春分の日について

　春分の日には、反時計回りに公転中の地球から見ると、太陽の位置が「春分点」にあります。「春分点」の位置は黄道十二星座の「魚座」のすぐ南の天の赤道上にあります。もちろん、天には何の印もありません。一方、春分の日の今日、私たち載せ公転中の地球は黄道十二星座の「乙女座」の方角に来ています。

　ですから、午前０時に真南には「乙女座」が来ています。「乙女座」の一際明るい星は一等星「スピカ」です。この星は２１個ある一等星の中では唯一黄道の近くにあります。

　ところで、地上の位置を示すには緯度と経度ですが、恒星など天体の位置を表すには赤緯と赤経です。例えば、太陽を除いて最も明るい恒星シリウスは赤経 06h 45m、 赤緯 −16° 42′であり、冬のダイヤモンドのカペラは稚内市【北緯４５°】の真上を通過するので赤経 05h 16m 41s、赤緯 +45° 59′です。このように赤緯では北半球上は＋をつけ、南半球上は－をつけます。また、赤経では１５°ずつhをつけ一周２４hです。赤緯も赤経も今日の太陽の位置である春分点の「赤緯±0、赤経0h」を天体の基準点としてます。

　群馬県の今日の日の出は５時４８分、太陽高度は５３°、日の入りは１７時５５分ですから、「昼と夜の長さは同じでなく」、すでに昼の方が７分も長くなってます。私たちは、昼が長くなるこれからの一日一日を有効に使い、自らめざす目標に向かって邁進したいものです。

　

【画像をクリックし、拡大してご覧ください。星座は左が魚座、右が乙女座です。】

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about astronomy and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　On the vernal equinox day, today, the Sun is located at the vernal equinox point when viewed from the Earth which revolves counterclockwise. The vernal equinox point is located on the celestial equator, just a little south of the zodiacal constellation "Pisces". Of course, there are no marks in the sky. Meanwhile, on today, the vernal equinox day, the Earth that we are traveling on is in the direction of the zodiacal constellation "Virgo".

　So, at midnight, we can see "Virgo" due south. The brightest star in Virgo is the first magnitude star "Spica". This is the only one of the 21 first magnitude stars that is close to the ecliptic which is the way of the sun.

　By the way, as you know, while latitude and longitude are used to indicate positions on earth, declination and right ascension are used to indicate the positions of celestial bodies such as fixed stars. For example, the brightest star other than the sun, Sirius, has a right ascension of 06h 45m and a declination of -16° 42', and one of the the winter diamonds "Capella" passes directly above Wakkanai-City in Hokkaido [45° north latitude], so has the right ascension of 05h 16m 41s and the declination is +45° 59'. In this way, declination is marked with a + in the northern hemisphere and a - in the southern hemisphere. Also, right ascension is marked with an h every 15°, and one revolution takes 24 hours. Both declination and right ascension use the vernal equinox point which is the position of the sun today, as the celestial point of reference that means "declination ±0, right ascension 0h".

　Today's sunrise in Gumma Prefecture was at 5:48, the solar altitude is 53°, and sunset will be at 17:55, so "day and night are not the same length," daytime is already 7 minutes longer. Each days of the longer days from now on, we should work or study hard toward our own purposes.

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[Click on the image to enlarge it. The constellations on the left are Pisces and on the right are Virgo.]

　　

雪が上がり、愛車で喫茶「さんぽ道」へ向かう

　今日の午後、雪の心配もなくなり、愛車の調整のためエンジンを動かさなくてはならないので1週間ぶりに喫茶「さんぽ道」へ行きました。

　話をする機会のない一人暮らしは、ここへ来ればママさんやスタッフさんとも話しをするからです。柚子の飲み物を戴きつつ３０分ほど本を読み、その後、１０分程ピアノでロシア民謡「仕事の歌」など昔、体操選手の床運動につけた曲を弾きました。

　東に広がる広大な田畑に太陽が差し、気温も幾分か上がり、今回の雪で、もう本当の春が来るだろうと感じました。写真の花は以前に、ここ「さんぽ道」で手に入れました。これからも暫く咲いている気配です。

Dear my friends who are crazy about nature and great music.

　This afternoon, the worry of snow is over, but I need to get my car's engine condition to make some adjustments, so I went to the cafe "Sampo-michi" for the first time in a week.

　I live alone, therefore don't have opportunity to talk, so when I come here, I talk to the proprietress and staff. I read a book for about 30 minutes while enjoying a yuzu drink, and then I played the piano for about 10 minutes, including the Russian folk song "Work Song," which I once accompanied for floor exercises for gymnast.

　The sun was shining on the vast fields stretching out to the east, and the temperature had risen somewhat, and I felt that with this snow, true spring would arrive. I had previously bought the flowers in the photo at "Sampo-michi." It looks to bloom for a while.

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早春賦の通り・・・今日も昨日も雪の空

【画像をクリックすると、臨場感が出ます。】

　皆さんも今朝、窓を開けてびっくりでしょう。明日は「春分の日」というのに一面の銀世界です。私は咄嗟に庭に出て作業開始です。南国生まれで雪が大の苦手のサルスベリにとって、横に張り出してるたくさんの枝は雪の重みでかなり垂れ下がり、今にも折れそうで痛々しかったからです。

　落ちてくる雪から頭を防ぐため私は麦わら帽子を被り、下から長い棒で枝を叩いたら雪がどっさり落下します。その反動で枝がふんわりと元に戻り、如何にも「ああ、楽になった」という感じを見せてます。雪は降り続いてるので、朝食後に再度、この作業をやらなくてはなりません。今度はサルスベリの他に、やはり雪に弱い西洋シャクナゲたちです。日本シャクナゲは雪に強いです。

　写真は今が盛りの紅白二色咲きの梅で品種名「思いのまま」です。紅い花は白に負けまいと、雪が降る中で頑張って咲いてます。こちらは枝垂れでなく、枝が上に向いてるので雪に対し力強いです。自然は素晴らしく雪のお陰で一味違った美しさになってます。

　雪のお陰で空気がきれいになり、花粉症の方は楽になるでしょう。花粉症でない私も嬉しいことがあります。それは涸れていた井戸水が増えることです。今後はたくさんの植木に勢いよく水を与えられます。車を運転する方はゆっくり走行です。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about nature and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　You might be surprised when you opened the window this morning. Tomorrow is the "Spring Equinox day", but the whole world is covered with snow. I immediately went out to the garden and started working. What is that? In fact, crape myrtles are native to the tropical country so that she hates snow, so the many branches that overhang the sides are sagging due to the weight of the snow and look like they might break at any moment.

　To protect my head from the falling snow, I put on a straw hat and hit the branches from below with a long stick, it is causing a lot of snow to fall. As the result, the branches to return to their original position, so she looks very relieved. The snow is still falling, so I have to do this work again after breakfast. This time, in addition to the Crape myrtles, I also noticed some Western rhododendrons, which are also weak to snow. Japanese rhododendrons are tolerant of snow.

　The photo shows a red and white bicolor plum tree in full bloom now, her variety name is "Omoi no mama". The red flowers are blooming hard in the falling snow, not wanting to be outdone by the white snow. This tree does not have drooping branches, but rather sees upwards, making it strong against the snow. Nature is amazing, and the snow adds a whole different kind of beauty to it.

　The snow cleans the air, which will provide relief for those who are suffering from hay fever. Even though I don't have hay fever, I'm happy about something. The amount of water in my well, which had dried up recently, is increasing, I guess. From now on, I will be able to water the many plants vigorously. If you're driving, drive slowly.

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ハーフムーンで「恋人よ」を弾く

【西洋シャクナゲの蕾が膨らみ始める】

　昨晩は長女の誕生会を、長女は仕事のため来られませんでしたが、高崎市内某所で行いました。いつもの友人「時計屋の隣りさん」も見え、楽しい時間が過ごせました。笑いの連続ですが、話題は多岐に亘り、その一つは「辞書は引くものというより、読むもの」との彼の言葉に感銘しました。これにより普段、何気なく使ってる言葉も改めて本当の意味を知ることができ、「辞書は先生である」という名言を戴きました。

　私は辞書と言えば、国語辞典より和英と英和を引くことが多いですが、これからは国語辞書を読書することで「ああそうか」と改めて認識することになりそうです。

　ところで、昨夜はその後、二次会として、一人で珍しく「ハーフムーン」に行きました。ここにはグランドピアノがあり、どうした心境か、最近、私がよく弾くようになった「恋人よ」を弾きたくなりました。その前にウォーミングアップで「雪が降る」など２～３曲弾いた後、調子が出てから「恋人よ」の前奏をホ短調で弾き始めた途端、客の一人が「あっ、五輪真弓だ」とすぐに反応してくれました。

　やはり名曲なのでしょう。このため、心を入れ、思いっきり寂しさを込めて弾き、静かに時間が流れました。弾き終わったら拍手が起こり、４人いたお客さんも喜んでくれ、結局、彼らと一緒に飲みました。そんなことで、家に着いたのは午後１１時頃でしたが、お陰でよく睡眠でき、今朝は６時半のラジオ体操会に出席でき、体調はＯＫです。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about human's Joy and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　Last night, I held my eldest daughter's birthday party at a tavern named "Buku" in Takasaki City, although she couldn't come because she was working. My usual friend "the guy next door to the watch shop" came here and we had a great time. We had a lot of laughs in succession, but the topics were wide-ranging, and one of them impressed me: "Dictionaries are not something to look up, but something to read." This allowed me to understand the true meaning of words that I use casually every day, and I received the famous quote from him, "Dictionaries are teachers."

　When it comes to dictionaries, I often look up Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries rather than Japanese dictionaries, but from now on, I think I'll be able to read Japanese dictionaries and realize the real meaning of Japanese words again.

