My hometown is a small city beside Bohai sea in China. There was a nature path, which formed by shells, sands and stones over thousands of years, linking the seashore to an island in the middle of the sea. The path only appears during ebbing in a day. It was such a mysterious scene that fascinated my entire childhood. And do you know the most beautiful season of a sea is not summer but winter? When the cold atmosphere comes and the temperature drops to -10 ~-20 celsius, the nearer sea is frozen and cracking into pieces of thick ice.
it is a common scene: a 3-wheel motorbike driving on the frozen sea!
The cold weather of Kenmore reminded me about my hometown on Tuesday's visit. Although Jinzhou Harbour is much colder than Kenmore, the kind of coldness strike into my bone just mad me feel the same even worse. However, I miss that kind of feeling for long since I first study abroad five years ago. In Singapore, summer covers the whole year and the sea is warm, with many commercial ships parking on, and lots of black oil waste underwater or covering the sands underneath. I will mention that later and now back to my hometown. The other thing remind me was the type of house. The red house above is so much similar as one I saw in Kenmore. I think maybe the type of house built in my hometown besides the sea is also applicable in Kenmore for defending the coldness and blowing winds.
The houses are fishers' house. They just park their boats behind. The geometric shapes are very interesting and stable at the same time. The main structure is made of concrete and wood-board-covered on the outer wall. Windows are not big, covered by steel board but can be open. The house is definitely warm enough with fire place inside for the inhabitants to spend over a long cold winter for nearly 4 mouths besides sea.
(to be continued)
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