頷ける・ハイリゲンシュタットの森を散策しつつ楽想練ったベートーベン

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　高齢期になると、どうしても家の中に閉じこもりがちですが、歩くことは誠に大切で「全身の筋肉中の血行を良くし」、併せて、呼吸が活発になり「心肺機能にもプラスになる」と認識してます。歩いていると「脳内の血流も改善」し、いろいろ考えが浮かぶものです。このため、楽聖ベートーベンがお気に入りの小道ハイリゲンシュタットの森を散策しつつ、楽想を練ったことは頷けます。

　ですから、日々、私は弱体な心に鞭打って、コンビニ、金融機関、郵便局など１K以内の比較的近くに用事があるときは車を使わず、徒歩で行くことに決めてます。高崎市内で夕食を摂るとき、春になり気候が温暖になれば倉賀野から高崎の街中まで４～５Ｋを歩くようにもしてます。しかし、この欠点はビールが美味しくなり過ぎ、理性が必要です。

　一方、このように適度な運動は筋肉の血行は良くなっても、また、空腹になっても、最も大切な「内臓を強化するかどうか」に疑問を持ってます。特に、勝負に拘るスポーツやマラソンなど激しい運動は心臓をパクつかせ、鍛えるてるような気持ちになっても実は酷使しているだけで、運動はやり過ぎると逆効果です。特に、膝に負荷が掛かり過ぎ、高齢期にその付けが出て来ることが見受けられます。運動は健康長寿のためであり、本末転倒になってはなりません。

　肝腎な内臓を健康にするには「食事内容こそ吟味すべき」で、概して肉は少なめにし、特に加工肉は摂取せず、大豆など豆類、緑黄色野菜や海藻を多くし、日々、リコピン(トマトなど)、β―カロチン(ニンジンなど)、抗酸化作用のある食品を選んで摂取したいものです。一方、日々寂しい私にはつらいですが、お酒は量が問題で、最近は少なめに努めてます。実は、人と楽しく飲むのが好きな私です。

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

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

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　As we age, we tend to stay indoors, but I am of the opinion that walking is very important because it "improves blood circulation in the muscles of the whole body" and also promotes active breathing, which "benefits cardiopulmonary function." Walking also "improves blood flow in the brain," as the result, various thoughts come to mind. It is therefore not surprising that Beethoven, the musical genius, would have wandered through his favorite paths in the Heiligenstadt Forest to develop his musical ideas.

　For this reason, I have decided to whip my weak mind and walk such as to convenience stores, financial institution, post office, and other places relatively close by, rather than using my blue coupe, when I have to go there within 1 km. When I have dinner in Takasaki City, I try to walk 4 to 5 km from Kuragano-town to downtown of Takasaki-city in the spring when the weather gets warmer. However, the weak point is that beer tastes too good, so I need to be rational.

　On the other hand, even if this moderate exercise improves blood circulation in the muscles and makes me hungry, I have doubts about whether it "strengthens the internal organs or not," which is the most important thing. In particular, intense exercise such as competitive sports and marathons makes our heart pound, and even if we feel like we're training, in fact, we're actually just overworking it, and exercising too much is counterproductive. In particular, it puts too much strain on our knees. We can see the consequences in old age. Exercise is for a long and healthy life, so we have to avoid that putting the cart before the horse.

　To keep our vital internal organs healthy, we should "carefully consider what we eat," so we should generally eat less meat, especially no processed meat, and eat more beans such as soybeans, green and yellow vegetables, and seaweed, and choose and we should consume foods with antioxidant properties such as lycopene and beta-carotene every day. On the other hand, it's hard for me, who is lonely every day due to living alone, but the amount of alcohol is a problem, so I've been trying to drink less recently. Actually, I like to have fun drinking with people.