　By the way, last night, I went to "Half Moon" by myself for the after-party, which is unusual for me. There is a grand piano here, and for some reason, I felt like playing "Koibito yo," that means "Oh my sweetheart" which I've been playing a lot recently. Before that, I played two or three music as a warm-up, including "Yuki ga Furu," that means snow falls and once I was in good form, I started to play the introduction to "Koibito yo" in E minor, and one of the audience members immediately responded, "Ah, it's Itsuwa Mayumi's song."

　It must be a masterpiece after all. For this reason, I played it with all my heart and with as much loneliness as I could, and time passed quietly. When I finished, there was applause, and the four audience members were pleased, and I ended up having a drink with them. I got home around 11pm, but thanks to that I was able to sleep well and attend the radio gymnastics session at 6:30 this morning, so I'm feeling fine.

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今日は一杯飲ませてください。

　今日は長女の誕生日なので、お気に入り小料理屋・高崎の「バク」で一杯飲みます。本人は仕事で来られませんが、彼女の子供の頃を思い出して乾杯します。

　昨日書きました群馬の名峰「谷川岳」の頂上へは彼女が小学生のとき一緒に尾根歩きして登頂しました。きっと覚えているでしょう。谷川岳のお陰で健康に育ちました。その後も自然が好きになったようです。

　不思議なことに私に似て音楽が好きになり、サキソフォーンを吹きます。私はソプラノですが、娘はアルトです。それでは電車で行って参ります。

Dear my FB friends who love Mt. Tanigawa.

　Today is my eldest daughter's birthday, so I will have a drink at my favorite tavern "Baku" in Takasaki-city. She can't participate because she's working, but I will toast to her birthday with reminding of her childhood.

　When she was in elementary school, we walked along the ridge to the top of Gumma's famous peak, Mt. Tanigawa, which I wrote about yesterday. I'm sure she remembers. Thanks to Mt. Tanigawa, she grew up healthy. It seems she has continued to love nature since then.

　Strangely enough, like me, she has developed a love of music, as the result, she plays the saxophone. I play the soprano saxophone and my daughter plays the alto saxophone. Now, I'll go by train.

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求められる・・・孤独にしない教育

　近年、小中学生の中には新たなクラスに馴染めず、５月の連休明けや家で一人となる夏休み以降から不登校になってしまうことが起こり得ます。本人は長い休みになるとクラスや部活の集団から離れるので、いっそう一人で考え込んでしまい解決法がないのでしょう。悩みは深刻でも、周囲に分かってもらえないようです。

　私の知ってる中学生も一学期までは見たところいつも楽しそうに通学し、道で会うと挨拶してくれましたが、夏休み以降から６か月間も毎日、家に一人で過ごしていたようです。

　しかも、人目があるので日中、外に出られず、若い１４～１５才なのにどれ程か一人で苦しんでいたことでしょう。その辛さは我々大人には想像がつきません。私たち大人はどうしても「本人の問題と考えがち」ですが、この考えをしてるうちは今後も不登校は減らないでしょう。昔と異なり少子化が進む中、社会全体で未来ある子供の幸せを考えなくてはならない時代に入ってます。

　現在、そのような悩みを抱えている子は小中学生に多く、いじめとなると小中高校に多いと聞きます。きっと毎日、集団の中に居ても悩みを抱え、孤独感を深く感じているのでしょう。不登校は本人のやる気の問題ではありません。

　教室内ではみんなが同じ方向を向いて、何かと規則でダメと言われ、勉強も決められた答えを求められ、味気なく感じるのでしょう。画一的な教育から、個人の尊厳や個性を大切にする方向へ、また、多様な考えや個人の気持ちに寄り添うことが求められてます。そんな私も子供の頃を振り返ると、学校の勉強は楽しいとは思いませんでした。

Dear my overseas friends who think about real education and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　In recent years, some elementary and junior high school students have difficulty adjusting to their new classes, and may start skipping school after the May holidays in Japan or after summer vacation in August when they are alone at home. Since during the long vacation the student is away from the class or club activities, they may become alone and think about their problems, and have no idea how to solve them. Even though their worries are serious, it seems that society around them do not understand.

　A junior high school student I know always seemed to enjoy going to school until the first semester till July in Japan, and would say hello when we met on the street, but after summer vacation, she seemed to spend six months alone at home every day.

　What's more, she couldn't go outside during the daytime because of the public's presence, and even though she was only 14 or 15 years old, she must have been worried alone. We adults cannot imagine how painful that she must be. We adults tend to think that it is the student's problem, but as long as we continue to think this way, school dropouts will not decrease from now on. Unlike in the past, the birthrate is declining. We are entering an era where society must think about the happiness of children who have a brilliant future.

　Currently, many children in elementary and junior high schools have such worries, and I hear that bullying is most prevalent in elementary, junior high, and high schools. I'm sure they have worries and feel a deep sense of loneliness even when they are in a group every day. Refusal to go to school is not a problem of the individual's motivation.

　In the classroom, they look the same direction, they are always told they can't do something because of the rules, and they are expected to give "predetermined answers" when studying, so they probably feel dull. We adults need to move away from uniform education and towards ​​the dignity of individuality, and towards an education that is considerate of diverse thoughts and individual feelings. Looking back at my own childhood, I thought studying at school was not fun.

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魅力ある谷川岳一帯を散策したい

　浅間山山頂を始め、尾瀬の至仏山など群馬県の山の殆どを登った私は、中でも素晴らしい自然の一つは谷川岳と感じてます。それは天神平経由で山頂まで登ったことがあり、景色は最高でした。それとは別に、山頂の上空から魅力いっぱいの谷川岳を見たこともあります。つまり、ヘリコプターに乗り、空から谷川岳一帯を眺めました。

　今年も、健脚を期して、夏季に谷川岳一帯を散策する予定です。普段、ウォーキングで鍛えているので大丈夫でしょう。もちろん、下山後はお気に入りの谷川温泉でリラックスします。

Dear my FB friends who are crazy about mountaineering and great music.

　I have climbed most of the mountains in Gumma Prefecture, including the summit of active volcano Mt. Asama three times and Mt. Shibutsu in the Oze National Park. I feel that Mt. Tanigawadake is one of the most beautiful natural sites. I have climbed to the summit via Tenjindaira, and the views were amazing beyond description. Apart from that, I have also seen the charming Mt. Tanigawadake from above the summit. That is, I took a helicopter and looked at the whole area of ​​Mt. Tanigawadake from the sky.

　This year, I plan to walk around Mt. Tanigawa area in the summer, hoping to get my legs in shape. As you know, I usually train by walking, so I think I'll be fine. Of course, after descending the mountain, I'll relax at my favorite Tanigawa Spar.

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日に日に植物に変化が感じられる今日この頃

　私の住む群馬県は今朝から冷たい雨模様で、寒の戻りと予報されてます。日曜日なのにあいにくの天気です。外出したい私も、さて、室内で今日一日どうしましょうという所です。また、雨天の日には水色の愛車に乗らないことにしてます。お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」も日曜日は休みです。倉賀野には他にも喫茶店があるので、新しい所を開拓することもできます。

　ところで、庭はこの雨で梅の花はそろそろ終わりに近づきつつあり、昨日から写真の雪柳が急に咲き始め、小さい花のため、その数は数万でしょう。このような光景を見ると一日一日と季節の移り変わりを感じます。天気が回復したら、再度、写真をアップします。

　この雪柳もここへ引っ越して来た前回の東京オリンピックの年に、つまり６０年ほど前に植木の好きな亡父が植えたもので、おそらく、どこかで開花を見て感銘して手に入れたのでしょう。それが今でも毎年、文字通り、雪の如く白く咲くのですから植物の生命力は永いです。また、庭一面は今日も梅の花弁が落ちて白とピンクで絵画のようです。

　ところで、明日は彼岸の入りです。菩提寺は歩いて５分の所なのでウォーキングを兼ね時々墓参りに行ってますが、改めて庭に咲き始めた水仙など持って参ります。今年の春分の日は３月２０日と一日早いです。立春も一日早かったので繰り上がってます。昨年が閏年だったので一日早まってます。そのうちまた元通りになります。公転してる地球から見て太陽が春分点【魚座のすぐ下】に来る時が春分の日です。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about astronomy and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　It's cold and rainy since this morning in my Gumma prefecture, and it's forecast to be a return of the cold. It's unfortunate weather as a Sunday. I want to go out, but I'm wondering what to do indoors today. I also make a point of not driving my light blue coupe on rainy days due to keeping the surface of it bright. My favorite cafe, Sampo-michi, is also closed on Sundays. There are other coffee shops in Kuragano-town, so I can explore new places.

　By the way, the plum blossoms in the garden are nearing the end of their blossoms due to the rain, and the snow willows in the photo have suddenly started to bloom since yesterday, and since they are small flowers, there must be tens of thousands of flowers, I guess. Seeing a scene like this makes me feel the change of seasons day by day. I will upload another more white photo when the weather improves.

　This snow willow was planted by my late father, who loved plants, about 60 years ago, when we moved here in the year of 1964's Tokyo Olympics. He probably saw it blooming somewhere and was so impressed that he bought it. Even now, it literally blooms as white as snow every year, proving the plant's long life span. The plum petals are falling all over the garden this morning, and the white and pink petals make the garden like a painting.

　Not change the subject, but tomorrow is the beginning of the equinox week. My family temple is only a five-minute to walk, so I sometimes visit the graves by walking, and I will be bringing some yellow daffodils that have just started to bloom in the garden. As you notice, this year's vernal equinox day is one day early, on March 20th. The beginning of spring called "Risshun" was also one day early, so it has been brought forward. Last year was a leap year, so it is also one day earlier. The calendar will return to normal in the near future soon. The vernal equinox day is when the Sun reaches the vernal equinox point just below the constellation "Pisces" as seen from our Earth that is revolving the orbit.

