野鳥は餌を探し求めてる

　今日は旧暦で１０月2日ですから、月が出るのは夕方で西の空で微かにです。明後日ごろから三日月のように、日本では右側が光る上弦の月が出ます。南半球では左側が光ります。

　昨日は木枯らし１号が吹き、小学生の下校を見守ってるとき寒くて、季節が冬になったことが分かりました。寒い所にずっといたためでしょう。今朝になってから気管の調子が変です。

　ところで、写真のように庭には柿が生ってますが、私は未だ一つも捥いでません。一方、野鳥は赤くなった柿が美味しいことを知っていて順々に啄んでます。四季を通じてよい声で鳴く野鳥なので、人間の私がすべて捥いでは申し訳なく、うまく共存共生を図ります。

　同様に、今年は、全国で熊が多く出没し、例年になく怪我人が出ているとニュースが伝えてます。原因はおそらく気候変動であり、結果的にブナの実が少ないことや、イノシシが増え山岳地帯に熊の餌が減少してるとも考えられます。対策が難しいですが、子熊まで銃で撃つのは可哀そう過ぎます。上手く捕らえて自然に返したいです。

Dear my friends abroad

　Today is October 2nd according to the lunar calendar, so the moon will rise faintly in the western sky in the evening. From around the day after tomorrow, it will appear a crescent moon that shines on the right side in Japan, as a waxing moon. In the southern hemisphere, the left side lights up.

　Yesterday, Kogarashi No. 1 that means the first cold winter wind blew from the Asian continent, and when I was watching the elementary school students leave school, it was cold, and I realized that it became real winter. Probably because I was in a cold place for so long. My trachea has been weird since this morning. Probably I am suffering from bronchitis.

　By the way, as you can see in the photo, there are persimmons growing in the garden, but I haven't cut any of them yet. On the other hand, wild birds know that red persimmons are delicious, so they pick them one by one everyday. They are wild birds that sing loudly throughout the year, so I would be sorry if I, as a human, were to harvest them all away, so I will try to coexist with wild birds.

　Similarly, this year, the news reports that there are many bears appearing all over the country, and more people are being injured than usual. The cause is probably climate change I guess, resulting in fewer beech nuts and wild boars have increased. As the result, the food for bears is reducing in mountainous areas. It's difficult for human to take countermeasures, but shooting a bear cub by a gun is just too pitiful. I hope to successfully capture them and return them to nature in mountainous areas.

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気候変動・・・身近にできる対策から始めたい

　今日は１１月１２日です。群馬県高崎市の日の出は６時１７分、日の入りは１６時３８分で、正午の太陽高度は３０°です。因みに夏至の太陽高度は７７°、冬至では３０°ですから、太陽の角度もかなり低くなってます。この影響もあり、今朝のラジオ体操会場の気温は８°Cでした。

　それでも、ご覧の通り、玄関前のハイビスカス【下】と芙蓉【上】が、いかにも私に元気を出しなさいとばかり、再度、咲き出しました。蕾もまたいくつか出てきました。

　咲くのは嬉しいですが、気候変動が原因でしょうか。来年から暮らし難くなったら自然も人間も大変に困ります。何と言っても、食料の穀類、野菜、果物の収穫の減収や、海では魚の泳ぐ海域が変化すると食糧危機に至ります。

　日本列島は温帯に属し、比較的バランスよく食料に有り付けましたが、昨今は春と秋が短く、四季から夏と冬だけの二季になりつつあるように感じます。この点からもコンクリートの庭を減らし、一層、緑に覆われた環境づくりに取り組みましょう。

Dear my friends abroad

　Today is November 12th. In Takasaki City, Gumma Prefecture, the sun rises at 6:17, sunset at 16:38, and the sun's altitude at noon will be 30°. By the way, the sun's altitude at the summer solstice is 77 degrees and at the winter solstice it is 30 degrees, so the angle of the sun is also quite low recently. Due to this, the temperature at the radio gymnastics venue this morning was 8°C.

　Still, as you can see, the hibiscus [bottom] and Confederate rose [top] in front of the entrance just seemed like they were trying to cheer me up, and they started blooming again. A few buds have also appeared.

　I'm happy to see them blooming, but I wonder if climate change is the cause. If it becomes difficult to live after next year, both nature and humans will be in big trouble. After all, a reduction in the yield of food crops such as grains, vegetables, and fruits, as well as changes in the areas where fish swim in the ocean, will lead to a food crisis.

　As you know, the Japanese archipelago belongs to a temperate zone and has a relatively well-balanced food supply, but recently spring and autumn have become shorter, and it feels like we are transitioning from four seasons to just two seasons, summer and winter. From this point of view, we are working to reduce the number of concrete gardens and we must create an environment that is even more verdant.

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雪を眺めつつ アダモの「雪は降る」をピアノで弾く

　驚かして申し訳ありません。現在、倉賀野も雪が降ってきましたが、この写真は８年ほど前の大雪のとき撮ったもので、午前１０時現在、このように積もってるわけではありません。でも、庭は白くなってきました。

　子供の頃はひと冬に雪景色を数回は見たものです。雪が降ると嬉しくて、オリオン号と名付けたそり作って滑らせたり、雪だるまを作ったり、学校では雪合戦しました。しかし、地球温暖化なのでしょう。近年、当地では殆ど雪が降らなくなりました。

　ところで、私の車は雪用のタイヤを履いてませんから本格的に降り積もったら困ります。このため、先程、スーパーに行って食糧を２日分ほど確保してきました。

　若き日を思い出すと、カシミールへ行きましたら大雪でした。ここはシルクロードに近い所です。それにしても、インドでも雪が降ることに驚いたものです。

　今日は室内での生活なので、久しぶりに「雪は降る」をピアノで弾いてみよう。

Dear my friends abroad

　I am sorry for the surprise. It's snowing in my Kuragano-town now, but this photo was taken about 8 years ago when there was a heavy snowfall. But the garden has turned white now.

　When I was a child, I used to see snowscape several times during the winter. I was so happy when it snowed, I made a sleigh named Orion, made a snowman, and had a snowball fight at school. But maybe it's global warming. We haven't had much snow in recent years here.

　"By the way, my car doesn't have snow tires, so it would be a problem if the snow really piled up." For this reason, I went to the supermarket and secured food for about two days.

　When I remember my adolescence, when I went to Kashmir, it was snowing heavily. Since this place is located near the Silk Road, I was deeply surprised that it snowed even in India where it is usually extremely hot.

   Since I'm living indoors today, I will play "Yuki wa Furu" that means Tombe La Neige by the piano after a long interval.

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