一日中、身体を動かし、英単語も記憶

　３月２９日、日の出は５時３５分、太陽高度５７°【因みに冬至は３０°】、日の入りは１８時０３分【いずれも群馬県】です。このため、昼の長さは１２時間２８分で、正午の太陽は冬至の約２倍の高さになります。庭では「源平枝垂れ桃」が、平素の水遣りの成果が出て【？】、例年になく良く開花し、今日から暫く満開です。お近くの方は観賞にお立ち寄りください。駐車場完備です。

　このため昨日は、早朝から一日中よく動きました。起床してすぐにフェイスブックに取り掛かり、書いてるその途中で、上４公園での３０名程の仲間とのラジオ体操会に参加し、帰宅後、再度フェイスブックを書き終え、朝食後はその英訳に取り組み、何と表現するかで四苦八苦し、和英辞典と睨めっこです。新たな英単語は単語帳に熟語と共に記入です。しかし、記憶は難しいです。「記憶とは音読し、書いて覚え、再度使う繰り返し」でしょう。

　午後は、「カッキー、また行ったのか」と言われそうですが、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」でコーヒーと共に1時間ほど過ごし、その後は、久しぶりに長い鏑川の土手をてくてく歩きました。気をつけたことは、速度は普通で姿勢に気をつけ、鼻呼吸で歩きました。これだけ暖かくなるとコハクチョウの姿は見えず、ちょっと寂しさを感じました。

　久しぶりの本格的ウォーキングは途中で休憩なしです。大きな鏑川橋を渡り、ついに藤岡市へ到着です。復路は来た道をてくてく歩き、１時間半ほどのウォーキングは良く歩いたと感じました。今回は母方の親戚である木部の家に立ち寄り、環境はずいぶん昔と変化しましたが、やはり一人暮らしの女性と暫くぶりに話しができ、心が昔に帰り、解放できました。

Dear my friends who are crazy about changing seasons

　On March 29th, sunrise was at 5:35 AM, the sun's altitude will be 57° (for comparison, it was 30° on the winter solstice), and sunset will be at 6:03 PM (both are in Gumma Prefecture). Therefore, the daylight hours will be 12 hours and 28 minutes, and the sun at noon was about twice as high as on the winter solstice. In the garden, the "Bicolored Genpei Weeping Peach" tree, thanks to regular watering by me, is blooming exceptionally well this year and will be in full bloom starting today. Please come and admire it if you're nearby. Parking is available.

　For this reason, yesterday I was very active from early morning until evening. As soon as I woke up, I started writing on weblog and while I was writing, I participated in a radio gymnastics session with about 30 friends at Kami-4 Park. After returning home, I finished writing my weblog and posted, After breakfast, I translated Facebook into English, struggling to find the right words and consulting the Japanese-English dictionary. I'm adding new English words to my English vocabulary notebook along with related phrases. However, memorization is difficult for me. But I confirm "Memory is about reading aloud, writing, and using repeatedly." This will approach to final destination to be a fluent speaker of English during I am alive.

　In the afternoon, I spent about an hour at my favorite cafe, "Sampo-michi," with coffee. I'm sure someone will say, "Kakki, you went again?" And then, for the first time in a while, I took a leisurely walk along the long Kabra River Bank. I made to maintain a normal pace, good posture, and breathe through my nose which is the most essential. With the weather getting warmer, I didn't see any tundra swans, which made me feel a little lonely.

　This was my first proper walk in a while, and I didn't take any breaks along the way. I crossed the large Kabra Bridge and finally arrived in Fujioka-City. On the return trip, I walked the same way, and I felt I had walked an hour and a half. This time, I stopped by the home of my maternal relative, in Kibe-town. The environment has changed considerably since long ago, but it was refreshing to talk with the lady who lives alone after a long interval.