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旧暦の「桃の節句」には咲くでしょう。

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　この写真は昨年咲いた「源平枝垂れ桃」の子供です。つまり、庭に種が零れ、それが成長して咲いたのです。親よりも華やかになるのですから不思議です。今後１０年もしたら、かなり見応えがある「源平枝垂れ桃」になるでしょう。花は３色です。

　幹が曲がっているのは生後1年以内に私が曲げて紐で縛っておいたからです。その後、紐を解くとそのまま成長しました。

　今春は、この写真より一回り大きくなっており、もうすぐ咲く気配です。お近くの方は見にいらして下さい。

Dear my FB friends who are crazy about the beauty of plants.

　This photo shows a baby Genpei bicolored weeping peach that bloomed last year. In other words, a seed was dropped in the garden, which grew and bloomed. It's amazing how it has become even more spectacular than its parent. In 10 years' time, this Genpei bicolored weeping peach will become a quite sight beyond imagination. The flowers are three colors.

　The trunk is bent because I bent it and tied it with string within the tree's first year. After that, I untied the string and it continued to grow by herself.

　This spring it has grown larger than this photo, and it will bloom soon. Please come and see it. There is parking available.

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今朝、起きて驚きました。

　私たちの生活に直接的、間接的に影響を与える世界経済は日本人が就寝中に推移します。このため、昨夜未明から今朝にかけ、私は米国ナスダックが気になり、時々、目が覚めては確認してましたら、時間の経過と共に最近にない右肩上がりとなり、結果的に予想外で驚き、嬉しかったです。日本時間の今朝は４５１ポイントも上がりました。

　ナスダックに上場している代表的な企業としては、Microsoft、Apple、Amazon、また、私たちが毎日お世話になってるFacebookなど、ＩＴを中心とする今や世界の最先端を行く大企業が挙げられます。最近はトランプ大統領の外国に対する関税引き上げ方針により、米国経済の先行き不安からナスダックも停滞気味でした。

　ところで、私たちが長期に亘り健康生活を維持する基盤は、先ず、抗酸化作用のある食品の摂取でしょう。そして、勝ち負けに拘らない楽しい適度な運動、更には、安定した経済生活と考えてます。

　このため、私は、ご覧の通り、トマト製品を摂取しない日はありません。早朝の空腹時にはトマトジュースを飲むことがルーティーンになってます。トマトには抗酸化作用のリコピンが多く含まれ、健康には最適と考え実践してます。この大きなトマトは昨日、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」でお土産に買ってきました。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about the world economy and great music.

　The world economy, which directly and indirectly affects our lives, changes while Japanese people are asleep due to time difference. For this reason, from the early hours of last night until this morning, I was concerned about the US Nasdaq, and occasionally woke up to check it. As time passed, it started to rise, which was not seen recently. As a result, I was surprised and happy to the core that it was unexpected. This morning, Japan time, it rose by 451 points.

　Representative companies listed on the Nasdaq include Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook which we use every day, and are now major companies at the most advanced of the world, mainly in IT. Recently, due to President Trump's policy of raising tariffs on foreign countries, therefore the Nasdaq has also stagnated due to concerns about the future of the US economy.

　Not change the subject, but the foundation for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle over the long term is, first of all, the intake of foods with antioxidant properties. Then, I think that enjoyable moderate exercise regardless of winning or losing, and of course, even a stable economic life.

　For this reason, as you can see, there is not a day for me without consuming tomato products. Drinking tomato juice on an empty stomach early in the morning has become a routine for me since about eight years ago. Tomatoes contain a lot of lycopene that is an antioxidant property, and I believe it is the best for my health. I bought this large tomatoes as a souvenir yesterday from my favorite coffee shop, "Sampo-michi."

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寂しく悲しい音楽の方が心を入れられる

　昨日と今日は倉賀野町を所用で歩き、高校時代に郵便局で年末年始のアルバイトをしたことを思い出しました。それにしても、住宅はずいぶんあるものです。全部で５時間ほど歩き、よい運動になりました。困ったことはトイレがないことです。

　仕事はすべて終わり、ホッとしました。今日は午後４時頃より１時間ほど、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」に行ったら、私一人だったので、ピアノをお借りして「恋人よ」「今日でお別れ」など寂しい曲を弾きました。音楽とは寂しい曲の方が心が表現でき充実すると感じました。いつか、拙い演奏ですが、五輪真弓の「恋人を」を聴いてください。

Dear my sweetheart in heart.

　I walked around Kuragano-town yesterday and today on business, which reminded me of the part-time job that I did at the post office during the New Year holidays in my high school age. There are a lot of houses beyond my imagination. After all, I walked for about five hours in two days, which was good exercise. The only problem was that there were no toilets.

　I was relieved that all my work was finished. Then, I went to my favorite cafe, "Sampo-michi," for about an hour from around 4pm, and since I was alone there, I borrowed the piano and played sad music like "Koibitoyo" that means "Oh my sweetheart" and "Kyode owakare that means "farewell today". I feel that sad songs are more fulfilled because I could express the heart better. Someday, please listen to my poor rendition of Itsuwa Mayumi's "Koibitoyo."

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今朝、庭を見てびっくりポン

【下の写真をクリックすると、梅の木の下にいるような臨場感が出ます。】　

　今日３月１４日はホワイトデーですから、２月14日のバレンタインデーにチョコレートを戴いた私を含め、男性はそのお返しとしてホワイトチョコレートなどのプレゼントを女性へ贈る日とされます。 ホワイトデーの習慣は日本で生まれたといわれ、近年では「友チョコ」や「自分チョコ」、「義理チョコ」など多様化しているようです。今叫ばれてる「inclusive」がこんなことにも表れてます。それにしても、世の中から「exclusive」をなくしましょう。

　ホワイトデーと言えば、今朝、庭を見てびっくりです。ご覧の通り、庭は一面、雪が降ったように白かったり、一方では一面、ピンクではありませんか。実は、昨日の風で白梅と紅梅の花弁がかなり落ちました。花の命は短くとも、このような現象を作り、この光景を見る私を楽しませてくれてます。しかし、遅く膨らんだ蕾の花は未だかなり咲いてますから、丸いテーブルはＦＢ友人の皆様が訪れ、お茶を飲みつつの歓談を待ってます。

　ところで、今日３月１４日は円周率πの日でもあります。私は二十四節気など暦の話題を書くとき、地球の公転軌道の距離を約９億４千万㎞と記しますが、これは１天文単位【太陽と地球の間の平均距離】×２×３．１４１５９２６で計算したものです。私たちが地球上で生きてることは円周率に即してます。不思議なことに物理学者で相対性理論を発表したアインシュタインは円周率の日である今日３月１４日が誕生日と言われます。

※【日本文と英文に多少の差異があります。】

 

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about expanding the way of life and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　Today, March 14th, is White Day, so that it is the day when men, including me, who received chocolate on Valentine's Day on February 14th, give gift such as white chocolate to lady in return. The White Day custom is said to have originated in Japan. In recent years it has diversified into "friend chocolate," "self chocolate," and "obligatory chocolate." The "inclusive" that is being called for now is also reflected like this custom. Still, let's get rid of "exclusive" from the society.

　Speaking of White Day, I was surprised when I looked at my garden this morning. As you can see, the garden is covered in white as if it had snowed, and on the other hand, it is covered in pink. In fact, the wind yesterday caused many of the white and red plum petals to fall off. Although the life of the flowers is short, they create this phenomenon and entertain me as I watch this scene. However, the late-swollen buds are still in full bloom, so the round table as you see, is waiting for you as my FB friends to come and chat over tea.

　Incidentally, today, March 14th, is also Pi Day [a circle's circumference is approximately 3.14 times its diameter]. When I write about Japanese calendar topics such as the 24 solar terms, I record the distance of the Earth's orbit as approximately 940 million km, which is calculated as 1 astronomical unit [the average distance between the Sun and the Earth] x 2 x 3.1415926. The fact that we live on Earth is in accordance with Pi. Strangely enough, the birthday of physicist Einstein, who published the theory of relativity, is said to be today, March 14th, which is Pi Day. May I have a large container of coffee? If you arrange the letters in this sentence together, they form the value of Pi.

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本格的なウォーキングの季節が到来・・ウキウキするコース

　ウォーキングコースとして、こんな素晴らしい自然環境はありません。私は環境に左右されやすい人間なので、こんな所では、せっせせっせと思わず足が前に出てしまいます。実は、この土手は近年と言っても20年ほど前でしょうか建設されたもので、以前はありませんでした。この付近は私の家から直線距離３Kほどなので、以前に、生後２ヶ月ほどのレース鳩の基礎訓練をしたことがあります。

　つまり、この土手は二つの一級河川が合流する地点であり、前方の鏑川の土手と、こちらの烏川の土手は別々に存在し、その間の３００mほどは繋がっていませんでした。それが防災上の観点からでしょうが、いつの間にか結ばれ、こちらの烏川方面から鏑川方面にスムースにウォーキングできるようになりました。野鳥も飛び交い高崎市内では別天地と言えます。

　考えられるウォーキングの利点は、1.心臓の健康を増進し、2、血糖値の管理に役立ち、3、睡眠の質を向上させ、4、骨粗鬆症対策になり、5、呼吸器の健康を増進させ、6、心の健康に期する等があります。

　ポイントは鼻呼吸、散歩と区別し、遥か前方を見つつ、歩幅を通常より少し広くし、ある程度のスピード感が効果があります。しかし、速ければ速いほど良いとは言えません。ウキウキする快いスピード感です。私は心臓に負荷をかけ過ぎないため脈拍を１０８までと決めてます。ウォーキングした後、ルンルン気分になります。空腹になると何を食べても食事が美味しいです。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about expanding radius of the way of health, and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　There is no better natural environment than here for a walking course. I am easily influenced by environment. I can't help but put my feet forward. In fact, this bank was built recently, about 20 years ago, I guess, so that it didn't exist before. This area is about 3km away from my house in a straight line, so that I used to give basic training from here for racing pigeons that were about 2 months old.

