大洋·濱海”號遊輪——主餐廳 06-11-2024)
 Madeiran Wall Lizard, Endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal
(馬德拉島牆壁蜥蜴·葡萄牙馬德拉群島特有物種)  Mountain Brown Cow (山棕色牛)
 African Daisy (非洲雛菊)
African Lily (非洲百合)  Agapanthus or African Lily (非洲百合)
 Aloe vera Flowers (蘆薈花)
Carpobrotus edulis of Sour Fig (酸無花果) 
Scotch Broom (金雀花)  Norfolk Pine (南洋杉)
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