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「逆境」を味方にできるか

　この写真を撮った場所は以前に近所のご夫妻と登った群馬県西部に位置する角落山山頂【標高１３９３m】です。すぐ前は２００mほどの断崖絶壁で、その崖の上から撮影した遠望の尖った山は浅間隠山【標高１７５７m】です。後日、この浅間隠山にも２回登った記憶があります。どちらの山もかなりの急勾配で時間をかけて登り、辛いことがあれば、その分、後で素晴らしいパノラマの光景があることを知りました。

　同様に、現在私が置かれてる「一人暮らし」の状況はいわば、この「登山の途中に似ている」かもしれません。これは人生における一つの逆境と言えます。果たして、パノラマは見えるでしょうか。

　逆境と言えば、スイス人には数か国語を話せる人が多くいるといわれます。私たちはつい何と素晴らしい才能の持ち主かと思いがちです。しかし、彼らにしてみれば、日本では日本語だけで一生暮らしていけるなんて何と幸せだろうと考えるようです。ご存じの通り、スイスの周囲は異なる言語の国々であり、その逆境が、生活の中で数種の外国語を使わざるを得ないのでしょう。

　ここで勉強になるのが、私たちも「本格的に何か目標を達成」するにはこの逆境であり、スイス人のように真に必要に迫られているかどうかでしょう。このため、何の分野においても、私たちは「意識的に自らにその必要性を課す」心構えと言えます。今のところ、私はフェイスブックとブログを通じて、英文でも外国の方に伝えようと「和英辞典引き引き」を日課してます。しかし、最も大切なことは「相手に伝えたいことがあるかどうか」です。

Dear my overseas friends who are interested in Nature and great music.

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

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　I took this photo at the summit of Mt. Tsunoochi (1,393m above sea level) in western Gumma Prefecture, which I had previously climbed with a couple of my neighborhood. Right in front of me was a perpendicular cliff about 200m deep. And the sharp mountain I could see in the distance, photographed from the top of the cliff, was Mt. Asamakakushi (1,757m above sea level). I remember climbing Mt. Asamakakushi twice later. Both mountains were quite steep and took a long time to climb the summit. I learned that even if it was difficult to climb, it meant that I was rewarded with a splendid panoramic view later.

　Similarly, my current situation of "living alone" may be similar to this "mid-way mountain climbing" situation. This can be considered an adversity in my life. Will I be able to see the panorama in the near future?

　Not change the subject, but speaking of adversity, it is said that many Swiss people can speak several languages. We tend to think that they have an amazing talent for languages. However, it seems that Swiss people think how lucky Japanese people can live their whole lives in Japan using only Japanese. As you know, Switzerland is surrounded by countries with different languages. Therefore this adversity probably forces Swiss people to use several foreign languages ​​in their daily lives.

　What we can learn from this situation is that in order to "seriously achieve a purpose," we too must face this adversity and truly feel the need to do so, just like the Swiss people. For this reason, we can say that in any field, we must be prepared to "consciously impose the need on ourselves." For now, I make it a daily habit to consult a Japanese-English dictionary in order to communicate in English with foreigners through Facebook and weblog. However, the most indispensable thing is whether or not there is something I want to say to the other person.

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今朝まで、小学生の登校指導

　３学期が始まってから、地元倉賀野小児童の登校時パトロールを黄色いユニフォームを着て行なってます。私のその姿をご想像ください。通学路を歩きながら子供たちと挨拶を交わし、言葉を交わしつつ、児童の安全第一を願い、いつ何が起こるか分からないので不審者対策でもあります。

　一方、地区には新築家屋が急増し、結果的に朝の通学路は今まで以上に車の往来が増加してます。これに比例し、空き家が増えてます。すでに１５年ほど登・下校時にパトロールをしてますと、地区社会も年々変化してることが感じ取れます。パトロールをすると朝食前に２キロ程度歩くので、私自身の健康に役立ち、空腹になって、孤食でも朝食が美味しく感じます。

　話は変わりますが、昨日、写真の食塩を購入しました。１０８円と安く、これで１年間使えます。レジの女性が「漬物にでも使うのですか。」と訊きましたが、私は「健康のため、食品として食塩と砂糖を買ったことがありません」と答えました。このため、彼女に下記のように説明しました。

　実は、スプーン１杯の塩を５００㏄のぬるま湯に入れ、鼻の洗浄に使うのです。ご存じの通り、私たちの血液の塩分量は０．９％だからです。鼻の中は毛細血管であることから、血液と同じ濃度で洗浄すると全く痛くありません。肺の健康のため、鼻呼吸ほど大切なことはないと考えてます。起床後の洗浄をすでに３０年ほど続けてます。

Dear my overseas friends who are interested in health of nose and great music. 

　Since the third semester started in school, I have been wearing a yellow uniform and patrolling the local Kuragano-Elementary- School when the children go to school. Would you please imagine my yellow figure. As I walk along the school route, I exchange greetings and words, while wishing for the safety of the children first, and also taking measures against suspicious people at any time.