　In other words, this bank is the point where two first-class rivers join together. The bank of the Kabra River in front and the bank of the Karas River here existed separately, and they were not connected for about 300m in between. Perhaps from a disaster prevention perspective, they were connected, and now we can walk smoothly from the Karas River bank to the Kabur River bank. Wild birds fly around, it's a different world in Takasaki city. I recommend you to walk this course.

　Possible benefits of walking are: 1. improving heart health, 2. helping to manage blood sugar levels, 3. improving sleep quality, 4. combating osteoporosis, 5. improving respiratory health, and 6. improving mental health.

　The key is to breathe through our nose, distinguish it from a stroll, look far ahead, take wider steps than usual, and walk at a certain speed. However, I can't say that the excessive faster is the better. It's a pleasant speed that makes you feel exhilarated. I limit my pulse to 108 so as not to put too much strain on my heart. After walking, I feel great. When I'm hungry, anything I eat tastes good. Hunger is the best sauce.

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毎日、植木と音楽に親しむ

【写真をクリックすると臨場感が出ます。】

　毎日、写真が梅の花ばかりで申し訳ありません。しかし、植木は年々花がたくさん咲くようになり、地区の人から「今年はすごく良く咲いてますね。」と印象を言われてます。私の家の土地が元々、田んぼでなく畑だったことや、天明３年の浅間の大噴火により、当時、積もった火山灰が集められた「灰塚」の可能性があります。雨が降っても水捌けが良く、植木が育ちやすいのでしょう。植木には「水が不可欠であると同時に、水捌けの良さ」が大切に感じます。

　植木の好きだった両親から、もっとよく植物の育て方を教わっておけば良かったと後悔してます。若き日の私は「音楽とレース鳩に夢中であった」ことから、植木に興味を示さなかったです。

　それでも音楽は職業となり、夏は山での合宿など吹奏楽に明け暮れる日々でした。一方、レース鳩のお陰で、イギリスが世界に発行してるレース鳩月刊誌「ピクトリアル」の表紙を３回飾り嬉しかったです。これは当時、鳩を飼育してたエリザベス女王も時々表紙に載ってた雑誌です。ですから、もしかして彼女は日本人の私を知っててくださった可能性はあります。

　また、飼っていたレース鳩の１羽が、中国内モンゴルまで飛んで行ってしまい、保護してくれていた中国の方から手紙で連絡がありました。結局、その鳩に会うため、急遽、近所にいた中国の方に中国語を教わり、一人で内モンゴルへ行くことができました。また、日本最北の地・稚内市から鳩が倉賀野まで１０００K以上飛び、帰って来たときは「鳩を抱き、良く帰ってきた。もう飛ばなくていいのだからね。」と半世紀も鳩を飼っていて初めて涙が出ました。この鳩を「稚内モザイク号」と命名しました。

　ですから、若き日から私は二つの事に夢中でした。現在は明けても暮れても植物と音楽の日々です。ところが、これに一つの事が加わりつつあります。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about expanding the radius of way of life, and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　I'm sorry that the photos are only of plum blossoms every day. However, the plants are blooming more and more year by year, and people in the area say, "Kakky's plums are blooming really well this year." It's possible that my land was originally a field, not a rice field, and that my land was an "ash mound" where volcanic ash that had accumulated at the time of the great eruption of Mt. Asama in 1783 was collected. Even when it rains, the drainage is good, so the plants can grow easily. I feel that "water is essential for plants, at the same time, good drainage is important."

　I regret now that I should have learned more about how to raise plants from my parents who loved plants to the core. In my younger days, I was "crazy about music of soprano saxophone and piano, and racing pigeons," so I wasn't interested in plants at that time.

　Even so, music became my profession, and I spent my summers in the wind orchestra, including training camp in the mountains with students of Mabachi High School and Takasaki High School of Commerce. On the other hand, thanks to my racing pigeons, I was happy to be featured on the cover of British monthly pigeon magazine "Pictorial" three times. Queen Elizabeth who kept racing pigeons at the time, also appeared on the cover of this magazine from time to time. So, it's possible that she knew me, as a Japanese pigeon fancier.

　Also, one of my racing pigeons strayed into Inner Mongolia, at Chinin-city in China, and I received a letter from a Chinese person named Mr. Chan Bao Kun who had taken care of my pigeon. In the end, I was able to go to Inner Mongolia by myself to meet my pigeon, after quickly learning Chinese language from a Chinese person living nearby. Also, when one of my pigeons flew over 1000km from Wakkanai City, the northernmost place of Japan, to my Kuragano. When she returned, I cried for the first time in half a century of pigeon keeping, saying, "I'm glad you came back holding the pigeon. You don't have to fly anymore." I named this pigeon "Wakkanai Mosaic".

　So, from a young age, I was obsessed with two things. Nowadays, I spend my days and nights with plants and music. However, now, one thing is being added to this.

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暫くぶりに「上信越道」を走行・・・しかし１０分

　今日は午前１０時頃から喫茶「さんぽ道」でリラックスしてきました。今日は３月１１日なので、最初にピアノで東北大震災復興曲「花が咲く」をト長調で弾きました。今でも自宅に戻れない人たちの辛さを胸に弾きました。

　その後、五輪真弓の「恋人よ」を、ホ短調で静かに語りかけるように旋律をしんみり弾き、単純な伴奏付けて弾いてみました。以前よりこの曲の悲しみが表現できたように思います。今度、寂しそうにしている女性客が一人でいたら、何気なくそっと弾いてみようと思います。帰りに大きなトマト４個を買いました。

　午後は先程、吉井ドリームセンターで入浴してきました。暫くぶりに藤岡インターから吉井インターまで上信越道経由で走行したところ、愛車Audi TT Quattroは「水を得た魚の如く」快調に時速１００Kで走りました。扁平率３５％のタイヤは路面に吸い付くような安定走行となり、僅か１０分で着きました。今度は軽井沢の方まで走ってみます。たまには高速道を走り、この車本来の調子を上げてやりたいです。

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Dear my FB friends who are crazy about driving through high way and great music.

　Today, I have been relaxing at my favorite cafe "Sampo-michi" since 10am. Today is March 11th, so I started by playing the song "Hana ga Saku" (Flowers Bloom) in G major by the piano, which is a song about the recovery from the Northern-East earthquake. I played it with thinking the pain of those who are still unable to return to their homes.

　After that, since there were no customers, I played the melody of Mayumi Itsuwa's "Koibitoyo" that means "Oh my sweetheart" by the piano in E minor, as if speaking quietly with simple accompaniment. I think I was able to express the sadness of this music better than before. Next time, if I see a lonely-looking lady customer alone, I will play this music casually and quietly. I bought four large tomatoes as a souvenir.

　In the afternoon, I just took a bath at the Yoshii Dream Center. It's been a while since I last drove from Fujioka Interchange to Yoshii Interchange via the Joshinetsu Expressway, and my beloved Audi TT Quattro ran smoothly at 100K/h like a fish in water. The 35% aspect ratio tires were stable and seemed to stick to the road surface, and I arrived in just 10 minutes only. Next time, I'll drive to Karuizawa on the highway once in a while and get into good shape

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明治生まれの父はジェンダーフリーの考えだったのか。

【画像をクリックすると臨場感が出ます。】

　庭でいろいろの植物に接していると、不思議なことに遭遇します。現在、5本の梅の花が真っ盛りで、思わずその色彩の美しさに惹かれます。同時に良い香りが漂い、この香りも一つの芸術に感じられます。私の名は男性にしては珍しく最後に「香」の字が使われてます。明治生まれの父が何かの思いでこの文字を選んだのでしょう。もしかして、文字には男も女もないとのことでジェンダーフリーの最先端の考えを持っていたのでしょうか。生前に訊いておけばよかったですが、後の祭りです。ところで、父は推定１００名程の人に名前をつけてやりました。

　ところで、写真は珍しい「枝垂れ梅」です。現在、あちこちで梅の開花が見られますが、枝垂れてる梅はなかなか見つかりません。ところで、不思議なことですが、何故、枝垂れるのでしょうか。本当のことは分かりません。想像するに、樹木そのもの力が弱く、自らの枝の重さを支えられず、枝が上に向かずに下向きになるのでしょうか。しかし、観賞する私には枝垂れる姿に却って魅力が感じられます。

　そう言えば、８年ほど前、群馬県南部に降った５０ｃｍほどの大雪のとき、この「枝垂れ梅」は幹ごと大きく傾いてしまいました。大木なので、この傾きを治せず、私は下になってしまった枝を切って樹形を整えました。現在、樹形はそんなことを感じさせず自然に立ち直ってます。

　

　私たち人間も、長い人生ではいろいろの困難に突き当たります。しかし、その不運に挫けず、その都度、修正しつつ、自らの目標に向かって前進する気持ちさえあれば、あるいは夢はやって来るのかもしれません。夢は叶うのかもしれません。今日も一つでも新たな事に挑戦し、今までより生きる範囲を広げてみたい。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about expanding the radius of the way of life, and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　When I take care of various plants in the garden, sometime I feel something strange. Currently, five plum blossoms are in full bloom, and I am fascinated with the beautiful colors. At the same time, a wonderful fragrance is wafting through the air, and this fragrance also feels like one of the arts.

