次回の「ハレー彗星」出現は３７年後、長生きして見ましょう。

　今日の午後、ドライブを兼ね、お気に入りの「吉井ドリームセンター」へ行ってきました。広い浴槽では牛伏山を眺めつつ、一人で浮世の喧騒から離れ、心身ともにリラックスできました。今のご時世に入浴料２００円も何か得したようです。

　写真の道路は近年建設された「鏑川新橋」で、交通量が少なく、ご覧の通り、榛名山に向かって愛車はスイスイ走る感じです。この橋の下は冬季にロシアからのコハクチョウが越冬する鏑川で、多いときは５０羽ほど確認できました。カモを含め渡り鳥は「ここは安心して休息できる」と本能的に分かるのでしょう。

　ここ木部町は亡き母の生まれ故郷です。母曰く、子供の頃、土手で「大きなほうき星」を見たとよく話してました。話の様子では、最近の出現と異なり、ずいぶん大きかったようです。調べてみると、この「ほうき星」は１９１０年に出現した「ハレー彗星」です。

　ところで、次回のハレー彗星出現は2061年7月下旬といわれ、前回１９８６年(昭和６１年)のときより、遥かに地球に接近し、かなり明るく大きく見えると予測されてます。あと３７年後です。長生きして一緒に見ましょう。お互いに何歳になるでしょう。

Dear my friends abroad

　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be after my dinner in Japan time.

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　This afternoon, I went for a drive to my favorite "Yoshii Dream Center". I was able to relax both physically and mentally, escaping the hustle and bustle of the world while gazing at Mt. Ushibuse in the spacious bathtub. I felt like I got something out of the 200 yen bathing fee in this period.

　The road in the photo is the recently constructed "Kaburagawa New Bridge", and as you can see, there is little traffic, and my car runs smoothly towards Mt. Haruna which is one of the well-known three mountains in our prefecture. Under this bridge is the Kabura-River where Tundra Swans from Russia spend during winter, and at times I could see as many as 50 of them. Migratory birds, including ducks, instinctively know that "this is a place where they can rest in peace".

　Kibe-Town around here is where my late mother was born. My mother often told me that when she was a child, she saw a "big comet" on the bank together with her mother. From what she said, it was much larger than recent appearances of it. After some research, I found that this "comet" was a famous "Halley's Comet" that appeared in 1910.

　By the way, the next time Halley's Comet will appear is said to be in late July 2061, and it is predicted to be much closer to Earth and appear much brighter and larger than the last time in 1986 (Showa 61). That's after 37 years. Let's live long enough to see it together. How old will each of us be?

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