　On the other hand, the number of newly built houses in the area has increased rapidly, and as a result, the number of cars on the school route in the morning has increased more than before. In proportion to this phenomenon, the number of vacant houses has also increased. I have been patrolling on the way to and from school for about 15 years so far, and I can feel that the local community is changing year by year. When I patrol, I walk about 2 kilometers before breakfast, which is good for my health and makes me hungry, so breakfast tastes better.

　Changing the subject, yesterday I bought the salt in the photo. It was cheap at 108 yen, and I can use it during a year. The lady at the register asked me, "Are you going to use it for pickles?" then I answered, "For health reasons, I have never bought salt and sugar as food." For this reason, I explained to her the following.

　Actually, I put a spoonful of salt in 500cc of lukewarm water and use it to wash my nose. As you know, the salt content of our blood is 0.9%. Because the inside of the nose is made up of capillaries, so that washing the nose with the same concentration as blood doesn't hurt at all. I think there is nothing more important for lung health than breathing through the nose. I have been washing my nose by this way after waking up for about 30 years so far.

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ストレス解消法をいろいろ試みる

【金柑は３００コほど生ってます。画像をクリックし拡大してご覧ください。】

　ブログの英語版では度々、外国の方へ「自然や音楽が好きな方へ」と宛名を書いてます。自然とは、月や星座など天体の動きを季節の変化と共に感じたり、先史時代より悠久の時を超えて流れる一級河川の光景をじっくり眺めたり、四季折々、変容を見せる赤城、榛名、妙義、浅間など群馬の山々の景色を遠望し、また、色彩の異なる庭の花を見たり、紅葉する色合いを楽しんだり、写真の「金柑」など捥いで味わうと私たち人間のストレスは軽減するようです。どうぞ、金柑を捥ぎにいらして下さい。 

　今日から１２月。今年をまとめたり、私はこの年末を一人暮らしの寂しさで悩やまず、余分なことで心配せず暮らしたいです。昔より「病は気から」と言われ、つまり、気を揉むストレスが病の元凶になりやすいとも考えられます。そんなことで家の中に閉じこもり精神的に悩むより、庭に出て植物の剪定、水遣りなど樹木の世話や、日々太陽光に当たり、結果的に身体を動かすことが、延いては、空腹になって食事が美味しく、ストレス発散です。

　１２月は値上がりといわれてます。経済の原則は、多くの人がその物品に集中すると値上がりし、多くの人が興味を示さなくなると売るために値下がりします。値が安いこともストレス解消です。吉井ドリームセンターの入浴料２００円は本当に安く、ストレス解消どころか身も心も湯ったりします。食料品でも安くて身体に良いものを探すのは知恵であり、ストレス解消です。小春日和の青い空の下、青い愛車でドライブ方々、暫くぶりにドリームセンターのお風呂に入りに行ってみよう。

Dear my overseas friends who like both of nature and great music

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

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　On the English version of this weblog, I often address messages to foreigners saying, "For those who love nature and music." When I feel the movement of celestial bodies such as the moon and constellations with the change of seasons, carefully gazing at the scenery of a first-class river like Karas River that has flowed since prehistoric times, looking at the scenery of Gumma's well-known mountains such as Akagi, Haruna, Myogi, and active volcano Mt. Asama that change the figure with the seasons, looking at garden flowers of different colors, enjoying the colors of autumn leaves, and picking and tasting kumquats such as in the photo seems to reduce our human's stress. Please come and pick kumquats. I look forward to seeing you.

　Today is the first day of December in 2024. I want to wrap up this year and spend the end of this year not worrying about the loneliness of living alone, and not worrying about unnecessary matters. It has been said since ancient times that "disease comes from the mind," which means that illness will be caused by worrying . Rather than we are worrying about things in the house, go out into the garden and take care of the trees by pruning and watering them, getting some sunlight every day, and ultimately getting some training which makes us hungry and the food tastes better, which relieves stress as well.