　My name ends with the character "香" (fragrance), which is unusual for a man. My father, who was born in the Meiji era, probably chose this character for some reason. Perhaps he thought that the character does not have a male or female meaning, and so "did my father have cutting edge of gender-free ideas?" I should have asked him before he passed away, but it's too late now. The damage is done. By the way, I guess that my father gave names to about 100 people.

　By the way, the photo shows a rare "weeping plum." Currently, plum blossoms can be seen everywhere, but it's difficult to find weeping plums. By the way, it's strange, but why do they droop? I don't know the truth. I imagine that the tree itself is weak and cannot support the weight of its own branches, so they turn downwards instead of upwards. However, as an admirer, I find the drooping appearance quite attractive.

　Come to think of it, about eight years ago, when southern Gumma Prefecture experienced a heavy snowfall of about 50 cm, this weeping plum tree leaned significantly to the trunk. Because it is a large tree, I was unable to correct the tilt, so I cut off the big branches that had fallen to the bottom and reshaped the tree. Now, the tree has naturally recovered and there is no sign of this damage.

　We humans also face many difficulties in our long lives. However, if we do not get down by the misfortune, but rather correct our mistakes each time and have the determination to move forward towards our purposes, perhaps our dreams may come true. Today, I would like to take on at least one new challenge and broaden the radius of my life more than before.

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午前中も午後も地区のために精を出す

 　
　今日は倉賀野町上四地区のため、二つの仕事に精を出しました。年度末を控え、午前中は会計監査の仕事があり、領収書など各種書類の照合に２時間もかかりました。それでも場所は私の家の前の集会所「ふるさと」でしたから、こんな時は近くて便利です。

　一方、午後は倉賀野小児童の下校指導があり、横断歩道の安全な渡り方を指導したり、仲間の人と通学路を１．５Kほど歩きました。いつものように挨拶運動をしつつ、特に一人で帰宅する子には「今日、学校は楽しかった？」などと必ず声を掛けました。子供は必ず反応し、安心しました。

　このような仕事のとき気候は暑いか寒いかですが、今日は珍しく良い気候でした。今後も、地区の子供の安全と輝く未来のため、また、一人暮らしの高齢者の手助けになることを率先してやります。

Dear my FB friends

　Today, I worked hard on two jobs for the Kami-4th district of Kuragano-town. Because the end of the fiscal year approaching, I had to do an accounting audit in the morning, and it took me two hours to check receipts and other documents. Still, this work was held at the "Furusato" community center in front of my house, so it was close and convenient for me.

　Meanwhile, in the afternoon, I supervised the children of Kuragano Elementary School on their way home, instructing them on how to cross the road safely and I walked about 1.5 km with my comrade along the school route. As always, we did the "greeting campaign," and made sure to ask the children, especially those who were walking home alone, saying "Did you have fun at school today?" They always responded, which made me feel relieved.

　Whenever I do this kind of work, the weather is either hot or cold, but today was unusually just comfortable. I will continue to take the initiative in helping the elderly who lives alone, as well as for the safety and bright future of the children in the area.

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日の出の「時刻と位置」に変化が生じてます。

　今春は花梅の中に暮らしている感じです。玄関へ行くにも紅白の梅のトンネルの中を通って行くようになりました。樹木は年々成長し、今春は本当によく咲いてます。先日写真を載せました「枝垂れ紅梅」が咲いてるは倉賀野で私の庭だけかもしれません。樹形に見応えが生じてきました。一方、色彩に関しては、先日の降雪が功を奏し、却って鮮やかになり、自然は良く出来てます。

　私は園芸に素人ですが、年間を通じて剪定してます。「樹形は一つの芸術である」と捉え、余分な枝を剪定したり、伸ばしたい枝をそのまま育てます。肝心なことは、樹木を「四方八方」から眺めます。これは樹木のバランスに限らず、子供の教育や自分自身の生活など他の分野にも通じることかもしれません。

　ところで、立春のあと三寒四温が繰り返され、今年は特に寒い日が続きました。しかし、１０日後の「春分の日」を目前に、いよいよ春らしくなる気配です。今日の日の出は６時で、太陽高度は驚きの５０°に達します。因みに冬至では３０°でした。毎朝、公園でラジオ体操してるので、日の出が日に日に北に移動してることに気づきます。春分の日は「世界中で太陽は真東から」上がります。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about the direction of the sun and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　This spring, I feel like I am living among the blossom of plum trees. Even when I go to the entrance, I have to go through a tunnel of red and white plum. The trees grow year by year, and this spring they are really blooming well. The weeping plum tree I posted a photo the other day may be blooming only in my garden in Kuragano-town. The shape of the tree is becoming more impressive. On the other hand, the recent snowfall has been a blessing, making the colors more vivid, so that nature is doing a good job.

　I am an amateur when it comes to gardening, but I prune the trees throughout the year. I believe that the shape of the tree is an art form, so I prune unnecessary branches and let the branches I want to raise as they are. The important thing is to look at the tree from "all sides". This is not only about the balance of the tree, but it may also be applicable to other areas such as children's education and my own life.

　Not change the subject but after the "RIsshun" that means beginning of spring in Japanese calendar, there were repeated periods of three cold days and four warm days, and this year was particularly cold. However, with the Vernal Equinox just around the corner in 10 days throughout the world, it is starting to feel like spring. Today's sunrise in my Gumma prefecture is at 6 o'clock, and the solar altitude will reach an amazing 50°. By the way, it was 30° on the winter solstice. I do radio exercises in the park every morning, so I notice that the sunrise is moving north day by day. On the vernal equinox, the sun will rise due east all over the world, including NZ.

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「思いのまま」の梅が満開になる

　先日の降雪にも負けず、満開になったこの梅の品種名は「思いのまま」です。その名の通り、一本の木で紅白二色で咲く珍しい花梅です。色彩のバランスが取れ不思議です。私たちの生活も「思いのまま」になれたらどんなに楽しいことでしょう。この梅も幼木のとき埼玉県花園町の花木センターから当時の愛車「いすゞ１１７クーペ」のトランクに根を入れ、倉賀野まで運び、今では３メートルの高さに成長しました。お近くの方はぜひ見にいらして下さい。

　一方、私の人生は「思いのまま」とは、かけ離れ、ほとんど会話のない、つまり人間らしくない日々を送ってます。この世で楽しいことは「泉の如く絶えることのない会話」と考える私は、毎日行くスーパーのレジの女性と一言二言を必ず話すようにしたり、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」でママさんと話すくらいですが、ママはママでも思いのママではありません。

　このため、一日中、家に一人でいる生活に変化をつけようと可能な限り外出を心掛けてます。今朝も家を６時１５分に出て、公園でのラジオ体操会に参加し、仲間との何気ない会話を試みつつ楽しく過ごせました。年度末のため、もうすぐ、上４地区の総会が開かれ、私は会計監査を仰せつかっているので、明日は、集会所「ふるさと」で事前の仕事があります。日々、活動の場を広げ、新たな出会いも楽しみに本当の春を希望してます。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about conversation with humans and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　Despite the recent snowfall in Gumma prefecture, this plum tree is in full bloom now and its name is "Omoi no mama" that means as I wish. As its name suggests, it is a rare flowering plum tree that blooms in bicolor, red and white, on a single tree. The colors are balanced in a mysterious way. How much more fun it would be if my life could be "as I wish". This plum tree was transported when she was young from Hanazono-town, Saitama Prefecture, to my Kuragano-town with her root in the trunk of my beloved car at the time, Isuzu 117 Coupe, and has now grown to a height of three meters. If you are in the area, please come and see it. Parking lot and tea are available.

　On the other hand, my life is far from "as I wish". I spend my days with almost no conversation, it is not like a human being. I believe that the most enjoyable thing in this world is "conversation that never ends, like a spring in the mountain". I make sure to say a few words to the lady cashier at the supermarket I go to every day, or I talk to the owner of my favorite cafe, "Sampo-michi", but even though she is a proprietress, she is an impossible lady as I wish.

　For this reason, I try to go out as much as possible to change up my life of being alone at home all day. This morning, I left home at 6:15 to participate in a radio gymnastics session in the Kami-4th park, and had a good time while trying to have casual conversations with my friends. Since it is the end of the fiscal year, the general meeting of our Kami-4th district will be held soon, and I have been asked to audit the accounts, so I have some preliminary work to do tomorrow at the meeting place "Furusato". I am looking forward to expanding my activities every day, making new encounter especially with a lady, and hoping for a real spring as life.

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不燃物回収作業に従事

　今日は午前８時半より約２時間に亘って、倉賀野上４地区から出た不燃物の空き缶、段ボール、古本、古雑誌、古新聞を３台の軽トラで回収し、上四公園で業者のゴミ収集車に詰め込む作業に従事しました。古本や新聞は束になると数キロとかなり重く、よい筋肉鍛錬になります。

　それにしても、今日は生憎寒い中、家庭から出たアルミ缶をビニール袋から出し、ご覧の大きな袋に詰めました。その数・推定数千個でよく飲んだものと驚きます。先程、作業が終わりました。

　ところで、今日3月8日は国連が定めた国際女性デーです。 国や民族、言語など越え、女性たちが達成してきた功績を祝福し、ジェンダー平等を考える日として、毎年世界各地でさまざまなイベントが行なわれます。

　
　この日は女性の権利と政治的、経済的分野への参加を盛り立てていくために1975年に制定されました。記念日に選ばれた3月8日は1904年にアメリカで女性労働者が婦人参政権を求めてデモを起こした日といわれます。

Dear my friends who are crazy about Global Environment.

　Today, starting at 8:30 a.m., for around two hours, we used three light trucks to collect non-burnable waste - such as empty cans, cardboard boxes, used books, magazines, and old newspapers - from the Kuragano Kami-4th district, and loaded them into a garbage truck at Kami-4th Park. The used books and newspapers are quite heavy, weighing several kilograms in bundles, and make for a good muscle workout for me.