　They say that prices rise in December as markets. The rule of economics is that when many people are interested in a certain item, the price rises, on the contrary, when many people lose interest, the price falls because the seller wants sell. Low prices also help our stress. The bathing fee at Yoshii Dream Center is 200 yen for me, which is really cheap, and not only relieving stress, it also soothes both body and soul. Even when it comes to groceries, looking for cheap and healthy items is wise and relieves stress. Driving by my favorite blue car under the blue sky of today's Indian summer, I will go and take a bath at the Dream Center after a long interval.

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今朝、火星とランデヴーしていた下弦の月

　文字通り、弦が下を向いてる下弦の月です。今朝５時５０分の日の出前の寒い中、外に出て撮りました。今日１１月２１日は旧暦で１０月２１日ですから月齢２１です。

　実はこの月のすぐ東に火星が輝きランデブーしていますが、月を大きく撮ると火星が入らず、月を小さく撮ると互いにピンボケしてしまったので、下弦の月だけにピントを合わせて撮りました。ランデヴーしてる星が火星と分かるのは橙色しているからです。また、今朝の月は「冬のダイアモンド」の東端にありますから、ランデヴーしてるのは恒星でないことが分かります。

　ところで、近未来に、もしかして日本人宇宙飛行士が男女で月面へ行く可能性がありますが、地球から月までの距離は約３８万Ｋｍです。と言っても、この距離について私たちはピンときませんが、実は、車を運転してる人は現在の走行距離と比べると比較的理解しやすいです。３５万Ｋは本当に遠いです。

　現在、地球の周囲を１日１６回周ってるＩＳＳ【国際宇宙ステーション】までの距離は約４００Ｋです。この距離は群馬県高崎市から岩手県盛岡市までの直線距離に等しいです。しかし、月まではその９５０倍の距離ですから如何に遠いかが分かります。

Dear my overseas friends who like both of nature and music

　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be done after my radio gymnastics held in the nearby park and breakfast in Japan time.

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　This is a waning moon, because of the string pointing downwards. I went outside in the cold this morning at 5:50 before sunrise to take this photo. Today, November 21st, is October 21st in the lunar calendar, so the moon phase is 21.

　Actually, Mars is shining just to the east of this moon so that they are rendezvousing each other, but if I take a close-up photo of the two celestial bodies, Mars don't enter in the picture, and if I take a photo the moon, both will be out of focus, so I focused only on the waning moon. We can recognize that the rendezvous star is Mars because it is orange. Also, this morning's moon is currently at the eastern edge of the "Winter Diamond," so we can tell that it is not a fixed star that it is rendezvous with the moon.

　Not change the subject, but in the near future, there is a possibility that Japanese astronauts, a man and a woman, will land to the moon surface, and as you know, the distance from the earth to the moon is about 380,000 km. But, we don't really understand this distance, but in fact, for those who drive a car, it is relatively easy to understand when compared to the current driving mileage. 350,000 km is really far away beyond description.

　Currently, the distance to the ISS (International Space Station), which orbits the Earth 16 times a day, is approximately 400 km. This distance is equal to the straight-line distance from Takasaki-city, Gumma Prefecture, to Morioka-city, Iwate Prefecture. However, the distance to the Moon is 950 times that, so we can understand just how far it is.

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ついに、小さい赤い蟻がサルスベリに昇らなくなる

　物事はあれこれ工夫すれば、解決法はあるものと実感してます。枝の端から端まで直径８mもある大きなサルスベリは幹が太いことから、その内部に「小さな赤い蟻」が巣を作り、このままでは長い間に蝕まれ、樹勢が悪くなる恐れがあります。

　日本に古来からいる黒蟻は地中に巣を作りますが、「小さな赤い蟻」は樹木の幹の中に巣を作ることから、私は困り、あれこれ手を尽くしましたが、数千と言う数で相変わらず列を作り幹に登って巣穴に入っていく様子が見えました。冬季は幹の中で冬眠している可能性があります。

　先日、お知らせした通り、この対策として、私は幹にガムテープの粘着面を表にし、ぐるっと巻いてみました。その後、毎日、様子を見てますが、ついに私のこの方法に軍配が上がったようです。あれだけ列をなして幹に登っていた「小さな赤い蟻」が、その後、一匹も姿が見えなくなりました。しかし、ガムテープに粘着力がなくなれば、また、登りだす可能性があります。このため、暫くは定期的にガムテープを取り替えるつもりですが、この結果に私はほっとしてます。

　ところで、このサルスベリは今が満開で、多くの花や蕾に重さがあるので、ご覧の通り、開花中は枝先が垂れ下がり、これも風流な形となっています。背の高い私は頭を下げて下を潜ります。今後も、樹木はもちろん、私自身、衰え始めてる「記憶力」の解決策を考えたり、健康維持対策をいろいろ考え実践し、明日から始まる「秋」を健康に過ごたいと思います。

Dear my friends throughout the world

　I feel that there is a solution if we try various ways. The trunk of a large crepe myrtle in my garden is 8m in diameter from branch to branch, and the "little red ants" build their nests inside it. If this situation continues, the trunk will be eaten away over a long period and the tree's vigor may deteriorate.

　As you know, black ants which have been in Japan since ancient times, build their nests underground, but the "little red ants" build their nests inside the trunk of the tree, of course which was a big problem for me, and I tried various ways, but I could still see thousands of them climbing up the trunk in a line and entering their nests. They may be hibernating inside the trunk in winter, I guess.

　As I wrote the other day, as a countermeasure, I tried wrapping the trunk with gummed tape with the sticky side up. Since then, I have been checking the situation every day, and it seems that my method has finally won out. The "little red ants" that had been climbing up the trunk in a line have not been seen. However, if the gummed tape loses its adhesive power, they may start climbing again. For this reason, I plan to replace the gummed tape regularly for a while, but I am really relieved with this results.

　Not change the subject, but this crepe myrtle is currently in full bloom, and as the many flowers and buds are heavy, as you can see, the tips of the branches droop during flowering, which also creates an elegant shape. Being tall, I bow my head and duck underneath. In the future, I would like to continue to think of solutions to my own declining memory of English words, as well as the trees, and to think of and practice various measures to maintain my health, so that I can spend the autumn that begins tomorrow in good health.

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暑い空気は下から上に昇る原理を応用

　毎朝、ブログに載せる写真を撮りますが、庭で植物を見回しても珍しいものはありませんでした。しかし、一歩、道に出て庭を再度、振り返ったところ、高い所にご覧の木蓮が咲いてました。朝から暑い日に真っ青な空を背景に数個の花を咲かせています。花の少ない暑い時季に濃い紫は映え、生命力に溢れてます。

　このモクレンと葉の形も花の形もそっくりな植物に白木蓮があります。こちらは３月末、学校や職場に於ける人間の別れの季節に名残惜しそうに白く咲きます。それにしても、植物は種類によって毎年、開花時期が決まっているので不思議です。

　実は、今咲いてる紫の木蓮は亡父が６０年以上前に植えたものです。私の代になって、あちこちに移植しましたが、今のところが一番居心地が良さそうです。根元から子供がどんどん生まれ、生命力に永遠性を感じます。

　ところで、今日も日本列島では、猛暑の襲来を思わせるように朝から強烈な太陽が照ってます。私の家は木造三階建てなので、樹木が生い茂る一階の窓を開け、二階の窓は閉じ、三階の山小屋風の部屋の窓を開けて家全体を煙突のようにしてみます。暑い空気は下から上に昇る原理を応用し、一階の空気を三階の窓から逃して空気の循環を行います。果たして、私の居間である二階は涼しくなるでしょうか。

　

【山小屋風の三階の部屋】

　

Dear my friends who live in the midst of hot season

　Every morning, I take photos to post on weblog, but when I looked around the garden, I didn't see anything unusual. However, when I stepped out onto the road and looked back at the garden again, I noticed this magnolia blooming high up. A few flowers bloomed against the clear blue sky on this hot morning. The deep purple stands out in the hot season when there are few flowers, and it is full of vitality.

　As you know, the white magnolia is a plant that looks exactly like this magnolia in terms of leaf and flower shape. The white magnolia blooms at the end of March, when people say goodbye to their schools and workplaces, as if they are reluctant to say goodbye. It is really strange, though, that each type of plant blooms at the fixed time each year.

　The purple magnolia that is blooming now was actually planted by my late father over 60 years ago. In my generation, I have transplanted it here and there, but for now it seems to be the most comfortable place than it has ever been. Children are born from the roots one after another, and I feel an eternal vitality.

　Not change the subject, but today across the Japanese archipelago, the sun is shining with intensity since the morning, evoking the onset of a heatwave. My house is a three-story wooden house, so I'm going to open the windows on the first floor, where the trees are growing, close the windows on the second floor, and open the windows in the mountain hut-style room on the third floor, so I will turn the whole house into a chimney. The air from the first floor will escape through the windows on the third floor, So the air circulates. I wonder if this air circulation will actually cool my living room on the second floor.