　Even so, despite the cold weather today, we took the aluminum cans out of the plastic bags and packed them into the large bags you see here. It's amazing how many cans people in this district drank-an estimated several thousand of them. We just finished the work.

　Not change the subject ,but today March 8th is International Women's Day set by the United Nations. Various events are held every year around the world as a day to celebrate the achievements of women, regardless of country, ethnicity or language, and to think about gender equality.

　It was enacted in 1975 to boost women's rights and participation in political and economic fields.

March 8th which was chosen as the anniversary, was the day in 1904 when female workers protested in the United States for women's suffrage.

　

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土を破って芽を出す「水仙」の生命力

　半世紀以上前、亡父が植えた「水仙」は庭のあちこちで咲いてましたが、近年、私が築山の一ヶ所に集めました。その後も年々増え続け、今では１００本以上です。ご存じの通り、水仙は球根なので春になると地中から芽を出し、最終的に高さは３０cmほどに成長します。不思議なことに、花は必ず南を向いて咲く習性があります。太陽光をいっぱい吸収するのでしょう。

　ところで、よく見ると中央に１本の幼木が見えるでしょう。ここは最近、枝垂れ桜の苗木を植えた場所で私が土を１５cmほど高くしました。このため、水仙にとっては芽を出そうとしても、なかなか地上に出られなくて驚いたことでしょう。それでも覆い被さった土を破って芽を出したら、今度は先日の雪でこの世は実に冷たいと思ったでしょう。芽が黄色くなってるのはそのためです。しかし、次第に青くなるでしょう。

　それにしても、春を察知し、堅い土を払い除けて地中に芽を出すのですから生命力に溢れてます。よく観察すると、すでに蕾が膨らんでるものもあります。今年は立春以降が寒冷であったことから梅の開花も２週間ほど遅かったです。平年であれば水仙もすでに開花してる時季です。

　ところで、雨不足で涸れた井戸は、先日の雪のお陰で地下水が溜まり自然は良く出来てます。今後は水仙に思う存分、水をかけて上げられます。ですから高くなった太陽と水と栄養のある土ですくすく成長します。私も水仙のように強い生命力を持ち、今日も一日、筋肉を鍛えつつ、記憶力の陶冶に打ち込みたい。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about the blossom of narcissus and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　More than half a century ago, my late father planted daffodils all over the garden, but in recent years I have gathered them all in one place on the artificial hill named Tsukiyama for plants. Since then, they have continued to grow year by year, and now there are over 100 of them. As you know, daffodils are bulbs, so they sprout from the ground in the spring and eventually grow to about 30cm in height. Curiously, the flowers have a habit of always facing south. This is probably so they can absorb as much sunlight as possible.

　By the way, if you observe closely, you will see a young plant in the center. This is where I recently planted a weeping cherry tree sapling, and I accumulated the soil by about 15cm. This must have surprised the daffodil to find that it would take so long to emerge above ground. But if it does manage to break through the soil that is covering it, it will probably think that the world is really cold because of the recent snow. That is why the buds are yellow. However, they will gradually turn blue.

　Even so, they are full of vitality, sensing the coming of spring, brushing off the hard soil and sprouting from underground. If you look closely in the photo, you will see that some buds are already swelling. This year, the weather was cold after Rissun that means the beginning of spring, so the plum blossoms were delayed by about two weeks. In an average year, the daffodils would already be in bloom by this time of year.

　Not change the subject but, the well had dried up due to lack of rain, but thanks to the recent snow, groundwater has accumulated so that the nature is doing well. From now on, I can water the daffodils to my heart's content. With the high sun, water, and nutritious soil, daffodils will grow vigorously. I too would like to have strong vitality like the daffodils, and today I would like to spend training my muscles and cultivating my memory of English new words to associate with you fluently.

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五輪真弓の「恋人よ」を喫茶「さんぽ道」で弾く

　今日は午前１０時頃から１時間ほど、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」に行き、一人静かにホットコーヒーを味わいつつ、東に広がる広大な田畑の早春の景色を眺めてました。

　時間が早いため私以外に客はいなかったので、拙いピアノ演奏で初めて五輪真弓の「恋人よ」をE-mollで弾きました。私は知ってる歌の曲を弾くときは楽譜なしで弾き、左手は主要三和音と属７の和音をアルページョ風に弾くと不思議にそれらしくなります。このため、事前に「何調で弾くか」しっかり頭に入れなくてはなりません。

　実は、この曲は妻の葬儀でソプラノサックス演奏したのです。悲しい葬儀には意外とよく合う曲です。今日はピアノで弾きました。ピアノで旋律を弾くと意外としんみりし、別の味わいになります。今後パーティーなどでピアノを弾く機会があったら「恋人よ」をレパートリーの一曲に入れることにしました。

Dear my friends who are crazy about sorrowful music.

　Today, I went to my favorite coffee shop, "Sampo-michi," for about an hour from around 10 a.m., and quietly sipped hot coffee by myself while gazing at the early spring scenery of the vast fields spreading out to the east.

　Because it was early, there were no other customers, so I played Mayumi Itsuwa's "Koibitoyo" that means "Oh my sweetheart" in E minor for the first time by my clumsy piano playing. When I play songs that I know, I play without sheet music, and when I play primary triads and dominant seventh chords in arpeggio style with my left hand, it somehow sounds more authentic. For this reason, I have to decide in advance what key I should play.

　Actually, I played this music by soprano saxophone at my wife's funeral ceremony. This music surprisingly suits a sad funeral ceremony. Today I played it by the piano. Playing the melody by the piano is surprisingly melancholic and has a different profundity. I've decided to add this music to my repertoire if I have a chance to play the piano at a party or something in the future.

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「カッキー梅林」満開に！

　私の家の前は「上四地区集会所・ふるさと」です。今朝、その庭から我が家の方を見て「しだれ梅」を撮影しました。一昨日の降雪にも負けず、今日は満開です。枝ぶりに優しさがあり、色彩は早春を表し、何より樹形にバランスがとれてます。年間を通じて、剪定や水遣りの成果が出たと内心ホッとしてます。画像をクリックしますと臨場感が出るでしょう。

　この他、今朝は１本の梅で紅白に咲く「思いのまま」も満開にです。こちらは先日の雪で根から水分をしっかり吸収したのでしょう。天気の良い今日は見頃になります。いずれにしても、現在、種類の異なる５本の花梅すべてが満開です。本物をぜひ見にいらして下さい。駐車場とお茶は完備です。

　ところで、８年ほど前の大雪でこの枝垂れ梅は前の道の方に大きく傾いてしまい、道を塞ぐので、どうにもならないと私は落胆してしまいました。仕方なく、外に出てしまった大きな枝を切り落としました。

　実は結果的に、これが功を奏し、栄養分が他の枝に行き渡ったのでしょう。却って樹形が良くなるのですから梅は不思議です。昔の人の言い伝え通り、梅は枝を切ることにより、つまり、大胆に剪定すことに因り、一層よく咲くようになり、樹形が自然に整うことを実感してます。

　私たちは何か一つの失敗をしたり、思うようにいかないことがあります。しかし、その後も挫けず前進を続け、長い目で見ると、その失敗を通じて結果的に良くなることもあるものです。失敗に挫けず、日々、前進する気持ちこそ大切であると、この「しだれ梅」を通じて実感してます。寂しくとも今日も一日、希望を持って生活したい。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about the blossom of plum and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　In front of my house is the Kami-4th District Community Center "Furusato". This morning, I looked towards my house from the garden and took a photo of a weeping plum tree. Despite the snowfall the day before yesterday, it is in full bloom this morning. The branches are gentle, the colors represent early spring, and above all, the tree shape is ideal balanced. I am relieved that the pruning and watering throughout the year have achieved. Click on the image to get a more realistic look.

　In addition, this morning, a single plum tree with bicolor named ``Omoi no mama,'' was in full bloom. This tree must have absorbed moisture from its roots due to the snowfall the other day. Today, with the fine weather, it will be at its best. In any case, all five different kinds of flowering plum trees in my garden are in full bloom at the moment. Please come and see the real view. Parking and tea are available.

　By the way, about eight years ago, a heavy snowfall caused this weeping plum tree to lean significantly toward the road in front of the garden, and it was blocking it, and I was disappointed that I couldn't do about it. I had no choice but to cut off the large branches that had grown out.

　In fact, this turned out to be a good idea, as the nutrients were distributed to the other branches. It is amazing how plum trees actually improve the shape of the tree. As the old saying goes, by cutting the branches of plum trees, in other words, by pruning them boldly, they bloom better that before and the tree shape improves naturally.

　In our daily life, we often tend to mistake or things don't go as planned. However, if we continue to move forward without being discouraged, and in the long run, that failure can actually turn out to be for the better. Through this weeping plum tree, I have come to realize that it is important to not be discouraged by failure and to have the desire to move forward every day. Even if I feel lonely, I want to live today with hope.

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今月の「シルバー川柳」

　私の家のすぐ前は倉賀野町上四地区の集会所「ふるさと」です。ここは元々空き家になった家を改造しました。ここでは上四地区の役員会議はもとより、いろいろ趣味の会が行われます。それは定期的に行なわる「オカリナの会」であったり、「折り紙の会」、「長寿会」が開かれたり、その他、趣味の会が行われます。その人たちに私の庭の花を見て戴くこともあります。

　この集会所の前に掲示板があり、今月の「長寿会お知らせ版」の中に、思わず笑ってしまう「シルバー川柳」が載っていたのでご紹介します。

Dear my FB friends who are crazy about human's joy

　Right in front of my house is "Furusato", the community center for the Kami-4th district of Kuragano-Town. It was originally a vacant house that was remodeled. In addition to Kami-4th district executive meetings, various hobby groups are held here. These include the regular Ocarina Club, Origami Club, Longevity Club, and other hobby groups. Sometimes these people also come to see the flowers in my garden.

　There is a bulletin board in front of this community center, and in this month's Longevity Club Announcement Edition, there was a funny "Silver Senryu" that means witty epigrammatic Japanese poems created by elderly people that I would like to share with you.

The English translation of "Silver Senryu" is as follows

〇 Actually, I'm a two-sword man who uses intravenous drip injection and compresses.

〇 My father wants a fancy name for his posthumous name in grave.

〇 We used to hold hands on date during young days, but now we hold hand for nursing care

〇 I woke up feeling fine this morning, so I will go to the hospital today.

〇 No credit cards, no cell phone, no damage such as swindle.

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雪の重みで、再度、サルスベリの枝が裂ける

　先程、ホースで水をかけ、梅の枝から雪を落としてやりましたら、ご覧の通り、「枝垂れ紅梅」の花が蘇りました。

　一方、残念なことに、南国を原産地とする「サルスベリ」は昨年と同じ枝が再度、雪の重みで裂けてしました。近いうちにまた園芸用の紐で結んでやります。サルスベリの新芽が出るのは遅く6月です。写真右下は「源平枝垂れ桃」です。

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Dear my friends

　I just sprayed the plum trees with water by the hose to fall the snow from their branches, so that as you can see, the weeping plum blossoms have revived.

　On the other hand, unfortunately, the same branches of the crape myrtle which is native to tropical countries, have split again due to the weight of the snow as they did last year. I will tie them up again with gardening string soon. New buds on crape myrtle appear late, in June. The Genpei weeping peach tree is pictured at the bottom right.

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啓蟄について復習です。

　二十四節気の「啓蟄」の今朝、満開の枝垂れ紅梅も、ご覧の通り、雪を被って、まるで「思いのまま」の梅と同様に紅白になってます。幸いにも、枝が折れることがないのは元々枝垂れとは雪に対応できてる姿とも言えます。

　全国では今日が高校入試や大学入試の人もいるでしょう。足元に注意し、会場まで無事に着いて、ぜひ実力を発揮してもらいたいです。一方、初めて雪を見る幼児たちも銀世界に驚嘆しているでしょう。私が子供の頃は群馬県南部でも一冬に数回以上の雪が降り、嬉しくて嬉しくて、そりで滑ったり、学校では雪合戦した思い出があります。

　ところで、先日の暖かさで、庭ではすでに蟻が地上に出てましたが、今日の「啓蟄」についてそのポイントを復習しますと、私たちを載せた「地球は一周約９億４千万㎞ある公転軌道上の何処に今日は浮いてるでしょう。」

　ご存知の通り、太陽系の周囲には黄道十二星座があります。つまり、太陽は動かずにいますが、公転してる地球から見ると、太陽の背景には一年かけ、十二の星座が東から次々とやって来ます。同時に私たちの地球もこの黄道十二星座の方向を次々通り過ぎます。それを知るには深夜０時に真南を見れば、現在の地球の公転上の位置が分かります。

　「啓蟄」での地球は「獅子座」の方角に来ています。今後も地球は秒速約２９kmという物凄いスピードで反時計回りで公転を続け、次の「乙女座」の方向に向かいます。同時に、地球から見る太陽は「春分点」のある「魚座」の方向に向かいます。これを頭に入れて「啓蟄」の今日一日を過ごしたいものです。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about astronomy and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　This morning, on the 24th solar term, "Keichitsu," the weeping plum tree is covered in snow so that it became red and white, just like the "Omoinomama plum" . Fortunately, the branches did not break, which is because the weeping plum tree is originally able to withstand snow.

　Today is probably a day when many people across the country are taking high school and university entrance exams. I hope that they watch their step to the venue safely, and display their abilities. Meanwhile, young children seeing snow for the first time will be amazed by the silvery world. When I was a child, it snowed several times in one winter in southern Gumma Prefecture, and I remember being so happy that I would go sledding and have snowball fight at school.

　By the way, with the warm weather the other day, ants have already come out of the ground in the garden, so shall we review the key points of today's "Keichitsu." "Where is the Earth floating today on its orbit of about 940 million km?"

　As you know, there are twelve zodiacal constellations around the solar system. In other words, the sun does not move, but as seen from our revolving Earth, the twelve constellations come one after another from the east behind the sun through a year. At the same time, our Earth also passes through the direction of the twelve zodiacal constellations one after another. To find out, we should look due south at midnight and you will see the current position of the Earth on its orbit.

　As the result, in "Keichitsu", the Earth is in the direction of "Leo". The Earth will continue to revolve counterclockwise at an incredible speed of about 29 km per second, heading in the direction of the next constellation "Virgo". At the same time, the Sun seen from the Earth will head in the direction of "Pisces", where the "vernal equinox" point is located. Please keep this astronomical phenomenon in mind, and let's spend today in "Kichitsu".

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ピアノで五輪真弓の「恋人よ」を弾いてみたい

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　庭の入り口で薄いピンクで咲いてる花梅です。昨日の雨で色彩が一段と鮮やかになったように感じます。梅にとって、やはり雨がよい栄養なのでしょう。この梅は娘の子供の誕生記念に植えました。花が、丁度、人の目の高さで咲いてるので観賞しやすいです。

　実は、このように横に広がり丸みを帯びた樹形になったのは元々、この梅は背が高かったので私が幹を短くしたことから、結果的に横から枝がたくさん出てきてこの姿になりました。一方、昔からの言い伝えで、俗に「桜切るバカ、梅切らぬバカ」の通りにしたら、やはり、梅は剪定すればするほど翌春によく咲くことを実感してます。ですから、この言い伝えは、体験した人の言葉から生じたのでしょう。それにしても、色彩は素晴らしく、まるで昔の恋人に再会したようです。

　ネットでは、この梅の香りを皆さんの部屋にお届けできず、私一人が味わってて申し訳ありません。こんな良い色で咲くと「一人暮らしだから不幸と思うな。素晴らしいフェイスブック友人がいるではないか」と梅の花に諭されてる感じもします。

　でも、まさか人生の第４コーナーに差し掛かり、三度三度一人で食事することになるとは考えてもみませんでした。人生とは分からぬものです。庭にたくさんの花と、私には音楽があっても、何か満たされないものがあります。それは人と人を繋ぐ楽しい会話です。きょうも愛車に乗ってお気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」に行き、ホットコーヒーを戴きつつ、温厚なママさんと何か話してみたい。ピアノで五輪真弓の「恋人よ」を弾いてみたい。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about conversation with humans and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　This is a pale pink plum blossom at the entrance to the garden. Yesterday's rain made the color even more vivid. Rain must be good nutrition for plums. I planted this plum to commemorate the birth of my daughter's child. The flowers bloom at our eye level, so she is easy to appreciate.

　Actually, the reason this plum tree has a rounded shape is because it was originally tall so that I have shortened the trunk, which resulted in many branches growing out from the sides. On the other hand, if we follow the old saying, "A fool who cuts cherry, a fool who doesn't cut plum," I have realized that the more I prune plums, the better she will bloom the following spring. So this saying probably came from the words of someone who experienced it. Even so, the colors are wonderful, therefore, it's like being reunited with an old sweetheart in my adolescence.

　I'm sorry that I can't deliver the scent of plums to your room over the internet, and that I'm the only one who can experience it. When the plum blooms in such beautiful colors, it feels like she is telling me, "Don't be unhappy just because you live alone. You have many great Facebook friends."

　But I never imagined that I would reach the fourth corner of my life and end up eating alone every times. I never know what life will bring. Even though I have lots of flowers in my garden and music, there is something that is not fulfilling for me. It is the fun conversations that connect people. Today, I would like to go to my favorite cafe, Sampo-michi by my coupe and chat with the kind-hearted proprietress over a hot coffee. I would also like to play by the piano. The title of the music will be "For my sweetheart which is sung by Mayumi Itsuwa.

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現代では、「ひな祭り」に桃は咲きません。

　３月３日は「ひな祭り」です。二人の娘の雛人形はガラスケース入りなので、今でも一年中飾ってあります。それでもお嫁に行けました。飾ってあると、生まれた当時の幼き日のことが思い出され、心が若くいられます。

　一方、３月3日は「桃の節句」と言われますが、これは旧暦時代の名残ですから、現代の３月３日では、とても桃の花が咲く時季ではありません。庭には数本の花桃がありますが、蕾は未だとても小さく開花は１か月後の旧暦の３月３日以降になるでしょう。

　現代の３月３日は、ご覧の通り、庭では梅の花が満開になりました。写真は今朝、二階の窓から白梅と紅梅枝垂れを撮りましたら、雨に濡れ、一段と色彩が鮮やかになってます。暫くぶりの雨は植物にとって、正に恵みの雨となりました。写真下は馬酔木(アセビ)で、左は赤で蕾の状態で、右は白い花が咲いてます。こちらも紅白です。

　ところで、久しぶりの雨ですが、私にとっても恵みの雨です。というのは、長い間「涸れてた井戸」に水が溜まるからです。年間を通じて植物への水遣りが私のルーティーンで、今日の雨で、もう梅雨の時季まで心配ないでしょう。今は二十四節気の「雨水」です。その名の通りで自然はよく出来ています。今日、外出が出来なければ、天声人語に集中してみます。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about weather and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　March 3rd is "Girls' Festival" in Japan since ancient time, I guess. The dolls of my two daughters are in glass cases, so they are still displayed all year round in the room. But they were able to get married without delay. Display them reminds me of their childhood and keeps me young at heart.