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気温の表示法は、人間生活に即した華氏も分かりやすい

【高崎市の牛伏山山頂から眺める光景です。・・・中央は榛名山】

　今日の気圧配置は梅雨前線が日本列島の少々北西に偏ることから、前線より南では太平洋高気圧に覆われ、内陸の群馬県など気温の上昇が予想されてます。このような時は室外での作業や運動は慎み、室内で過ごすことが賢明でしょう。特に気温が体温を上回る事態となれば、体調に変化が起こり、熱中症の危険が迫ります。

　知らず知らずのうちに、かなり汗を掻くことから体内が水分不足になるので、時々、水分補給を行いましょう。また、適宜にエアコンを使うことが猛暑から身を守ります。

　私の父の時代では、気温を華氏で教わったらしく、「今日は８０度ある」などと言ってたので子供の頃の私は驚きました。世界的にも摂氏が一般的ですが、インドでは華氏で表示することがありました。

　ところで、考えようによっては「華氏での表示」の方が分かりやすいとも考えられます。その理由は摂氏はあくまで、自然の摂理であり、水が沸騰すると１００度あり、水が氷ると０°です。

　一方、華氏は人間生活が中心であり、暑くて生活できない気温を１００度として、寒くて生活できない気温を０度としてます。丁度テストの点数に似てます。ですから、もし、摂氏３６°の猛暑になれば、華氏では９６度ほどですから、大変なことになります。私たちの暮らしに丁度良い摂氏１８度は華氏では６４度くらいです。まるで、テストの平均のようです。気温はこの位が最高に暮らしやすいです。

Dear my friends abroad

　The simultaneous interpretation for your understanding will be after my radio gymnastics held in the nearby park and breakfast in Japan time.

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　Today's atmospheric pressure distribution is that the rainy season front is slightly shifted to the northwest of the Japanese archipelago, and areas south of this front are covered by the Pacific high pressure system, which is causes a rise in temperatures in inland areas such as my Gumma Prefecture. At times like this, it will be wise to refrain from outdoor work and exercise and stay indoors. In particular, if the temperature exceeds our body temperature, our physical condition will change and we tend to be the risk of heatstroke.

　We will unknowingly sweat a lot and our body will become dehydrated, so be sure to hydrate from time to time. Also, using air conditioning appropriately will protect us from the heat.

　In my father's time who was born in Meiji era, he was taught the temperature in Fahrenheit in school, I guess, and I was surprised as a child when my father said "it's 80 degrees today." At present, Celsius is common worldwide, but in India, it was sometimes displayed in Fahrenheit.

　By the way, depending on how we look at it, it can be thought of as easier to understand "displaying it in Fahrenheit." The reason for this is that Celsius is, after all, as you know, a law of nature, and when water boils, it is 100 degrees, and when water freezes, it is 0°.

　On the other hand, Fahrenheit is centered on human life, with a temperature that is too hot to live at 100 degrees and a temperature that is too cold to live at 0 degrees. It's just like test scores. So, if it gets extremely hot at 36 degrees Celsius, which is about 96 degrees Fahrenheit, we would not endure. The ideal 18 degrees Celsius for our lifestyle is about 64 degrees Fahrenheit. It's just like a test average. This temperature is the most comfortable to live.

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南国のように「枝が横に広がる樹木」を植える

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　今日５月４日の日の出は4時４６分(群馬県)で、正午の太陽高度は７０°です。(因みに冬至は３０°)、このため朝の時間帯が長くなり、私はすべての植物に水遣りした後、公園まで１０分歩いて行き、ラジオ体操会に参加しました。

　このため、毎朝３０分間は身体を動かすことに使ってます。結果的に、手足の筋肉のみならず、呼吸筋や胃腸も活発に働き、お腹が空いて、朝食が美味しく感じます。Hunger is the best sauce.とはよく言ったものです。

　ところで、今日は私の大好きな「みどりの日」です。ご覧の通り、庭は緑に覆われ、家がほとんど見えなくなりました。これにより一日中、多くの樹木による「光合成」が盛んになり、樹木が育つと共に、人間の生命に最も必要な「酸素」がたくさん生成されます。