　On the other hand, March 3rd is also called "Peach Festival", but this is a remnant of the old calendar era, so March 3rd in modern times is not the time when peach blooms. There are several flowering peach trees in the garden, but the buds are still very small and they will not bloom until a month later, after March 3rd in the old calendar.

　As you can see, on March 3rd today in modern times, the plums are in full bloom in the garden. I took this photo of white plum blossoms and red plum blossoms from a second-floor window this morning, and they are wet with rain, making their colors even more vivid. The first rain in a while has been a blessing for the plants. The photo below shows Japanese andromeda with red buds on the left and white flowers in bloom on the right.

　By the way, it's been a while since we've had rain in southern Gumma prefecture, but it's a blessing for me, too, because it means water has accumulated in a well that has been dry for a long time. Watering plants is a routine for me throughout the year, and Today's rain will don't worry me about that until the rainy season. We are currently in the "Usui" of the 24 solar terms. As the name suggests, nature is well-made. If I can't go out today, I'll try to concentrate on Tensei Jingo to increase English vocabularies.

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今日も蜜蜂の音が凄いです。

　君子蘭は長い期間、廊下で育ててましたが、今日は天気が良かったので近所の皆さんに見て戴くため３鉢を外に出しました。ついでに井戸水をたっぷり与えたら、途端に生き生きしてきました。これはまるで、私が高島屋屋上のビアガーデンでビールを飲んだときのようです。

　それにしても、現在、庭は紅白の梅梅梅で、私が庭で作業をしてると「梅がきれいですね。」と道から声を掛けてくれる人がいて、梅を通じて新たな人たちとの交流ができ有難いです。相変わらず、蜜蜂の飛来が多いです。どこから来るのでしょう。

　今後は、４月の桃の花、続いてシャクナゲ、八重桜、５月の藤、牡丹、ツツジとバトンタッチして咲きます。どうぞ見にいらして下さい。

Dear my FB friends who are crazy about plum blossom and great music.

　I've been raising kaffir lilies in the hallway during winter, but as the weather was nice today, I carried three pots outside for neighbors to appreciate them. I also gave them plenty of well water, as the result, they instantly became alive, just like when I drink beer at the beer garden on the roof of Takashimaya.

　Currently, the garden is in full bloom with red and white plum blossoms. When I'm working in the garden, people call out to me from the path in front, saying, "The plum blossoms are so beautiful." I'm grateful to be able to interact with new people through the plum blossoms. There are still a lot of bees flying around. Where do bees come from?

　In the near future, the weeping peach blossoms will bloom in April, followed by rhododendrons and double cherry blossoms, and in May wisteria, peonies and azaleas will continue to bloom. I recommend you to come to see them. Parking lot is available.

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「長寿会お知らせ版」に載った拙いブログ

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　倉賀野町上四地区「長寿会お知らせ版」今月号に拙いブログが掲載され、嬉しいやら恥ずかしいやらです。それでも、倉賀野小児童のため交通安全パトロールはもちろん、冷たい風の吹く中、不燃物の箱のセッティングもパトロール隊が数か所で行っていることを紹介してあるので掲載して戴いた編集者のＫさんにはお礼申し上げます。

　退職後は何か地区のためになりたいと考えていたところ、隣のＴさんに勧められ、地区パトロール隊に入り、すでに幾年か経過してます。そのＴさんさんも数年前に逝去され、私は職業柄、公私ともにお世話になり寂しい限りです。

　このタイトルは県議の鈴木あつこさんのテーマを使わさせて戴きました。タイトルの通り、社会で大切なことは２１～２２世紀に向かって生きる「子供たちの未来」が輝くように、先ず子供たちの安全こそ社会の基盤と考えます。それと共に、私は子供たちを「一人ぼっちにさせない」ことに重点を置いてます。

　賑やかで皆と楽しそうな下校時に、時々、一人で帰宅する子供が見受けられます。そんな時は見つけ次第、必ず声を掛け、今日学校であったことなどを自然の形で対話するように心掛けます。すると子供は結構話してくれます。それにしても、登下校の安全パトロールは暑いか寒いかのことが多く、殊更寒かった今年の冬は堪えました。今日の群馬県の温度は４月の陽気になると予報されてます。

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about the safety of children and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　I am both of happy and embarrassed that my clumsy weblog was published in this month's issue of the "Longevity Party Notice Edition" of Kam-4th district in Kuragano-Town. Nevertheless, I would like to thank the editor Mr. Knmagai who published it, as I introduced the fact that the patrol team not only conducts traffic safety patrols for the children of Kuragano Elementary School, but also sets up boxes of non-combustible materials in several places in the cold wind.

　After I retired, I was thinking about what I could do for the district, and I was recommended by my neighbor Mr. Takano to join the district patrol team, and several years have passed since then. Unfortunately, Mr. Takano passed away a few years ago, and I am very sad to have been helped by him both in my work and in my private life.

　I used the theme of Atsuko Suzuki who is a prefectural assembly member for this title. As the title suggests, the most important thing in our society is the safety of children which is the foundation of society, so that the "future of children" who will live towards the 21st and 22nd centuries should be bright. At the same time, I emphasize on "not letting children be alone."

　On the way home from school, when it is usually a lively and fun time for every children, we sometimes notice children going home alone. When I see this, I make sure to speak to him or her and try to have a natural conversation with them about what happened at school today. When I do this, the children tend to talk a lot. Even so, safety patrols on the way to and from school are often hot or cold, as the result, this winter was particularly cold in Japan, so it was tough. The temperature in Gumma Prefecture today is forecast to be like April weather.

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今日から始まる「ラジオ体操会」に参加

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　２月最後の昨日、余りにも春らしい良い気候でだったので「よし、今日は歩こう」という気持ちが高まり、午前１１時頃から暫くぶりに倉賀野緑地公園までウォーキングしました。右下の写真の通り、ここは烏川の畔にある広大な広場です。目的地への途中、横町の知人宅に立ち寄り、５分ほど立ち話をしました。息子さんがこの４月から小学校に入学とのことで、是非「PTA役員をした方が良いですよ」と薦めました。

　「役員になると多くの異業種の方々と互いに知り合いになれると共に、親が役員をしてることで子供も張り切るものです。」と その利点を話しました。彼女は以前に私のブログをご覧になったことで、わざわざ私の家を訪ねて来て下さったことがあり、それ以来の知人です。

　ところで、目的地の緑地公園の南を流れる一級河川・烏川の源流は倉渕町の角落山(標高1393ｍ)付近の「烏の口」と言われる岩から滴り落ちる水に始まり、高崎市を通り、玉村町で流域面積日本一の利根川と合流します。私が子供の頃はプールがなかったことから、倉賀野でも夏休みは多くの子供たちがこの烏川で泳いだものです。恥ずかしながら、小学生だった私は一度だけ深みに嵌ってしまい、水中を１０ｍほど流された記憶があります。叱られると思い、親には話せませんでした。

　健康維持に、バランスのとれた食事と適度な運動は必須です。特に運動はストレス解消のためもあるので、毎日数K歩くなど無理な課題を自らに押し付けず、「今日は身体を動かしたい」と感じたときで良いと考えます。車社会にあっても、日頃から歩いて行ける距離は歩いて行く習慣こそ大切に思います。

　実は、今日から倉賀野上４公園で朝６時３０分からの「ラジオ体操会」が再開され、３ヶ月ぶりに３０名ほどの仲間と会えます。この体操会は金曜日が休みだけで、これから１１月下旬まで行われます。上４公園は私の家から５００mほどの所にあり、結果的にウォーキング～ラジオ体操～ウォーキングと朝食前に３０分ほど身体を動かすので空腹となり、朝食が美味しい利点があります。このお腹が空くことが体内の循環にとても良いです。　　

Dear my overseas friends who are crazy about gymnastics and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation in English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast Japan time.

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　Yesterday was the last day of February, and the weather was so spring-like that I felt like walking, so I walked to Kuragano Greenery Park after a long interval around 11am. As you can see in the photo, this is a vast open space near the bank of Karas River. On the way to my destination, I stopped by an acquaintance in Yoko-town and chatted for about five minutes. Her son will enter Kuragano elementary school this April, so I recommended that she become a PTA officer.

　I explained the benefits of being an officer, saying, "You can get to know many people from different occupations, and your child will be more enthusiastic if you are an officer of PTA." In fact, she had previously read my weblog then she had visited my residence, so we have been acquaintances ever since.

　Not change the subject but, the source of the first-class river, Karas River, which flows south of my destination, Greenery Park, begins with water trickling from a rock called "Beak of Crow" near Mt. Tsunoochi (1,393m above sea level) in Kurabuchi-Town, passes through Takasaki City, and joins the Tone River which has the largest river basin in Japan, in Tamamura Town. When I was a child, there was no swimming pool, so many children in Kuragano- town swam in the Karas River during summer vacation. I'm ashamed to say that I was almost drowned once in this river as an elementary school student and was underwater for about 10 meters. I didn't tell my parents because I was afraid I would get scolded.

　A balanced diet and moderate exercise are indispensable to maintaining good health. Exercise is especially important for relieving stress, so instead of forcing ourselves to do difficult tasks such as walking several kilometers every day, I think it's fine to do it when we feel like "I want to move my body today". Even in a car-oriented society, I think it's important to have the habit of walking as far as we can on a daily basis.

　In fact, starting today, the "radio gymnastics meeting" has resumed at 6:30am at Kuragano Kami-4th Park, allowing me to meet with about 30 friends after three months. The only day off for this gymnastics is Friday, and it will continue until the end of November. Kami-4th Park is about 500m from my house, therefore, as a result, I get around 30 minutes of exercise before breakfast, walking, then radio gymnastics, then walking again. It has the advantage of making me hungry and making my breakfast taste better. I think that being hungry is great for circulation in the body.

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