　未だ５月初めというのに、今日も日中は真夏の気温になる気配です。近年、叫ばれてる「地球温暖化」に対処するにはエアコンを使う時間を可能な限り短くし、基本的には、南国のように枝が横に広がる樹木を植え、太陽光を遮断する日陰を広く作ることと考えてます。

Dear my friends abroad

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

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 Today, May 4th, the sun rose at 4:46 (Gumma Prefecture), and the solar altitude at noon will be 70° (by the way, it was 30° at the winter solstice). As a result, the morning hours are long, so that after watering all the plants in the garden, I walked 10 minutes to the park and participated in the radio gymnastics session this morning as usual.

 For this reason, I spend more than 30 minutes every morning moving my body. As a result, not only the muscles of limbs, but also my respiratory muscles and stomach and intestines work actively, it makes me hungry and breakfast taste becomes delicious. As the saying, "Hunger is the best sauce". I was learnt this maxim by a Indian person during stay at Calcutta.

 By the way, today is my favorite "Greenery Day" in our nation. As you can see in the photo, my garden is covered in greenery and the house is almost invisible. As a result, photosynthesis by many trees is active throughout the day, and as the trees grow, a large amount of oxygen which is most indispensable for human life, is generated.

 Even though it's still early May now, there are signs that the temperature will be midsummer today as well. In order to deal with the "global warming" that has been talked about in recent years, we should reduce the amount of time to use our air conditioner as much as possible. I am of the opinion that we should plant "trees with branches that spread horizontally'' like in tropical countries, so that the trees create large areas of shade to block sunlight.

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１年は３６５日でもなく、３６６日でもない。

　今年は２月が２９日まであります。これは４年に一度、閏年を入れ、１年を３６６日としてます。人類の先達は１年が３６５日のままでは「季節のずれ」が起こることを知り、後世の人類が困ることがないよう閏年を入れ、暦を調整しておいてくれました。

　これにより、現代を生きる我々はその恩恵に浴し暮らしてます。閏年がなければ、遠い将来には梅の花が８月に咲くことにもなりかねません。

　ご存じの通り、閏年は通常４年に一度あります。４年に一度と言うことは１００年で２５回であり、４００年では１００回の閏年となる筈です。ところが、もし、この４年に一度の閏年を今後も永遠に続けて行くと、これでは閏年が多過ぎて、遠い将来には再度、季節がズレることを計算してました。

　このため、４００年に１００回でなく、４００年に９７回の閏年になってます。近年では２０００年が閏年の筈でしたが、平年でした。元々１年とは、地球が公転軌道を一周することです。それにかかる時間は365日5時間48分45.168秒と計算され、一年は３６５日では短過ぎ、３６６日では長過ぎるのです。

　調べてみると、１月１日午前０時に真南にあるシリウスの位置は毎年ほんの少し東にずれてます。つまり、３６５日では地球は公転軌道上を一周できてないことが分かります。そして４年に一度の閏年を加えることで、シリウスは元の位置に戻ります。

Dear my overseas friends

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

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　This year, February has 29 days. This year is a leap year which is set once every four years, making 366 days in the year. Humankind's predecessors knew that if 365 days continue from now on, "seasonal shifts" would occur, so they added leap years and adjusted the calendar so that future generations would not have problems.

　As a result, we who live in modern times are living with the benefits of their wisdom. Without a leap year, in the distant future we might end up with snow in July and plum blossoms in August.

　As you know, leap years usually occur once every four years. Once every four years means 25 times in 100 years, and in 400 years there will be 100 leap years. However, if this leap year that occurs once every four years were to continue forever, there would be too many leap years, and it was calculated that the seasons would shift again in the distant future.

　Therefore, instead of 100 leap years in 400 years, there were 97 leap years in 400 years. In recent years, 2000 was supposed to be a leap year, but it turned out to be a normal year. Originally, a year means the Earth completes one revolution in its orbit. The time it takes is calculated to be 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45.168 seconds. This means that 365 days is too short for a year, and 366 days is too long.

　When I looked into it, the position of the brightest Sirius which is due south at midnight on January 1st, shifts slightly to the east year by year. In other words, we can understand that the Earth cannot complete one revolution in its orbit in 365 days. And by adding a leap year every four years, Sirius returns to his original position.

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